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‘Unhinged’ Trump told to step down or be impeached

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked to military about blocking unstable president from nation's nuclear arsenal

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S’pore jails woman for lying to coronavirus contact tracers

Woman hid meetings with a male friend for fear her family would think she was having an affair

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Twitter permanently suspends Trump, cites risk of more violence

Decision follows president's tweet that none of his supporters will be 'disrespected'

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WHO urges rich countries to stop jumping vaccine queue

While 50% of high-income countries are vaccinating, 0% of low-income countries are, says organisation's Covax lead

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Over 37,000 affected in Southern Thailand floods

391 victims have been evacuated to temporary relief centres in four provinces

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London declares ‘major incident’, fears NHS collapse

Mayor Sadiq Khan warns hospitals could be overwhelmed in the wake of a new, more infectious strain of Covid-19

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Indonesia daily virus caseload surpasses 10,000

The republic reports 10,617 new cases overnight, with 233 deaths recorded. 

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EU to purchase additional 300 mil doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The vaccine doses now contracted by the European Union is enough to cover 80% of its population

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Sri Lanka sticks to cremation of Muslim Covid-19 victims despite uproar

Govt rejects international pleas, recommendations to allow burials in line with Islamic custom

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Iran can’t unilaterally set compensation for downed plane victims, says Canada

It must be subject to state-to-state negotiations, insists foreign minister

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Tokyo Olympics ‘safe and secure’ despite virus emergency, say organisers

Another postponement out of the question, they say

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Brazil to get 100 mil doses of Sinovac vaccine

Jab will be produced by local Butantan Institute, says health minister

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US to pay ‘heavy price’ if UN envoy goes to Taiwan

Beijing demands Washington cancel ‘crazy provocation’ plans