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North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to be ready for confrontation — and dialogue — with Biden
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South China Sea dispute: Malaysia accuses China of breaching airspace
Malaysia says it is to summon China's ambassador after 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over disputed waters off its eastern state of Sarawak.
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COVID’s biggest conspiracy could be true
Evidence is growing that COVID-19 escaped a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and did not evolve naturally after all.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance since coup
Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in a Feb. 1 coup, her lawyer said.
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‘Shut down’: Fauci confronts India
The top US infectious diseases expert has called on India to take drastic action to “break the chain of transmission” as the crisis worsens.
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Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos
On Monday, a senior official from India's federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi or anywhere else in the country.
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‘Trying to keep Australians safe’: Canberra enforces and defends travel ban CRIMINALIZING return of its own citizens from India
Australia has imposed a blanket ban on arrivals from India, with those daring to violate it to face jail time and heavy fines. The move has been met with criticism, but the government insists it’s needed to protect public health.
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What happened in sub’s final moments
Investigators have begun putting together pictures of the doomed Indonesian submarine’s wreckage to find out how the tragedy occurred.
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India Covid: Delhi builds makeshift funeral pyres as deaths climb
Crematoriums in the Indian capital Delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space to cremate its dead.
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India's Covid-19 crisis 'beyond heartbreaking' as first foreign aid trickles in
The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of efforts to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
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Worrying side-effect of India crisis
Critics have sounded alarm bells for the public as India’s brutal second wave of COVID-19 whittles away “whatever remains of democracy”.
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Chilling warning on ‘suffocating’ Indo sub
A desperate search for a missing Indonesian submarine could be all for nothing, with an expert making a grim prediction about the fate of its 53 crew.
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Submarine missing with 53 on board
The Indonesian navy is searching for a submarine that has gone missing off the coast of Bali with 53 people on board.
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Japan To Dump Wastewater From Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Pacific Ocean
The plant was severely damaged in a 2011 magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami that left about 20,000 people in northeast Japan dead or missing.
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COVID-19 cases skyrocket in India amid overcrowding and complacency
Experts are shocked at how fast COVID-19 cases are spreading amid complacency and overcrowding in a country labelled “the next Brazil”.
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South Korea rolls out the KF-21, joining elite group of global supersonic fighter jet makers
Moon said after ground and flight tests are completed, mass production of the KF-21 will begin with a goal of 40 jets deployed by 2028 and 120 by 2032.
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Taiwan train crash: 'Can you let me hug her again?'
From a father cradling the motionless body of his six-year-old daughter, to a woman who lost her entire family, Taiwanese media has been dominated by the heartbreaking stories of survivors of Friday's train crash.
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Kim Jong-un’s message to Joe Biden
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has sent a clear message to new President Joe Biden as the US works out how to deal with the nation.
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Myanmar's military accuses Suu Kyi of taking $600,000 and gold
Myanmar's military rulers have accused the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of illegally accepting $600,000 (£430,000) and 11kg of gold.
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China introduces world's first 'virus passport' programme
China introduced the first “virus passports” on Tuesday in a bid to boost international travel as the United States and the European Union consider similar programmes. The EU has said it plans to propose an EU-wide digital vaccination passport sometime this month.
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