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S. Korea capital to impose max Covid-19 curbs amid infection surge

Country sees record 1,316 cases today; people in their 20s and 30s, most of whom aren’t yet eligible for jabs, drive up numbers

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Singapore sends medical supplies as Indonesia battles raging Covid-19 variant

Jakarta takes delivery of oxygen cylinders, ventilators, masks, gloves and gowns

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Death toll in Bangladesh food factory inferno leaps to 52

Dozens of workers jump from upper floors as flames engulf six-storey building

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No jabs, no jobs: Fiji to make Covid-19 vaccine compulsory

Failure to get jabs will result in hefty fines for individuals, shutdowns for companies

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Israel razes home of Palestinian-American shooting suspect

This despite appeal that Montasser Shalabi’s life centres on US, with him making only yearly visits to West Bank house

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11 suspects in Haiti president’s killing held after Taiwan embassy break-in

Taipei describes group as ‘mercenaries’ believed behind Jovenel Moise’s assassination on Wednesday

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CoronaVac less effective against Gamma variant, study finds

It may also be able to reinfect those who previously caught Covid-19

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3 killed, 30 injured in Bangladesh factory fire

Firefighters rescue 25 people from roof as blaze rages

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‘Multiple’ deaths in Sweden skydiving plane crash

Aircraft carrying 9 people, including pilot

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‘Systematic torture’: anger grows over 84-year-old Indian priest’s death in detention

Stan Swamy dies 9 months after being arrested under anti-terrorism laws

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Pfizer to seek 3rd Covid-19 shot authorisation

Initial data shows No. 3 dose pushes antibody levels 5-10 times higher against original strain, Beta variant

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US assures Assange will not be held in ‘supermax’ jail if extradited

UK blocked handover citing health concerns, suicide risk of WikiLeaks founder

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Canadian bank robber jailed in Singapore, escapes caning

David James Roach stole S$30,000 from a Standard Chartered branch in 2016