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Japan to lift virus emergency one month before Olympics

Govt seeks to place 10 prefectures under looser restrictions

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First astronauts arrive at China’s space station

Trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket

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Thailand to reopen to vaccinated travellers in October

Time has come to take calculated risk, says PM

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Major banks, airlines hit in new global online outage

Problem traced to US-based tech provider Akamai

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Australia further restricts AstraZeneca over blood clot fears

Jab will no longer be given to people under 60

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World’s ‘third largest’ diamond unearthed in Botswana

1,098-carat stone shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi

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Japan to issue vaccine passport for travel abroad

Like many other govts, it looks to relaunch tourism, business trips

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Poor interim trial results for Germany’s CureVac jab

Vaccine just 47% effective in late-stage trial

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Little warmth despite the heat at Biden-Putin summit

US president expects Russia to act in its own interest, says expert

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Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, arrest five

Chief editor Ryan Law among those taken in for ‘collusion to endanger national security’

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Japan toughens terms for sales of defence force bases, nuke sites

Bill passes with majority vote in Parliament

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Macau follows Hong Kong in shuttering Taiwan office

This follows Taipei’s support for pro-democracy activists

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North Korea’s Kim admits food situation ‘tense’

Analysts also say possible coronavirus impact leaves country in dire straits