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The World Health Organization declares that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading across the world. Following falling cases numbers, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells an online press conference he is "pleased to declare" that he had accepted the advice of the UN agency's emergency committee on mpox to lift its highest level of alarm. SOUNDBITE
Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday. SOUNDBITE
The next phase of the war in Ukraine could last for months after Russian forces pulled away from Kyiv in a shift toward the eastern regions, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Eurozone inflation is likely to stay higher for longer than expected but is still set to come down later this year, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde says. SOUNDBITE
Although masks are no longer mandatory on trains in England, not all commuters at London King's Cross station have abandoned them. This comes as England lifts coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the Omicron variant, with masks no longer required in enclosed places and vaccine passports shelved. IMAGES
The IMF warns high inflation will remain high for longer than expected. IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath says inflation "has been driven by an increase in commodity prices, energy prices and food prices." SOUNDBITE
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