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Australia to shut embassy in Afghanistan on Friday

Scott Morrison says ‘interim measure’ comes ‘in light of the imminent international military withdrawal’ from war-torn nation

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Breath-based Covid-19 test gets provisional nod from S’pore health body

Breathonix Pte Ltd working with Health Ministry to run deployment trial at land checkpoint

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China probes into deaths of 21 runners after freak weather hits ultramarathon

Survivors say they saw participants struggling down mountain, with some ‘foaming at their mouths’

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As Apple-Epic trial draws to close, judge offers tough questions

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says she will issue verdict in writing while memories ‘still fresh’

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US Capitol ‘unprotected’ for first time since Jan 6 attack

National Guard exits ‘temple of democracy’ after right-wing extremist threat concerns diminish

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Saudi ups pressure on anti-vaxxers as it eyes economic recovery

Only immunised citizens allowed on pilgrimages, overseas travel, access to universities, malls and offices

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Taiwan blames China for latest WHO meeting snub

Island’s foreign minister urges UN body to serve all humanity

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Indian Covid-19 strain threatens 3rd wave in UK

Monitors say outbreak in northern England’s Bolton appears to be spreading

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Family, supporters march to mark anniversary of George Floyd death

Reverend Al Sharpton tells crowd killing ‘one of the greatest disgraces in American history’

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defiant in first comments since coup

Detained leader says ousted NLD will exist ‘as long as people exist’

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Future sours for Hong Kong’s brazen Apple Daily tabloid

With billionaire owner Jimmy Lai jailed, many reporters asking ‘are we next?’

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UN urges ‘political process’ amid Gaza reconstruction

Layers of hardship keep getting thicker, says UNRWA head

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‘Few reports’ of heart issue in US young people after vaccine

Relatively few reports of myocarditis in adolescents, young adults, following doses of Pfizer, Moderna