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Japan’s daily Covid-19 caseload breaches 9,000 for first time

Tokyo confirms 3,177 infections in new record as Delta variant casts pall over Olympics

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8.2-magnitude quake off Alaskan peninsula triggers tsunami warning

Authorities fear ‘hazardous’ waves in coming hours after shallow tremor

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Booster shot greatly ups protection against Delta, Pfizer reports

Pharma giant says 3rd jab given to people aged 18 to 55 increases antibodies against Covid-19 variant more than fivefold from 2nd dose

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Myanmar seeks international help as Covid-19 bites

Junta leader says efforts being made to work with Asean ‘and friendly countries’

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Israel approves Covid-19 shots for at-risk children aged 5-11

Those eligible will get Pfizer-BioNTech dose of 0.1ml, which is 3 times less than standard amount given

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Dhaka evacuates 10,000 Rohingya after fatal floods, landslides

At least six refugees among 14 killed, officials say

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More than half of German population fully vaccinated

4.8 mil people now have full protection, says health minister

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Putin trying to disrupt 2022 elections, claims Biden

Russian president allegedly knows he’s in ‘real trouble’, says United States president, which makes him ‘even more dangerous’

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London council, over decades, exposed hundreds of children to sex abusers

Minors living in residential homes, foster care run by local authorities in Lambeth found raped, assaulted, abused by staff

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Pentagon official raps China’s baseless South China Sea claims

US vows to defend rights of region’s coastal states, but won’t seek confrontation with Beijing

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Myanmar polls commission cancels 2020 general election results: reports

Action paves the way for forcible dissolution of National League for Democracy

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Hong Kong court convicts man in first national security trial

Watershed ruling lays down new marker in city’s changing legal landscape

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Cuba blames US for Molotov cocktail ‘terror attack’ at Paris embassy

Mission’s employees put out fire before authorities arrive