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Metres away from freeing Moroccan boy from well

Rescuers hope to find 5-year-old alive after being trapped underground for 5 days

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Xi hosts banquet for world leaders after nearly two years of isolation

Chinese president Xi Jinping has previously avoided physical meetings with foreign visitors since Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020

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Villagers accuse junta of burning hundreds of homes in Myanmar’s northwestern region

Local media report hundreds of homes in two villages had been razed causing destruction of motorbikes, carts and properties

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US Covid-19 death toll surpasses 900,000

Hospitalisations remain high, stretching healthcare capacity, workforce to its limits

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US should show more ‘flexibility’ in handling North Korea: China UN ambassador

Eight Security Council members including Beijing and Moscow refuse to sign Washington-drafted joint statement condemning Pyongyang’s missile launches

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Peruvian PM removed following domestic violence accusation

President Pedro Castillo dumps Prime Minister Hector Valer Pinto three days after latter’s appointment

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South Korea's daily Covid-19 cases see record high with 36,362

The latest figure is a whopping increase of nearly 9,000 from the previous record

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Ex-US VP dismissed claim he had right to ‘overturn’ 2020 election

Former US vice president Mike Pence says the presidency belongs to ‘the American people and the American people alone’

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Youtube, Facebook block Ukraine separatist-linked accounts

Lugansk People’s Republic information centre channel inaccessible for ‘violating YouTube’s community guidelines’

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US probe finds single attacker in Kabul evacuation bombing

At least 160 Afghan civilians and 13 US troops were killed

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Austria first in EU to pass law on compulsory Covid jabs

New legislation applies to all adults except pregnant women and those with medical exemption

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US Republicans rebuke 2 lawmakers for Trump disloyalty

Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are regarded as adversaries of the ex-president

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Johnson’s premiership at stake following mass exodus

Four of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s close advisors resign following ‘partygate’ fiasco