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![The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is already being used in multiple countries for teenagers as young as 16 [File: Jessica Hill/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21123829308382.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![A demonstrator sits on a barricade amid protests against the government of President Ivan Duque, in Cali, Colombia, on May 8 [Luis Robayo/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99K9WC.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Latest Australia News
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![Australian authorities are urging people to get tested for COVID-19 after the first cases of the disease in more than a month [Saeed Khan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99E2NM.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Australia has managed to almost eradicate COVID-19 locally with a robust testing and tracing regime [File: Loren Elliott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-05T035351Z_727260850_RC2F9N9QYZBO_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-AUSTRALIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![The country has all but stamped out community infections after closing its borders to non-citizens in March 2020, recording just 29,800 cases and 910 deaths [File: Trevor Collens/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_8ZW6YD.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Latest Bangladesh News
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![The body of a victim is carried after a speedboat overturned Monday morning after hitting a cargo boat in River Padma at the Kanthalbari ferry terminal in Madaripur, central Bangladesh [Abdul Goni/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21123360199019.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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Crackdown in East Jerusalem
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![Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man, as they crack down on a protest in solidarity with Palestinian families who face forced eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, on May 4, 2021 [AFP/Ahmad Gharabli]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99B8R3.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![A Palestinian youth is pinned down by Israeli police at a protest against the forcible eviction of Palestinian families [Maya Alleruzzo/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SheikhJarrah.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Bodies of dozens of suspected COVID dead found in India’s Ganges
Residents in the area think bodies were dumped because crematoriums were overwhelmed or funeral pyres too expensive.
![Relatives perform the last rites before the cremation of their loved one, who died due to COVID-19, on the banks of the Ganges river [File: Prakash Singh/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_99D2KH.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
In Europe, COVID-19 lockdowns ease as vaccine drives make headway
Months of restrictions are starting to be lifted across the region, but officials have urged continued caution.
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Opinion
Portuguese border guards found guilty over death of Ukrainian man
Ihor Homenyuk was detained at a Lisbon airport on March 10 last year and died two days later after being beaten.
![A protester pays tribute to Ihor Homenyuk during a World Against Racism demonstration organised by Núcleo Antifascista do Porto (Antifascist Porto) [File: Teresa Nunes/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1231863939.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Ether, Dogecoin gains see Bitcoin’s share of crypto market fall
Gains in Dogecoin, Ether and Binance Coin have seen Bitcoin’s share of crypto market fall from nearly 70% to 43%.
![Bitcoin's share of the overall cryptocurrency market could be declining because investors are getting more comfortable with a wider array of tokens, or because retail traders may be chasing quick, speculative gains [File: Chris McGrath/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/371625993.jpg?resize=570%2C380)