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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

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WHO to restart approval process for Sputnik V

Covid-19 jab created by Russia’s Gamaleya research institute already used in 45 nations

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US nuke sub in South China Sea hits unidentified object

USNI News reports about a dozen sailors sustain ‘moderate to minor injuries’

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UK cuts 47 nations from Covid-19 travel ‘red list’

This leaves only Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Venezuela under restrictions

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‘Immoral and stupid’: UN chief lashes out at vaccine-hogging rich nations

Meanwhile, WHO head announces finalised clinical case definition for ‘Long Covid’

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Pfizer seeks US nod for jab’s use on kids aged 5 to 11

Inoculating youngsters seen as key to keeping schools open, helping end Covid-19 pandemic

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Sydney readies for ‘freedom day’ after long Covid-19 lockdown

Restaurants, shops to welcome back the fully vaccinated on Monday

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French senator calls Taiwan ‘country’ in visit China protests

Alain Richard says nation’s Paris embassy doing well in ‘representing your country’

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Duterte nemesis Leni Robredo bids for Philippine president

Staunch drug war critic becomes leading opposition candidate