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WHO calls China’s zero-Covid-19 strategy unsustainable

Anti-pandemic measures should show ‘due respect to individual and human rights’, says UN agency

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US takes first step to approve $40 bil in Ukraine aid

It will likely pass Senate by end of week or next week

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Tokyo to recognise same-sex partnerships from November

City govt to ask legislators to approve revising local ordinance next month

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Musk says he would lift Twitter ban on Trump

Some activists quickly pan his suggestion, fearing surge of hate, disinformation on platform

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WHO studies whether Covid-19 has role in child hepatitis mystery

Around 18% of cases actively tested positive for the coronavirus, tests show

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N. Ireland Protocol unsustainable, says Boris Johnson

UK prime minister urges reform of post-Brexit trade arrangements, risking confrontation with EU

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Long queues for petrol stations as fuel crisis hits Laos

Weak local currency, low foreign exchange reserves, soaring oil prices cause shortage

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Moscow to shun UN Human Rights Council meeting on Ukraine

Foreign Ministry spokesman says will not ‘legitimise’ West’s ‘anti-Russian measure’

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Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces

Demonstrators chant for justice as regime’s order receives international condemnation

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Queen to miss UK parliament opening as PM eyes political revival

Buckingham Palace says decision made due to prolonged ‘episodic mobility problems’

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Ecuador prison riot leaves 44 dead, 108 on the run

Unrest is fifth such incident in nation’s jails since February last year

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South Korea’s Yoon calls on North to give up nukes

President Yoon Suk-yeol describes Pyongyang’s weapons as threat to regional, global security

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Sri Lankan troops evacuate outgoing PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

Protesters throw petrol bombs into official residence following violent demonstrations