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France’s Thales charged over 2002 submarines deal worth RM5.2 bil with M’sia

Defence company ‘strongly contests’ claims of corruption in deal implicating former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak

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Russian capture of Chernobyl put world on ‘brink of disaster’: Zelenskyy

Russia didn’t even try to care about nuclear safety, says Ukrainian president

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Good information ‘life-saving’, WHO says after Musk Twitter deal

Crucial to continue weeding out disinformation especially in public health crises        

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US, allies to meet monthly on arming Ukraine: Austin

Washington would ‘move heaven and earth’ to help combat Russian invasion, says defence secretary

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Testing cuts leave world ‘increasingly blind’ to Covid-19 spread: WHO

Virus won’t go away just because countries stop looking for it, says agency’s chief

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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka to sell ‘golden’ visas

Foreigners who deposit minimum US$100,000 will be granted permission to live, work in country for 10 years

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Cambodia lifts outdoor mask mandate amid high Covid-19 vaccination rates

Prime minister hopes decision will ease people’s financial burden

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Forty countries meet in Germany on bolstering Ukraine defence

Kyiv seeks heavy artillery, tanks to counter Russia’s southern, eastern pushes 

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US says ‘only a handful of people’ have seen China-Solomons deal

Worrying that islands’ PM stated he would only share details with Beijing’s approval, says American official

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Japan PM urges warmer ties in talks with South Koreans

No time to waste given growing regional threats, says Fumio Kishida

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China’s low Covid-19 death toll amid rising cases prompts questions

Experts consider everything from the way the country counts fatalities to political interference

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Kim vows to ‘strengthen’ North Korea’s nuclear weapons

Autocratic leader says this in speech marking 90th anniversary of founding of country’s military

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UN to vote on measure pushing states to justify veto use

Sponsors of text say it will promote multilateralism within organisation, critics deride it as divisive