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Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens

People urged to work from home, non-essential trucks banned from entering capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution

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Chile’s Senate declines to impeach president over business deal revealed in Pandora Papers

Case closed, no punishment on Pinera over controversial sale of mining company in 2010

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Treasury secretary warns US may again hit debt limit on Dec 15

Janet Yellen urges lawmakers to raise or suspend country’s borrowings

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Russia blows up satellite; US accuses of endangering ISS crew

Russian military says it was carrying out planned activities, denies test was dangerous

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Decathlon stops selling canoes in northern France to curb migrant crossings

Record 1,185 runaways traverse Channel in small boats last Thursday, which British govt calls ‘unacceptable’

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Pfizer asks US to greenlight Covid-19 pill

Drug reportedly shown to lower hospitalisation, death by nearly 90% among new high-risk patients

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Biden clarifies remark about ‘independent’ Taiwan

In latest mixed message, US president says island makes ‘own decisions’ – a day after summit with China’s Xi Jinping

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Mudslides cut off Vancouver from rest of Canada, at least 1 dead

Investigators receive 2 missing persons reports, believe other occupied vehicles lost in the slip

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Israel judges postpone key testimony in Netanyahu graft trial

Nir Hefetz was set to shed light on the ex-PM’s dealings with Bezeq

4y

Myanmar junta charges Suu Kyi with fraud during 2020 polls

76-year-old ousted leader faces decades in jail if convicted

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Japan to administer Pfizer booster shots from Dec 1

Those eligible include individuals aged 18 and older

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Biden urges ‘guardrails’ against conflict in virtual Xi summit

White House describes meeting as opportunity to ensure Beijing ‘plays by rules of road’

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6 teenagers injured in drive-by shooting near US school

Police recovered multiple rounds of different calibers at a park in Aurora