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Singapore investigating karaoke bars after Covid-19 outbreak

Govt launches testing drive amid fears of emerging clusters, promises party-goers confidentiality

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Myanmar folk defy junta curfew to secure oxygen for virus-stricken kin

Military, however, assures supply sufficient, says people ‘should not spread rumours’

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Racist abusers to be banned from football stadiums: Boris

Football Banning Orders Authority to work with clubs to ensure action taken against those overseas

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China becoming ‘evil empire’, bigger threat than Soviet Union, warns US ex-veep

Mike Pence urges President Joe Biden to confront Beijing more forcefully on Covid-19 origin, ‘neo-colonialism’

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Jeff Bezos donates record-breaking US$200 mil to Smithsonian

Institute to use US$130 million on new education centre, which will be named after Amazon founder

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UK revises Covid-19 travel lists amid rising infection fears

Travellers from Balearic Islands, British Virgin Islands to self-isolate upon arrival in country starting July 19

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Myanmar junta declares 9-day ‘holiday’ to contain Covid-19

Nation records staggering 7,083 new infections, 145 fatalities

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Bus blast that killed 12 in Pakistan ‘bombing’, claims China

Beijing urges Islamabad to punish those responsible, despite latter blaming explosion on gas leak

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Myanmar junta slams UN ‘one-sided’ claims on Rohingya resolution

It says term ‘imaginary’ as community ‘never been recognised as ethnic nationality’ of country

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Indonesia new ‘epicentre of Asia’ as virus cases skyrocket

Daily infections top 54,000, deaths hit 991

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1,146 migrants die trying to reach Europe in H1 2021

Figure more than double from same period last year, but may be higher, says migration organisation

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2 jabs ‘vital’ to battle Delta variant: EU agency

By end-August, 90% of all Covid-19 cases in Europe will be of the strain, says EMA

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Senate Dems agree on US$3.5 tril ‘once-in-a-generation investment’ in US

Massive package is to fund climate initiatives, health insurance and human infrastructure programmes, like childcare and housing