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US Covid-19 death toll surpasses 900,000

Hospitalisations remain high, stretching healthcare capacity, workforce to its limits

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US should show more ‘flexibility’ in handling North Korea: China UN ambassador

Eight Security Council members including Beijing and Moscow refuse to sign Washington-drafted joint statement condemning Pyongyang’s missile launches

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Peruvian PM removed following domestic violence accusation

President Pedro Castillo dumps Prime Minister Hector Valer Pinto three days after latter’s appointment

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South Korea's daily Covid-19 cases see record high with 36,362

The latest figure is a whopping increase of nearly 9,000 from the previous record

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Ex-US VP dismissed claim he had right to ‘overturn’ 2020 election

Former US vice president Mike Pence says the presidency belongs to ‘the American people and the American people alone’

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Youtube, Facebook block Ukraine separatist-linked accounts

Lugansk People’s Republic information centre channel inaccessible for ‘violating YouTube’s community guidelines’

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US probe finds single attacker in Kabul evacuation bombing

At least 160 Afghan civilians and 13 US troops were killed

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Austria first in EU to pass law on compulsory Covid jabs

New legislation applies to all adults except pregnant women and those with medical exemption

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US Republicans rebuke 2 lawmakers for Trump disloyalty

Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are regarded as adversaries of the ex-president

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Johnson’s premiership at stake following mass exodus

Four of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s close advisors resign following ‘partygate’ fiasco

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Blame the West for making Russia-Ukraine situation ‘worse’, blasts Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises European and US positions on the crisis

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Macron to visit Russia and Ukraine next week

France president Emmanuel Macron is holding talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to de-escalate tensions

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Putin hails Russia’s ‘unprecedented’ close ties with China

Moscow’s ties with Beijing ‘developing progressively’, says president