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US COVID Death Toll Climbs Past 200,000, Trump Gives Himself A+
Deaths directly attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. have now…
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Air New Zealand Grounds Entire Boeing 777 Fleet As Domestic Routes Open Up
Air New Zealand has announced it will ground its entire Boeing 777…
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New Zealand Ends COVID Restrictions Outside Auckland
New Zealand has ended all COVID-19 restrictions outside the city of Auckland.…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away Aged 87
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87. An…
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Singapore Airlines Axes 4300 Jobs, First Cuts Since SARS Outbreak
Singapore Airlines has announced plans to lay off 20% of its staff,…
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Thailand’s PM Warns Of COVID Risk If Anti-Govt Rally Goes Ahead
Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday warned that a planned anti-government…
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Facebook Launches Climate Information Centre
Bengaluru: Social media giant Facebook has launched a climate science information centre…
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COVID Vaccine Being Snapped Up By Wealthier Nations
Some of the world’s wealthier nations, numerically making up just a small…
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UK COVID Vaccine Trials Resume, Others Remain On Hold
Trials on the Swedish-British company AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine have…
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Japan Loans 50 Billion Yen To Philippines In Post-COVID Aid
Japan is to loan around 50 billion yen (24 billion Philippine pesos)…
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Japanese Killer, Keeper Of Nine Bodies To Go On Trial
A Japanese man charged with the murder and dismemberment of nine people…
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Israel Imposes Another COVID-19 Lockdown – Cases Top 153,000
Israel has announced a second COVID-19 lockdown to help contain the virus…
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France Records 10,000 COVID-19 Cases In One Day, UK To Limit Gatherings
France has seen just under 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 infections in…
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Chinese Moves In Inner Mongolia Latest Case Of Minority Oppression By Beijing
On August 26th, the Education Administration of Inner Mongolia released a new…
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Thailand Post COVID Reopening To Be Decided By Next Month
Thailand’s plan to allow the return of long-term foreign tourists to the…
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UK Looking To Woo Indian Students With Improved Visa System
New Delhi: As part of its commitment to enhance the visa system…
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Phuket Reopening To Be Delayed As Local COVID Transmission Recorded
Plans by the Thai government to reopen the popular tourist island of…
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Regardless Of COVID-19, 2021 Tokyo Olympics WILL Go Ahead
Tokyo 2020, the Olympics postponed because of the worldwide fight against the…
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Vietnam Starting To Resume Flights To 6 Cities – From Mid September
Reports from Vietnam late last week now indicate that civil aviation flights…
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Super Typhoon Haishen Starts Assault On Japan, Thousands Evacuated
Super Typhoon Haishen has started its assault on the Japanese archipelago. The…
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Japan Bracing For Arrival Of Super Typhoon Haishen
Japan is battening down the hatches as it prepares for the full…
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Anti-Chinese Racism In UK Affecting Taiwanese
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Taiwan & Japan Reopen Borders For Long Term Residents
Taiwan and Japan will reopen their borders starting September 8th for for…
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Malaysia Limits Movements Until End Of The Year To Battle COVID
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin has said his country will…