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Covid-19 origins probe ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

Discourse around investigation, often speculative and critical, making it hard to focus on the science, says emergencies chief

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US to sanction Belarus over passenger flight diversion

Incident involving Ryanair plane and arrest of opposition journo on board ‘a direct affront to international norms’, says White House

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Bodies of 215 kids found at shuttered Canada indigenous school

Some as young as 3 years old, says Tk’emlups te Secwepemc tribal chief

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EU okays Pfizer Covid-19 jab for 12- to 15-year-olds

Vaccine ‘well tolerated’ in adolescents, there are no ‘major concerns’ in terms of side effects, says EMA

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Japan to extend Covid-19 emergency until month before Olympics

Several groups warn of ‘Olympic strain’, urge cancellation, keeping spectators to ‘minimum’

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Germany admits committing genocide in Namibia during colonial rule

Settlers killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people in 1904-1908 massacres

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Millions in Myanmar going hungry as coup price hikes bite

World Food Programme poised to triple assistance to country, but situation may further deteriorate

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Thai regulator approves Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use

Two-shot vaccine is based on inactivated Covid-19 virus by Beijing Institute of Biological Products, says FDA official

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Covax needs US$2 bil more by June for poor countries

Supply in second quarter of this year affected by Covid-19 surge in India, it says

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Australia presses WTO barley case against China

‘Shadow trade war’ intensifies as Beijing’s diplomatic relations with Canberra dip to their lowest point since 1989

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Austria sparks uproar with ‘Islam map’

It shows location of mosques and associations around the country

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No surprises as Syria’s Assad re-elected for 4th term

Strongman garners 95.1% of votes cast, trouncing two virtually unknown challengers

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Australia’s Covid-19 success under threat as Melbourne locks down, again

Cluster of positive cases grows to 39