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US alarmed as Saudi suits threaten to expose secrets

Legal drama risks uncovering covert ops info, prompting Washington to consider rare judicial intervention

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Another 1,205 lives lost to Covid-19 in Brazil

South American nation also logs staggering 48,504 new infections

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Independent Palestine key to lasting peace, Jordan king tells Israel president

It comes on heels of deal for Jewish state to sell 50 mil cubic metres of water to parched kingdom

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90-year-old Belgian infected with 2 Covid-19 variants at once

Female victim positive for Alpha, Beta strains; experts warn rare phenomenon may be underestimated

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Muslim women offered for sale in fake India ‘auction’

Photos of over 80 people uploaded to GitHub without their knowledge

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Russia sets latest pandemic high for coronavirus deaths

Nation reports 752 fatalities today as it fights a Delta-driven third wave

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S. Korea breaks daily Covid-19 record for 3rd straight day

Another 1,378 infections, 2 deaths recorded

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S’pore sees zero local Covid-19 cases, MoH says in preliminary report

Only 6 imported infections logged today, 3 detected upon arrival in republic

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Myanmar rebels suspend key leader amid probe into ‘massacre’

State-run media accuses Karen National Union fighters of killing 25 construction workers in May

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‘Next health crisis could be within a decade; world must invest more against Covid-19 repeat’

G20 panel highlights global ill-preparedness to prevent or stop next pandemic, effects of which could be more profound than current one

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95% vaccinated rate needed to stop Delta, say top French scientists

Covid-19 variant, which accounts for half of country’s fresh cases, believed to be 60% more infectious

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Masks no longer a must for vaccinated US students

New CDC guidance follows federal approval of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot for Americans aged 12 to 15

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Booster shots for 1.47 mil Indonesia health workers starting next week

Republic has lost 1,031 such personnel to Covid-19 up till June 28