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India tells social media firms to take down ‘Indian variant’ posts

Govt order highlights sensitivity to accusations of Covid-19 surge mishandling

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Data on 4.5 mil passengers stolen: Air India

State-owned airline’s data processing company hit by cyberattack in February

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Will India’s Covid-19 catastrophe hurt Modi?

Prime minister under fire for massive surge overwhelming health system

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Palau-Taiwan travel bubble to reopen ‘as soon as practical’

It will reopen when Taiwan moves back up to low-risk status, says Palau president

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Aussie academic to face spying trial in China

Author Yang Jun goes on trial next week over espionage charges

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Spain to allow all vaccinated travellers in from June 7

Britons allowed for holidays from next week

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Latin America, Caribbean surpass 1 mil Covid-19 deaths

Region also records more than 31.5 mil infections

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Biden vows to help ‘rebuild’ Gaza, insists on two-state solution

US president urges Israelis to stop intercommunal fighting in flashpoint city of Jerusalem

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Japan approves Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines

Decision comes just 2 months before Olympics, amid talk Moderna aims to manufacture doses in Asia

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Vaccine firms pledge 3.5 bil Covid-19 doses for poorer nations

Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson to forego profits from doses set aside for initiative

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McDonald’s sued for US$10 bil over alleged discrimination against black-owned media firms

Mogul Byron Allen’s 2 companies say fast-food giant spent US$1.6 bil on TV ads in US in 2019, with only 0.31% going to black-owned media

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Australia urges over-50s to get jabbed as Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy grows

Older Aussies fear AstraZeneca shot’s side effects more than catching virus

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Japan could freeze all Myanmar aid, foreign minister warns

Junta’s continued use of lethal force makes aid ‘difficult to continue’