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Moderna vaccine effective for children under five: US FDA

Efficacy at over 51% in babies aged six months to below two years old

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ILO adds health, safety to workers’ fundamental rights

Decision ‘important’ to prevent further deaths from work-related causes

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US health experts say monkeypox cases harder to detect

May not display usual symptoms, infections may go unrecognised, undiagnosed

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N. Korea appoints veteran diplomat as first female foreign minister

Choe Son-hui replaces hard-line former military official Ri Son-gwon

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Trump calls deadly insurrection ‘greatest movement’ in US history

This comes hours ahead of congressional hearing aimed at demonstrating his culpability for the siege

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At least seven blasts in Narathiwat, no casualties

Patani United Liberation Organisation believed to be responsible for attack, according to local media

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China will ‘not hesitate to start war’ over Taiwan, Beijing tells US

Defence minister vows to ‘smash to smithereens’ any ‘Taiwan independence’ plot

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Hong Kong’s status as international hub undermined by Covid-19 curbs: leader

Foreign travellers must still undergo seven-day quarantine although city reopened to vaccinated non-residents last month

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Russian MH17 suspect denies involvement as Dutch trial concludes

Oleg Pulatov, tried in absentia, accuses prosecution of aiming for conviction ‘by any means’

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China, US defence ministers hold talks in Singapore

Wei Fenghe says meet went ‘smoothly’, Lloyd Austin tweets discussion was on defence ties

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Huge protests in Asia over Indian politician’s Prophet Muhammad remarks

100,000 gather across Bangladesh in anger at BJP’s spokesman’s comments, demonstrations also in Pakistan, Indonesia

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Philippines protests China ‘swarming’ around disputed reef

Govt says presence of over 100 boats around Whitsun a source of regional instability

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UK health authority advises self-isolation for monkeypox infections

Patients advised to sleep, eat in separate room, use separate bathrooms to limit transmissions