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June 13 (UPI) -- The G7 nations on Sunday committed to delivering 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines to the world's poorest nations and called for a second investigation into the origins of the virus.

June 13 (UPI) -- A gas explosion at a market in central China killed at least 12 people and injured more than 130, including 37 seriously, on Sunday morning.

June 12 (UPI) -- G7 leaders on Saturday plan to sign a Carbis Bay declaration on health to prevent another global pandemic, according to a Downing Street statement.

June 12 (UPI) -- Moscow's mayor ordered a "long weekend," away from work in the capital city from Saturday through June 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid a surge in cases.

June 11 (UPI) -- Dozens of Chinese officials are facing punishment or criminal charges for the deaths of 21 runners last month during an ultramarathon in Gansu Province.

June 11 (UPI) -- Socialist candidate Pedro Castillo is the apparent victor in Peru's presidential election, but legal challenges persist.

June 11 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with President Joe Biden in mid-July the White House has announced.

June 11 (UPI) -- Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is reviewing plans to build a plant in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, according to a Japanese press report.

June 11 (UPI) -- South Korea's parliament shut down after several people affiliated with the ruling Democratic Party tested positive for COVID-19.

June 11 (UPI) -- First Lady Jill Biden and Kate Middleton held an early education roundtable while visiting the Connor Downs Academy in Hayle, West Cornwall, on Friday afternoon.

June 11 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden joined other world leaders in Britain at the G7 Summit on Friday as they prepared to discuss a range of issues that include the coronavirus pandemic, global warming and free trade.

June 11 (UPI) -- North Korea's second-in-command inspected a construction site for 10,000 new apartment units in Pyongyang, state media said.

June 11 (UPI) -- Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett will take over as Israeli prime minister Sunday in the first substantial leadership change in the past two decades.

SEOUL, June 11 (UPI) -- South Korea's main opposition People Power Party announced 36-year-old Lee Jun-seok as its chairman at its convention on Friday, making him the youngest-ever leader of a major political party in the country's history.

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June 11 (UPI) -- The Biden administration has blacklisted a smuggling network it accuses of aiding Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in war-torn Yemen.