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Pfizer defends high cost of Covid-19 vaccine

CEO says it is no more expensive than the cost of a meal, is not be sold to poor countries for a profit

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Chicago releases ‘shocking’ footage of police shooting 13-year-old dead

Video shows teen running from officers, then being hit with a single shot to the chest as he stops and raises his hands

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Pakistan orders temporary social media shutdown after violent protests

Move comes in wake of anti-France rallies and arrest of extremist political leader

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Jimmy Lai among 5 HK democracy activists jailed

Media tycoon gets 12 months in prison for helping to lead one of the city’s largest-ever protests

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Singapore activist crowdfunds SG$144,000 to pay PM libel damages

Former govt employee Roy Ngerng raises almost half mil in nine days

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Covax seeks US$2 bil donations to cover Covid-19 vaccines

US co-hosts donor event at which the first US$400 million was raised

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8 people killed in Indianapolis mass shooting, gunman dead

Shooter believed to have committed suicide, say police

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French Parliament adopts ‘historic’ sexual consent law

Sex with children under 15 is to be considered rape, punishable by up to 20 years in prison

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UN to maintain Afghanistan mission after US, Nato withdrawal

UN pledges to maintain humanitarian relief in war-torn country

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US imposes sanctions on Moscow, expels Russian diplomats

This is in retaliation for election interference, says Washington

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Pfizer says 3rd Covid-19 jab ‘likely’ needed within a year of full inoculation

CEO Albert Bourla says yearly virus shots may also be required, with emergence of variants to be key factor

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Nobel winners, former leaders urge US to waive Covid-19 jab property rules

Move will grant poorer nations faster access to vaccines, says open letter

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Myanmar military shoots at protesting medical workers

At least 1 dead as demonstrators flee to a nearby mosque