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Indian panel gives emergency approval for Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – An expert panel of India’s drugs regulator has recommended emergency use approval for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, two sources said…
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Myanmar crisis looms with warnings economy will shrink up to 20%
YANGON (BLOOMBERG) – With a tea shop right next to key protest zones in Myanmar’s biggest city, Mr Soe is never quite sure whether he…
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Singapore and China foreign ministers discuss travel resumption
BEIJING – Travel between Singapore and China may soon resume if the two sides can work out a system to mutually recognise each other’s health…
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Biden to Pay for Infrastructure Plan With 15 Years of Corporate Taxes
The president will propose using the revenue from increasing corporate taxes to pay for eight years of ambitious spending on roads, bridges, utilities and other…
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Papua New Guinea begins Covid-19 inoculations as infections soar
CANBERRA (REUTERS) – Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape received the first Covid-19 shot in the Pacific Island country on Tuesday (March 30) under…
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Tiny Palau pins hopes on Taiwan travel bubble to help Covid-19-wrecked tourism
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Palau is looking forward to opening a travel bubble with Taiwan to help its wrecked tourism industry recover, its president said on…
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Enhanced CNY measures helped keep Covid-19 at bay but not yet time to ease restrictions: Experts
SINGAPORE – The enhanced restrictions put in place for Chinese New Year last month may have helped control the spread of Covid-19 here during the…
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Blacklisted tenants: Privacy Commissioner launches landlord probe
The Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into landlords potentially breaching the law by asking for tenants’ bank statements and putting them on blacklists if…
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Opinion | Trump Should Be a Celebrity Vaccine Ambassador
First, the good news for America: People are getting their Covid-19 vaccine shots — or jabs, as they’ve been dubbed. Daily vaccination numbers have topped…
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Hundreds in Rare Hong Kong Protest as Opposition Figures Are Charged
HONG KONG — Holding banners and shouting slogans, hundreds of people assembled outside a court in Hong Kong on Monday in a rare act of…
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Another 548 people die with Covid in UK
Another 548 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, bringing the overall toll to 121,305. This number rises to 135,613 when taking into account…
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Cow Curriculum Becomes India’s Latest Ideological Battleground
NEW DELHI — Indian students have been hitting the books hard in preparation for a big test on cows, reading that India’s cows have more…
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Another 799 people die with Covid as UK records 10,625 new cases
A further 10,625 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the Department of Health has confirmed. Today’s figures show another 799 people have…
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