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Vietnam green-lights Cuba’s Abdala jab

This makes it the eighth Covid-19 vaccine approved for use

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Taliban replaces women’s ministry with notorious vice dept

Only classes for boys to restart today in an order for secondary schools to reopen

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Moderna a touch better than Pfizer in preventing hospitalisations: study

Reasons not fully clear, but could be because dosage levels are higher at 100 micrograms against 30

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US millionaire Robert Durst guilty of murder of best friend

Tycoon denies shooting Susan Berman in the back of the head in 2000 at her Beverly Hills home

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France recalls ambassadors to Australia, US in submarine backlash

Withdrawing envoys usually a last resort diplomatic step, highly unusual between allies

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Navalny app removed as Russians vote after crackdown

Allies denounce move as political censorship, Google and Apple yet to comment

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Myanmar junta to put Suu Kyi on trial for corruption

She will face four charges of corruption, each carrying max sentence of 15 years

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Race for Japan’s new prime minister kicks off

This follows Yoshihide Suga’s shock announcement that he will not run for head of ruling LDP

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US to charge ex-Boeing pilot over 737 MAX crashes

Mark Forkner withheld details about planes’ faulty Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, Wall Street Journal says

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UN to continue honour system for vaccination in high-level conference week: spokesman

Attendees shall not test positive for Covid-19 in the last 10 days, have no symptoms, Stephane Dujarric says

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Backlash over dolphin, whale hunting drives Faroe Islands to relook practice

Traditional Sept 12 culling sparks outcry on social media over photos of over 1,400 slaughtered animals

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France deplores ‘stab in the back’ by Australia over subs

Broken deal not something allies do to each other, says foreign minister

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New York wants all UNGA delegates jabbed; faces Russia pushback

Moscow calls measure ‘clearly discriminatory’, ambassador says he is ‘disappointed’ in letter to assembly president