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Saudi prince strikes conciliatory tone with rival Iran

Comments come after ‘secret’ talks with fierce enemy in Baghdad

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Pfizer could have first oral drug for Covid-19 by year-end: CEO

New medicine type can be a game changer, say health experts

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School closures lead to 2.4% dip in students’ expected annual wages: ADB

It adds up to estimated U$1.25 tril, or 5.4% of developing Asia’s 2020 GDP

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India’s Covid-19 death toll tops 200,000

Country reports over 3,000 daily fatalities for first time

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Florida toddler shot dead at own birthday party

Investigators say fatal incident likely caused by stray bullet following shooting

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India’s Covid-19 variant found in at least 17 countries: WHO

Most sequences uploaded from India, the UK, the US and Singapore, says UN health body

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US says vaccinated people can go mask-free outdoors most of the time

President Biden hails ‘stunning progress’ in immunisation efforts, with more than half of country’s adults having received at least 1 shot

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UK teen who threw boy from museum balcony not deemed a risk: report

Jonty Bravery was jailed in June last year for attempted murder

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Frantic scramble for Covid-19 drugs in India

Many drive around looking for medication for sick relatives and pay exorbitant amount for doses

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Napoleon’s bicentennial under shadow of Covid-19 and controversy

200th anniversary of Bonaparte’s death on May 5, but will anyone be celebrating?

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Apocalyptic scene as wall of sand engulfs China town

Billowing cloud of yellow dust smothers Gansu’s Linze county

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Myanmar rebels capture military base near Thai border

Karen National Union has clashed with army in the east for weeks

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First shipment of UK Covid-19 medical equipment lands in India

Cargo includes 100 ventilators, 95 oxygen concentrators