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Indonesia imposes ‘emergency’ curbs to battle Covid-19 surge

New daily cases topping 21,000 per day in Southeast Asia’s worst-hit nation

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Guatemala vexed over undelivered Russian Covid-19 vaccines

Govt threatens to demand money back amid row with Moscow

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Xi hails ‘irreversible’ rise of China at Communist Party’s centenary

Bullied no more, says leader in address hailing nation’s superpower status

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Trump Organisation, CFO to be charged today: US media

Criminal charges related to taxes set to be levelled after more than two years of investigation

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Covid-19 vaccine from Germany’s CureVac just 48% effective

Jabs fully shield against hospitalisation, death, offer 53% protection for those aged 18-60

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Rumsfeld, cocksure architect of Iraq War, dead at 88

George W. Bush, family of hawkish ex-defence secretary pay tribute to man behind invasion

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US calls on N. Korea to release foreign abductees

Allow them to leave the country, says American ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield of ‘wrong’, ‘outrageous’ act

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Security law risks turning HK into ‘human rights wasteland’ like China, Amnesty warns

Group says legislation imposed by China puts city on ‘rapid path to becoming a police state’

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Elephants led to safety after Bangladesh beach ordeal

Gentle giants stranded for 4 days without food swim out to Bay of Bengal in panic

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Japan donates another 1 mil AstraZeneca doses to Vietnam

Supply to arrive tomorrow and on July 8

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Taiwan boy, 7, thrown 27 times in judo class dies

Coach did not stop until victim collapsed unconscious on the floor

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US mandates crash reports for driver-assistance vehicles

Safety regulators advised to compile comprehensive suite of data on accidents, close shaves to improve enforcement, develop reasonable regulations

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Covid-19 tourism impact could top US$4 trillion: UN

Lack of widespread vaccination in developing countries leading to mounting economic losses, says report