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Pfizer to seek green light to vaccinate kids under 5
Washington: Pfizer and BioNTech will soon ask US regulators for emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine for children under age…
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Two killed, 38 injured in Myanmar rally attack on coup anniversary
Two people were killed and 38 injured in a grenade attack on a pro-military rally in eastern Myanmar on Tuesday,…
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22 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 22 people in Quito, inundating homes, swamping…
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G.Bissau president says survived deadly coup bid, situation ‘under control’
Guinea-Bissau’s president on Tuesday said he survived heavy fire for five hours during an attempted coup which he claimed killed…
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Protests as Mexican Media Worker Killed After Outlet Reported Death Threats
Mexico City: A Mexican media worker was killed on Monday in the violent western state of Michoacan, one of his employers said, the latest killing in a…
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Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health: WHO
GENEVA: Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens…
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Amnesty joins other rights group in condemning Israeli ‘apartheid’
Amnesty International on Tuesday labelled Israel an “apartheid” state that treats Palestinians as “an inferior racial group,” joining the assessment…
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Myanmar protesters defy junta with strike and clapping protests on coup anniversary
Anti-coup protesters across Myanmar defied a junta order not to mark the first anniversary of the military’s power-grab with a…
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UN agency says gaps in Belarus flight rerouting probe
The UN aviation agency on Monday extended its investigation into a bomb warning aboard a Ryanair flight last May, citing…
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I’m sorry and I’ll fix it, says UK’s Johnson after lockdown party report
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised and vowed to “fix it” after a report on Monday into lockdown parties…
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