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N. Korea test-fires ‘newly developed’ anti-aircraft missile

State media says projectile’s ‘remarkable combat performance’ verified

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Biden signs bill averting US govt shutdown

Congressional nod hours before deadline a rare show of cross-party unity to keep lights on for next 2 months

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Singapore sees record-high 2,478 Covid-19 cases in a day

Republic also records another 2 virus fatalities

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CNN blocks access to its Facebook page in Australia

This follows court ruling on media companies being responsible for user comments on a story

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UK cop gets rare whole-life jail term for kidnap, rape, murder

Wayne Couzens snatched Sarah Everard off the streets of south London in March this year

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Taliban disperses women protesters with gunfire

Demonstrators gather outside high school in eastern Kabul demanding right for girls to return to class

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France’s embattled Sarkozy jailed one year over illegal campaign financing

Court rules ex-president will be able to serve sentence outside prison

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Former Nazi death camp secretary absconds before trial

Irmgard Furchner accused of murdering over 10,000 people at Stutthof concentration camp in occupied Poland

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S’pore opposition party seeks changes to foreign interference law

Mooted amendments will result in oversight of executive action by judiciary, among others, says Workers’ Party

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Hong Kong approves jail terms for ‘upskirt’ shots

Deep fake images also covered in new laws tackling voyeurism

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Jong-un’s sister gets post in top N. Korean body

Kim Yo-jong’s position in State Affairs Commission is by far her most senior one

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Bill beefing up NZ counterterrorism law passes 3rd reading

New law extends terror financing offences to include provision of wider forms of support, such as goods and services

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Singapore sees another 2,268 infections, 8 deaths

1,810 fresh cases in community, migrant workers’ dorms (448), imported (10)