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Wife of Belgian envoy to Seoul invokes immunity over assault

Police will not pursue case of woman accused of hitting boutique staff who suspected her of stealing

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6 dead as powerful cyclone approaches western India

Over 150,000 residents to be evacuated from Tauktae’s path of destruction

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Thailand logs nearly 10,000 Covid-19 cases, most in prisons

Of the 9,635 fresh infections, 6,853 are from jail clusters

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UN General Assembly to consider call for Myanmar arms embargo

Draft calls for implementation of 5-point consensus reached by Asean on April 24

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Israeli PM says Gaza tower housing media ‘legitimate target’

Benjamin Netanyahu defends airstrike that reduced to rubble a building hosting the Associated Press and Al Jazeera bureaus

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What is the endgame for Hamas and Israel in new showdown?

Israel seeking to weaken Hamas, drive even deeper wedge between fractious Palestinian factions, say experts

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Erdogan urges pope to help end Israel’s ‘massacre’

Turkish president calls to ‘mobilise Christian world and international community’

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Pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper halts shares after asset freeze

The Security Bureau has frozen tycoon Jimmy Lai’s shares in Next Digital, which he owns

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1 dead, several injured in Canada shooting

Toronto man gets out of car, fires at multiple people, leaving victims seriously injured

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Singapore warns Covid-19 variants infecting more children, shuts schools

City-state logs 38 local cases, some involving kids linked to tuition centre cluster

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Rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs: Unicef

44% of doses administered in high-income countries, 0.3% in 29 lowest-income nations

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Israel pounds Gaza in fresh pre-dawn strikes, 200 dead in a week

Diplomatic stalemate persists

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UK confident Covid-19 jabs effective against Indian variant

However, government exercises caution in reopening country, certain sectors of economy