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US to send over 8 mil Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh, Philippines

Shots being donated via WHO’s Covax programme

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UN agency seeks US$800 mil to aid Palestinian refugees

Sum is to fund UNRWA’s 3 core activities, namely education, health, social services

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US tops grim threshold of 700,000 Covid-19 deaths

Democratic California says vaccination a must for students, while some GOP governors seek to ban mask mandate

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Merck’s Covid-19 pill hailed after halving hospitalisations

US procures 1.7 mil courses of molnupiravir should it be given green light, with option to buy more

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UK fuel crisis: army to make deliveries from Monday

Lack of tanker drivers, unprecedented demand behind calamity, govt says

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Vietnam commercial hub back in business after 3-month lockdown

Soldiers begin dismantling barriers, removing hundreds of checkpoints separating districts in Ho Chi Minh City

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Riyadh ups capacity of umrah pilgrims to 100,000 a day

Over 12,000 visas issued to Muslims from various countries since Aug 10

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Australia to ease 18-month border closure ‘within weeks’

Vaccinated citizens may return home, travel overseas as country meets 80% Covid-19 vaccination target

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US lawmakers grill Facebook on fears for teens’ mental health

Firm whistle-blower to testify before senators next week, but it’s unclear if person also source of leaked documents

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Resignation amid graft probe leaves locked-down Sydney leaderless

Gladys Berejiklian alleged to have favoured ex-boyfriend, then an MP, in awarding of grants in his constituency

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‘It’s a circus’: Philippine election season kicks off as curtain falls on Duterte

Week-long registration process launches typically noisy – and deadly – 7 months of campaigning for over 18,000 positions

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Post-Brexit rule banning EU ID cards takes effect at UK borders

Britain must ‘clamp down on the criminals that seek to enter our country illegally using forged documents’, says home secretary

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Japan lifts Covid-19 emergency as infections drop

It’s first time since April that entire country isn’t under the measure