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India reports 40,134 new coronavirus cases
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US Republican report says coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab; scientists still probing origins
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Army patrols Sydney streets as Brisbane extends Covid-19 lockdown
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Death toll in Turkey wildfires rises to eight, coastal resorts affected
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More than 700 saved from Mediterranean this weekend, says aid group
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US, UK join Israel in accusing Iran of deadly tanker attack
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TikTok star shot dead at US cinema
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Bolsonaro backers push for change to Brazil’s voting system
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Russian cosmonauts give video tour of module that jolted space station
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Kim’s sister slams planned US-S. Korea drills
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Fauci says he expects no new US lockdowns despite surging Delta cases
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Scuffles in Berlin as Covid sceptics defy protest ban
BERLIN, Aug 1 — Hundreds of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban today and gathered illegally in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with...
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‘Bodies on the streets’: Fighting brings death and destruction to Afghan cities
KANDAHAR, Aug 1 — Families abandoned their homes in droves, air strikes rained down on neighbourhoods and bodies filled the streets as the Taliban took their fight to...
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US senators to move forward with infrastructure bill today
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 — US senators are expected to move forward today on a sweeping US$1 trillion (RM4.2 trillion) package for roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, with text...
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Thailand extends stricter Covid-19 measures until end-August
BANGKOK, Aug 1 — Thailand today extended tighter containment measures in the capital and high-risk provinces until the end of August, government sources said, to slow the spread...
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Russia reports 22,804 new Covid-19 cases, 789 deaths
MOSCOW, Aug 1 — Russia reported 22,804 new Covid-19 cases today, including 2,484 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,288,677. The...
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Myanmar army ruler pledges elections, Asean cooperation in speech six months after coup
BANGKOK, Aug 1 — Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing today again promised new multi-party elections and said his government is ready to work with any special envoy named...
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Cambodia to mix vaccines as booster shots to fight Covid
PHNOM PENH, Aug 1 — Cambodia will begin offering a booster shot against Covid-19, switching between the AstraZeneca and Chinese Covid-19 vaccines in an effort to fight the...
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New Zealand apologises for raids on Pacific people
WELLINGTON, Aug 1 — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today formally apologised for police crackdowns in the 1970s that “unfairly targeted” the country’s Pacific...
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Afghan forces battle to thwart Taliban assaults on key cities
KANDAHAR (Afghanistan), Aug 1 — Afghan government forces struggled against Taliban assaults on several major cities today as the insurgents stepped up a nationwide offensive...
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US military aids Israel-managed tanker attacked off Oman
DUBAI, Aug 1 — The US Navy is assisting an Israeli-managed petroleum products tanker attacked off Oman with two crew members killed, the US military said yesterday, adding the...
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Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane to enter Covid lockdown
BRISBANE, Aug 1 — Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane and other parts of Queensland state will enter a snap Covid-19 lockdown from yesterday as authorities race to...
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Protesters demand probe into Canada indigenous schools
MONTREAL, Aug 1 — Hundreds of protesters in Canada’s capital called yesterday for a probe into a boarding school system for indigenous children, as outrage built after the...
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US top diplomat Blinken to court South-east Asia in virtual meetings next week
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet virtually with South-east Asian officials every day next week, a senior state department official said...
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Tunisia’s Ghannouchi suffers ‘malaise’ amid political turmoil
TUNIS, Aug 1 — Rached Ghannouchi, the 80-year-old leader of turmoil-wracked Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha, suddenly became unwell yesterday while working...
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China, Australia ramp up Covid curbs as Delta variant spreads
BEIJING, Aug 1 — China and Australia ramped up Covid-19 curbs yesterday as Delta variant cases surged and tens of thousands rallied in France against restrictions designed...
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UK prime minister Johnson and wife expecting another baby
LONDON, July 31 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are expecting a second baby, British media reported today. Their first child, Wilfred, was born in...
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UN calls on countries need to be more ambitious in climate goals
PARIS, July 31 — Countries that have signed up to the Paris accord to tame climate change need to be more ambitious in their own national efforts, the UN’s climate chief said...
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Asean hopes to finalise appointment of special envoy to Myanmar next week
BANGKOK, July 31 — The appointment of a special envoy to Myanmar is expected to be concluded during the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting next week. Director-general of...
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UK urges pregnant women to get vaccinated given variant risks
LONDON, July 31 — British health authorities have urged more pregnant women to get coronavirus jabs after a national study found the Delta variant appeared to increase their...