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Sydney outbreak ‘national emergency’ as Covid-19 cases spike

New South Wales premier pleads for shots, says govt must ‘refocus’ glacial vaccine roll-out

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No let-up in Cuba sanctions, as Biden tries to woo Republicans

White House urged to press harder following new punitive measures on country’s defence minister, special forces

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Taliban say they control 90% of Afghan border

Spokesman claims crossings to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran under militant control

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Dozen Thai student activists charged with royal defamation

This is over the thousands-strong rally in front of the Thai German embassy last year

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China slams ‘arrogant’ WHO plan to audit labs in Covid-19 origins probe

Beijing says shocked by proposal, calls UN Health Body disrespectful

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US ‘incel’ man charged with plotting to shoot female students

Tres Genco, 21, may face life in prison for hate crime charge due to his alleged intent to kill

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Yellow flags colour Myanmar as junta’s Covid-19 response flounders

Scores in need of medical attention mark homes in bid for help, while military rulers focus on maintaining iron grip

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WHO boss says vaccine IP waiver not a property ‘snatch’

With lives on the line, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for profits, patents to take a back seat

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More residents flee as fires ravage western Canada

Provinces facing unprecedented conditions on worsening climate change

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Up to two-thirds of Indians have Covid-19 antibodies: study

Results of survey, involving some 29,000 people, bring ‘ray of hope’, says medical council head

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Vietnam makes test batch of Russia’s Sputnik V shot

First samples to be shipped to vaccine developer in Moscow for quality control

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Ex-senior editor latest in series of Apple Daily arrests

Lam Man-chung accused of collusion with foreign forces, a national security crime in Hong Kong under China-imposed law

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Suu Kyi aide under junta arrest dies of Covid-19

Nyan Win imprisoned since February 1 coup