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In European first, Denmark drops AstraZeneca vaccine for good

Country saw 2 cases of thrombosis, one of which was fatal, linked to the shot

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Britain to follow US troop pull-out from Afghanistan: report

The Times paper adds UK has drawn up plans to hand over control to Kabul of military academy dubbed ‘Sandhurst in the Sand’

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Virus surges fuel fears 100 days before Tokyo Olympics

This as western Japanese city cancels Olympics torch relay

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Australia to send envoy to Europe amid vaccine roll-out scramble

Minister to hold talks with Germany, France and Brussels on production, EU export restriction regime

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Beijing pays its UN dues, implies US should follow

Exact amount paid unknown, as Beijing levels veiled criticism at Washington

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Pfizer to deliver 10% more vaccine doses than expected to US

News comes after health authorities call for pause on use of J&J Covid-19 jab

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Germany to give different 2nd jab to AstraZeneca recipients under 60

Move comes despite WHO caution about lacking evidence on efficacy of making switch between doses

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Egypt ‘seizes’ Suez megaship, demands US$1 bil compensation

Blockage held up US$9.6 billion worth of cargo between Asia and Europe each day it was stuck

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Biden to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11

Operation to scale back forces in war-torn country to begin in May

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Duterte to ‘waive’ Covid-19 jab, says elderly folk shouldn’t be prioritised

Philippine president previously suggested willingness to be inoculated in public

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Navalny vows to sue Russian prison for withholding Quran

‘Books are our everything, and if you have to sue for the right to read, I will sue’

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One US patient dies, another critical after J&J vaccine

6 women aged between 18 and 48 developed symptoms between 6 and 13 days after receiving shot

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Cockpit voice recording of crashed Indonesia plane downloaded

A two-hour conversation recorded, including seconds before the Sriwijaya Air aircraft hit Java Sea