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Five reported missing in huge California wildfire

Dixie Fire burns through four counties, leaving people homeless

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Brisbane to lift virus lockdown while Sydney outbreak grows

Queensland deputy premier says region may have succeeded in containing Delta bubble

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US condemns assassination plot on Myanmar’s anti-junta UN envoy

Threat fits disturbing pattern to persecute those who stand against authoritarian leaders, says fellow ambassador

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Saudi Arabia to reopen borders for vaccinated umrah pilgrims

Visitors must be immunised with country-recognised vaccine, says deputy minister

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Brunei logs first local Covid-19 cases in 15 months, imposes stricter curbs

Of 8 fresh infections, only 1 imported, and involves man who arrived in country from Mideast via Malaysia

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15,555 forest fires raze vast areas in Bolivia over 7 months

831 infernos reported in August alone; 147,000ha consumed

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Thai police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at protesters

Restrictions keep turnout low, but vastly outnumbered demonstrators vow to keep fighting despite heavy-handed security forces

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J&J’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine bags India’s emergency approval

Country bids to boost inoculations, but unclear when doses will be delivered

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Man rescued from croc’s jaws in Australia’s remote northeast

Pair went swimming in ‘croc country’ off Cape York Peninsula

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Thousands of homes, farms hit by floods in N. Korea

Footage from Pyongyang’s state-run KCTV shows houses flooded up to their roofs

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Vaxxed or not, Delta levels remain similar in UK Covid-19 patients

Microbiology prof says if vaccine blocks transmission only by 50%, herd immunity will never be achieved even with 100% uptake

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Sydney posts Covid-19 record as Melbourne races to trace outbreak

New South Wales sees 319 community cases, 5 more deaths

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Half of all Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19: White House

More than 165 mil have received either Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson jabs