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Aussie casino group CEO resigns after laundering probe

Public inquiry recommends denying Crown Resorts licence to run new multibillion-dollar gambling house

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Israeli study shows Pfizer shot 94% effective

Result published to emphasise that vaccine is highly effective, prevents serious morbidity, says healthcare provider

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Myanmar junta cuts internet, as troops fire to end protest

Demonstrators gather to stop rumoured shutdown of electricity grid

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India police probe newborn’s death in alleged monkey attack

Primates ‘abduct’ twin infants and drops one on roof, throws the other

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Japan approves first vaccine with Olympics in sight

Up to 20,000 medical workers to get Pfizer-BioNTech jabs from as early as Wednesday

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Putin accuses West of using Navalny to ‘contain’ Russia

Opponents jealous of country’s ‘numerous successes’, says president

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EU to fast-track jabs against Covid-19 variants

Vaccines do not have to go through entire approvals process, says health commissioner

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Israel, Cyprus agree travel deal for vaccinated citizens

Agreement follows similar deal inked last week between Tel Aviv and Greece

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Thai govt plays Cupid to boost birth rate

Kingdom’s total fertility rate plummets to 1.51 last year, its lowest-ever level

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Bereaved Gazans look to ICC for closure

Possibility of war crimes investigation give Palestinian families hope

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Myanmar junta warns public against harbouring wanted activists

Cops hunting 7 who have lent vocal support to anti-coup protests, including some of country’s most famous democracy figures

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US judge clears path for Ghosn accomplices’ extradition

Michael Taylor and his son, Peter, accused of aiding former automobile titan’s audacious escape from Japan in December 2019

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Inferno at Afghan-Iranian border after 100 oil tankers catch fire

Initial estimate is of millions of dollars in losses; about 20 people taken to hospital