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Name change in the works for social media giant Facebook?

Report says this is to complement arrival of VR ‘metaverse’ internet project

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North Korea tests new ‘submarine-launched ballistic missile’

Yesterday’s launch comes as both Koreas build weapons tech in potential arms race

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US Capitol riot panel votes to hold Trump ally Bannon in criminal contempt

This follows former White House adviser’s ducking of subpoena last Thursday

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Colin Powell’s death sparks misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines

Opponents of shots seize on vaccination disclosure as evidence they do not work

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FBI raids US properties of sanctioned Russian oligarch

They are part of probe into whether Oleg Deripaska had violated sanctions, reports NYT

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US to do ‘everything we can’ to free missionaries in Haiti: Blinken

State Dept in contact with Haitian govt, FBI, says secretary of state

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UK monitoring ‘subvariant’ of Covid-19 Delta strain

No evidence it spreads more easily, says PM’s spokesman

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Top Taliban minister praises suicide bombers

Sirajuddin Haqqani promises US$125 and a plot of land for each family

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Ecuador president declares state of emergency over drug violence

Guillermo Lasso orders mobilisation of police, military in streets

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Relatives crowd prison after Myanmar junta protester amnesty

Families seek reunions as junta promises to free more than 5,000 to mark Thadingyut festival

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5 critically endangered monkeys shot dead in Vietnam

Fewer than 1,000 grey-shanked douc langurs left in the wild

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Bill Gates warned in 2008 over ‘inappropriate emails’ to staff: WSJ

Microsoft co-founder found flirting with employee, inviting her to meet him outside of work

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Aussie researchers find new way to predict Covid-19 severity

Checking specific cell fitness marker during testing phase gives strong indicator of condition to follow