Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, June 27
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27 Jun 2021, 10:49 GMT+10
HOUSTON The person who had been critically injured during a hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque, U.S. state of New Mexico, succumbed to his injuries, raising the death toll in the accident to five, local police said Saturday. According to a statement of Albuquerque Police, five people were killed in the crash, including three men and two women. Their identities were not released. (US-Hot Air Balloon Crash) - - - - MOSCOW The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that its Black Sea Fleet was tracking the U.S. guided-missile destroyer Ross, which entered the Black Sea earlier in the day for a multinational exercise with Ukraine.
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SAINT PETERSBURG (Russia), June 27 Australia’s largest city Sydney entered a two-week lockdown yesterday to contain a sudden coronavirus surge and Russia’s Saint Petersburg announced a record death toll, as several European nations lifted restrictions despite the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
Britain’s health minister meanwhile resigned after revelations that he had broken the government’s own coronavirus restrictions during an affair with a close aide.