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Biden to sign ‘roughly a dozen’ executive orders on Day 1

They will address Covid-19 pandemic, ailing US economy, climate change and racial injustice, aide says

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Biden nominee slams Trump govt’s terror designation for Yemen rebels

Jake Sullivan, poised to become national security adviser, says move will only deepen suffering of war-torn nation’s citizens

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ATP, RGL visitors to S’pore must have travel insurance for Covid-19 treatment

Requirement, involving minimum coverage of S$30,000, to take effect January 31

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Mt Semeru in Java erupts with 4.5km-tall smoke cloud

Tallest volcano in Java now at volcanic alert level two

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Taliban praise continued US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

This comes after Pentagon announces troop levels reduced to 2,500

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US carries out last federal execution of Trump era

48-year-old black man Dustin Higgs executed by lethal injection, reports New York Times

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Belgian cafe owner holds sleep-in to protest virus shutdown

Christelle Carion protests to draw attention to plight of bar and restaurant sector

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Cambodia thanks ‘friend’ China for 1 mil Sinovac shots

Hun Sen says doses will vaccinate 500,000 people, starting with frontliners, his bodyguards, officials around king

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Frantic search for buried survivors after Indonesia quake

Death toll now at 45, unknown how many trapped under rubble

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Florida activates National Guard ahead of Biden inauguration

It follows law enforcement’s warning that armed groups plan to protest at state Capitols nationwide

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Pandemic sees world migration down 30%, UN says

Some 281 million people living outside their country of origin in 2020

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Biden elevates science adviser post to cabinet level

Science will always be at forefront of my govt, says incoming president in sharp break from Donald Trump

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Beijing reports 2 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases

Both patients are in Chinese capital’s Shunyi district