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Austria’s Kurz steps down as chancellor amid graft claims

Announcement in televised media statement caps spectacular rise in politics

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Singapore must press on with its ‘living with Covid-19’ strategy: PM

‘We can slow, but we cannot stop the Delta variant’

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Chilean scientist to clean up mining with ‘metal-eating’ bacteria

Country is world’s largest copper producer, resulting in great deal of mining waste, polluting environment

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US court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions

Ruling comes as some clinics restart services

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Philippines’ Ressa says Nobel Prize for ‘all journalists’

Veteran journo hopes prize will provide reporters protection against physical attacks, online threats

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US to hold first in-person talks with Taliban since Afghan withdrawal

Representatives to meet today and tomorrow in Qatari capital of Doha

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Iceland halts Moderna jabs over heart inflammation fears

Supply of Pfizer vaccine is sufficient in the territory, says health authority

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Israeli judge upholds ban on Jewish prayer at Al-Aqsa compound

Rabbi slapped with two-week ban from compound last month after praying there

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Facebook grapples with another global outage

Access problems also hit Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp for hours

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Bangladesh moves 81,000 Rohingya out of packed camps over UN deal

Govt presses on with remote island relocation despite several fatal attempts by community to flee Bay of Bengal settlement

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Google to stop pairing ads with climate misinformation

New policy also extends to video-sharing platform YouTube

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Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

The pair were honoured for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace

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US forces training Taiwanese on down-low, Pentagon official confirms

Contingent of special operations, conventional personnel involved for under a year