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Covid-19 may cause 10 mil more child marriages: Unicef

Pandemic impact threatens to undo 10-year progress in nipping nuptials in the bud

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Drone hits Saudi Arabia port, missile targets Aramco facilities

Yemen’s Huthi rebels said to be behind attacks

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French billionaire MP dies in helicopter crash

Olivier Dassault, 69, among world’s wealthiest, with estimated €5 billion fortune

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Floating solar farms latest effort in Singapore’s climate fight

Space scarcity push city-state’s green initiative to rooftops, reservoirts, and outwards into surrounding waters

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Chinese urgency on Covid-19 goes missing in jabs drive

Many taking a wait-and-see approach on vaccine side effects

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Hong Kong reform proposals ‘reasonable’, says Chinese FM

Proposed rules will promote ‘transition from chaos to governance’, says Wang Yi

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South Korea, US to stage smaller military drills over Covid-19

Computer-simulated command post exercise ‘strictly defensive in nature’, say Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Pope Francis visits Iraqi Christians who suffered under IS

He will lead a prayer for victims of the war in Mosul

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Myanmar protesters rally after overnight raids on opposition figures

Lawmakers in rebel group Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw declared persona non grata, now in junta sights

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Trial to begin for US cop charged with George Floyd’s death

Jury selection begins tomorrow in the case against Derek Chauvin

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Paraguay reshuffles cabinet after violent Covid-19 protests

This follows public anger over healthcare system collapse and shortage of protective equipment

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Twitter founder’s auction of a tweet draws US$2 mil bid

Move a sign of growing appetite for NFTs

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Oral Covid-19 treatment yields promising trial data: drugmakers

Merck working on anti-viral oral drugs to treat coronavirus, much like Tamiflu, Relenza for the flu