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Court nod for homeless shelter to be built in NY ‘Billionaire’s Row’

Plan to turn former Park Savoy Hotel into centre housing 150 people first announced in 2018

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Germany investigates Covid-19 testing centres for fraud

Prosecutors carry out raids, amid reports of firms inflating screenings carried out to take advantage of govt reimbursement scheme

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Covid-19 outbreak sweeping Everest base camp puts mountaineers at risk

Nepal authorities yet to acknowledge numerous cases at Himalayas, say no official reports of incidences

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Canada MP again caught naked during parliamentary videoconference

Latest incident sees William Amos pissing into coffee cup while teleworking

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Vietnam discovers new hybrid virus variant: state media

Health minister says mix of Indian, UK strain spreads quickly by air

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South China locality under lockdown after fresh Covid-19 outbreak

Authorities designate high-risk areas, carry out door-to-door testing as 20 new cases emerge in past week

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Unchecked Covid-19 surge puts pressure on congested Thai prisons

Justice minister says govt considering early releases for inmates with underlying medical conditions, possibly through royal pardon

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Sri Lanka marine disaster imminent as ship continues burning off coast

International team continues firefighting efforts as Singapore-registered vessel remains aflame for 10th day

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Biden shuts door on Trump-snubbed airspace treaty with Russia

Open Skies agreement has been undermined by Moscow’s violations, says US State Department

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Covid-19 origins probe ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

Discourse around investigation, often speculative and critical, making it hard to focus on the science, says emergencies chief

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US to sanction Belarus over passenger flight diversion

Incident involving Ryanair plane and arrest of opposition journo on board ‘a direct affront to international norms’, says White House

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Bodies of 215 kids found at shuttered Canada indigenous school

Some as young as 3 years old, says Tk’emlups te Secwepemc tribal chief

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EU okays Pfizer Covid-19 jab for 12- to 15-year-olds

Vaccine ‘well tolerated’ in adolescents, there are no ‘major concerns’ in terms of side effects, says EMA