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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

(211230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- People receive China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Manila, the Philippines on March 1, 2021. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021 Vaccination helps global fight against COVID-19 As of Dec. 29, according to the World Health Organization, 8.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administrated worldwide. While the large-scale vaccination has helped the global anti-pandemic fight, there is an urgent need to eliminate the immunity gap. While trying to overcome its own difficulties, China has provided a total of 2 billion doses of vaccines against COVID-19 for the world by the end of this year. Yet some Western countries have been busy stoking up "vaccine nationalism." The virus has mutated at a frightening speed as variants including Delta and Omicron sprang up. The worldwide tally of confi.....

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Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

Japan has confirmed its first case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, government officials said Tuesday as scientists race to determine how transmissible it is and whether it can evade immunity from vaccines or previous infection. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the heavily mutated strain, which was first reported by South Africa last week, after arriving from Namibia at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sunday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a press conference. The man tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival and samples were being examined at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases to confirm whether it was the Omicron variant, Matsuno, the government's top spokesman, said.

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Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

A large monitor on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area shows on Nov. 30, 2021, news that Japan has confirmed its first case of infection by the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus less than a week after it was first discovered in South Africa. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the heavily mutated strain after arriving from Namibia at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 28.

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Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

A large monitor on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area shows on Nov. 30, 2021, news that Japan has confirmed its first case of infection by the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus less than a week after it was first discovered in South Africa. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the heavily mutated strain after arriving from Namibia at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 28.

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Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

A large monitor on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area shows on Nov. 30, 2021, news that Japan has confirmed its first case of infection by the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus less than a week after it was first discovered in South Africa. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the heavily mutated strain after arriving from Namibia at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 28.

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Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2021, shows quarantine staff working at Narita airport near Tokyo. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus after arriving from Namibia at the airport near Tokyo on Nov. 28, in Japan's first case of infection by the heavily mutated strain.

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Japan confirms 1st case of Omicron variant

A large monitor on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area shows on Nov. 30, 2021, news that Japan has confirmed its first case of infection by the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus less than a week after it was first discovered in South Africa. A man in his 30s was found to be infected with the heavily mutated strain after arriving from Namibia at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 28.

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Slither (2006)

Elizabeth Banks Poster Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Michael Rooker Characters: Grant Grant Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Brenda James Characters: Brenda Gutierrez Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Brenda James, Nathan Fillion, Don Thompson & Jennifer Copping Characters: Brenda Gutierrez,Bill Pardy,Wally & Margaret Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Brenda James Characters: Brenda Gutierrez Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Michael Rooker Characters: Grant Grant Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Gregg Henry Characters: Jack MacReady Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Slither (2006)

Elizabeth Banks & Michael Rooker Characters: Starla Grant & Grant Grant Film: Slither (USA/CAN 2006) Director: James Gunn 31 March 2006 Date: 31 March 2006

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Charlie Hebdo takes up Fukushima nuclear crisis

Photo taken March 18, 2015, from the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly paper, shows a cartoon about the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan. Two people in protective suits talk about this year's first swallow, while looking at footprints of a huge bird with a smoke-spewing nuclear power plant in the background, suggesting a bird having mutated to a monstrous size due to radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo