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UK PM hints at delay to full lifting of virus curbs

This is due to concern over spread Delta variant causing surge in Covid-19 cases in Britain

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G7 leaders take on China, plan to stop new pandemics

Elite group promises to collectively catalyse infrastructure investment for low-, middle-income countries via Build Back Better World project

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Start-up launches India’s first Covid-19 home test kit

CoviSelf uses nasal swab, QR code to connect to a mobile app, which reveals results in 15 minutes

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Putin hopes Biden less impulsive than Trump

Russian president also asked if he is a ‘killer’ in NBC News interview

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S’pore logs 4 heart inflammation cases after 2nd Covid-19 vaccine dose

All involved young men between 18 to 30 years old, says committee

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Bolsonaro booed on plane, tells critics to ‘take a donkey’

Videos from back of coach posted on social media show a riotous scene

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Interfaith march honours Muslim family killed in Canada truck attack

Several processions held throughout nation, also in memory of 2017 mosque shooting

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Whale of a tale: US fisherman says swallowed by humpback

‘I was in closed mouth for about 30 to 40 seconds before he rose to the surface and spit me out’

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US tells J&J millions of vaccine doses from troubled plant can’t be used

Batches manufactured at Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore are possibly contaminated, says the FDA

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Hard-line Pakistani ulama held over death threat against Malala

Nobel prize laureate stirs debate when questioning whether a legal union between a couple is necessary

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HK activist Agnes Chow released on protest anniversary

2,000 officers placed on standby after social media calls to rally

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UK Covid-19 heroes dominate Queen’s honours list

Lead developer of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to get damehood

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G7 summit outlines health pact to stop future pandemics

Myanmar coup, Russia and China tensions on today’s foreign policy agenda