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137 NGOs worldwide urge UN for Myanmar arms embargo

This is to deter the junta from committing further abuses, they say

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Philippine critics in firing line of anti-communist misinformation war

‘Red-tagging’ is like an order to kill, say activists

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US murder suspect cooked victim’s heart, served it to uncle

He prepared organ with potatoes to ‘feed to his family to release the demons’

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Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news

This comes after last-gasp deal watering down binding rules Facebook and Google had fiercely opposed

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Myanmar junta’s top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia

Discussions come as anti-coup protester dies in detention, four killed in crackdown

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UK lifts ban on use of domestic blood plasma donations in treatments

Change may help treat thousands of critically ill patients

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Pfizer vaccine confirmed 94% effective in mass ‘real world’ study

Survey involving 1.2 mil people in Israel shows encouraging results

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J&J jab highly effective against severe Covid-19, trials show

Large-scale studies conducted in US, S. Africa and Brazil

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EU to create digital vaccine certificate

It is pushing for global compatibility on records, preferably under WHO auspices, says official

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Biden, al-Kadhemi discuss embassy rocket strikes

US and Iraqi leaders agree that perpetrators of attack must be held to account

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Regulator orders deeper testing after Boeing engine scare

Engine maker says it will comply, examining 125 planes with blades similar to those that failed on the Boeing 777

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US and Canada are best friends, says Biden after Trudeau talks

Leaders, however, stay mum on America’s decision to cancel permit for Keystone XL pipeline

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Singaporean cop’s wife admits to killing maid through abuse

Piang Ngaih Don, who died in 2016, stamped on, strangled, choked, battered with brooms, burnt with an iron