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Indonesia market traders get Covid-19 jab

Country has entered second phase of mass vaccination drive

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US right-wing talk radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh dies at 70

Donald Trump among those who paid tribute to firebrand host, who was seen as a ‘kingmaker’ among Republican politicians

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Estonian spies warn China wants ‘silenced world’

Beijing’s tightening cooperation with Russia highly concerning, says intelligence service head

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UN chief urges G20 to prepare world Covid-19 vaccination plan

Prolonged spread of virus in global south feared to lead to more transmissible, deadly, vaccine-resistant variants

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Facebook to defy regulators, block news in Australia

Social media giant goes on offence over country’s move to adopt legislation forcing digital platforms to pay for such content

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EU buys up to 300 million more Moderna jabs

New deal adds to the EU’s vaccine stock as it strives to meet a target of fully vaccinating 70% of adults by mid-September

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Hong Kong media tycoon Lai arrested over speedboat fugitives: reports

Apple Daily owner is on trial for organising one of the pro-democracy rallies that swept the city-state in 2019

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Singapore Hindu temple priest charged in US$1.5 mil gold pawning case

Temple authorities discovered items were missing during an audit 

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Italy fines Facebook €7 million over data protection

Regulator says social media giant did not properly inform users about how it collects, uses their data 

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‘Super Mario’ to unveil plan to rescue Italy from virus crisis

Country’s new PM aims to ‘defeat the pandemic, relaunch the country’ with ‘extraordinary resources’ offered by EU

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Jong-un’s wife emerges after more than a year out of public eye

Ri Sol-ju’s prolonged absence speculated to be related to Covid-19 or pregnancy

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SIA delivers first shipment of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore 

Airline says it is glad to do its part to support the country’s vaccination programmes

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Thai meth problem cranking up dangerously

Local drug barons look closer to home as pandemic curbs exports