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‘Mu’ coronavirus variant predominant in Colombia: health official

Nearly 2/3rds of Covid-19 dead tested positive for strain during country’s 3rd wave

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UN humanitarian flights to Afghanistan resume

160 organisations to continue life-saving activities in provinces, says spokesman

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Give to those in greater need, N. Korea says in rejecting 3 mil Sinovac jabs

However, Pyongyang will ‘continue to communicate’ with Covax on getting Covid-19 vaccines in coming months

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Singapore court charges Briton over Wirecard-linked fraud

German finance company filed for insolvency last year after admitting €1.9 bil missing from its accounts did not exist

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Duterte’s daughter gets running mate offers for 2022 polls

Sara Duterte-Carpio has yet to disclose plans ahead of deadline to file for candidacy next month

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Thai PM shoots down cabinet reshuffle, House dissolution rumours

Prayuth Chan o-cha expected to survive no-confidence vote on Saturday

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US Supreme Court refuses to block Texas law banning most abortions

The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood file emergency request to stop the state’s law from taking effect

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Thailand cites positive results from Sinovac-AstraZeneca vaccine formula

Kingdom became first country in the world to mix China-made doses with Western-developed jabs

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S. Korea developing more powerful missiles to deter North

Among them is new weapon with 350km-400km flight range, designed to destroy underground facilities believed used to store nukes

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Student dies in second N. Carolina school shooting this week

Suspect flees scene, but apprehended later ‘without incident’

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China-US tensions could compromise climate cooperation: Wang Yi

Beijing senior diplomat says as top two greenhouse gas sources in world, both countries should

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S. Korea medical workers bin strike after deal reached with govt

Union has warned that its 80,000 members, including nurses and pharmacists, exhausted from battling Covid-19

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Aussie doctors warn of health system ‘capsizing’ with eased virus curbs

This comes as some states prepare to move from suppression strategy to living with Covid-19