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Asean to play key role in finding peaceful solution to Myanmar crisis: UN chief

Southeast Asian leaders important for diplomacy, conflict prevention, peacebuilding efforts with coup-hit country

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Former US veep Walter Mondale dies at 93

He made his own bid for the White House 1984, facing off against Republican Ronald Reagan

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Covid-19 hits otters at Atlanta aquarium

Critters suspected of catching virus from asymptomatic employee, expected to make full recovery

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UK trial reinfects volunteers who have had coronavirus

University of Oxford’s ‘first-of-a-kind’ tests funded by the Wellcome Trust

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Japan researchers develop 5-minute Covid-19 test

This is faster than usual PCR tests that give results in an hour or more

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Cop in Capitol riot died from stroke, says coroner

Past reports linking his death to being hit by fire extinguisher, sprayed with chemicals ruled out

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Alarming Covid-19 hospitalisations of 25 to 59-year-olds: WHO

It says this likely due to highly transmissible variants, social mixing among younger adults

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US regulators probe fatal, ‘driverless’ Tesla crash

Accident relaunches debate on company’s existing semi-autonomous capabilities

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J&J Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing halted at plant that ruined doses

About 15 million shots unusable

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India opens up Covid-19 shots to all adults, as New Delhi goes into lockdown

Move comes after nation logs record-breaking daily 273,810 infections yesterday

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5.9-magnitude quake strikes off northwest Sumatra

Tremblor poses no tsunami threat to Malaysia, says Met Dept

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UK adds India to Covid-19 travel ‘red list’, as PM cancels trip

Move follows surge in virus cases, emergence of new strain in South Asian nation

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Greta Thunberg backs Covid-19 vaccine inequity fight

Just as with climate crisis, we must help those most vulnerable first, says activist