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Thai govt plays Cupid to boost birth rate

Kingdom’s total fertility rate plummets to 1.51 last year, its lowest-ever level

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Bereaved Gazans look to ICC for closure

Possibility of war crimes investigation give Palestinian families hope

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Myanmar junta warns public against harbouring wanted activists

Cops hunting 7 who have lent vocal support to anti-coup protests, including some of country’s most famous democracy figures

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US judge clears path for Ghosn accomplices’ extradition

Michael Taylor and his son, Peter, accused of aiding former automobile titan’s audacious escape from Japan in December 2019

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Inferno at Afghan-Iranian border after 100 oil tankers catch fire

Initial estimate is of millions of dollars in losses; about 20 people taken to hospital

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Ardern orders Auckland into snap virus lockdown

Order issued after 3 family members contract Covid-19, marking first community cases in almost half-a-year

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Dozens hurt in Fukushima quake, nuke plant unaffected

PM says no deaths reported following 7.3-magnitude tremor late yesterday

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UN Security Council to debate challenge of global vaccine access

Negotiations over resolution likely to be complicated, says envoy

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Bolsonaro issues decrees to further soften gun laws

Brazilians can now own more firearms, have access to specialised sharpshooter scopes, among others

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‘Best V-Day gift’: Lebanon receives first coronavirus vaccines

Country’s inoculation drive kicks off today

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NZ confirms new community outbreak of Covid-19

Family of 3 test positive, including woman who works for catering firm servicing international flights

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US, WHO press Beijing for more pandemic data

It comes after health body’s mission to China fails to make real headway

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Guinea sees first Ebola deaths in 5 years

4 people who participated in nurse’s burial now hospitalised with deadly disease