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Russian warship chases off US sub near Pacific islands: Moscow

United States military however denies account

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Iceland PM tests positive for Covid-19

Katrin Jakobsdottir to self-isolate for at least five days

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Norway lifts final Covid-19 curbs on social distancing

This follows easing of other restrictions earlier this month

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Blinken to speak to Russian counterpart as Ukraine crisis rages

Secretary of State ‘prepared’ for any outcome

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Mask up for Valentine’s Day sex, Thai couples urged

Possible to transmit Covid-19 through close-contact breathing, saliva exchange, says reproductive health bureau director

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Biden vows to pick Black woman for top court draws Republican fire

One believes the president’s selection would be the beneficiary of a racially discriminatory ‘sort of quota’

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Myanmar junta to pardon 814 prisoners in amnesty to mark Union Day

They will be mostly from prisons in commercial hub Yangon

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New York City set to fire 3,000 workers for defying vaccine mandate

The expected dismissals come amid growing discontent in North America against Covid-19 restrictions

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Pandemic’s ‘acute phase’ could end by mid-year with one condition: WHO chief 

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says this could be achieved only if around 70% of the world gets vaccinated

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Russia presses on with war games along Ukraine’s borders

‘Combat operations’ part of ‘tactical exercise’, says Kremlin

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‘Difficult’ four-way Ukraine talks to resume in March

This is despite nine-hour meeting on Thursday, sources say

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Australia warns koalas ‘endangered’ as numbers plunge 

Stronger national environment laws needed to curb problem, conservationists say

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Russia could invade Ukraine ‘any time’, including during Olympics: Blinken

US secretary of state waves away suggestion Moscow will avoid upstaging Beijing