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Malaysia rulers to meet amid talk of emergency declaration
Reports that PM Muhyiddin Yassin wants to impose measures to tackle COVID-19 surge and ‘political instability’.
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Iran’s supreme leader calls for ‘decisive action’ on COVID-19
Khamenei set new tasks for gov’t and calls for stricter penalties as Iran’s daily cases continue to rise again.
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NASA probe leaking asteroid samples due to jammed door
Images beamed back to ground control revealed it caught more material than scientists anticipated.
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EU border agency ‘involved in illegal pushbacks’ of migrant boats
Media investigation reveals ‘senior Frontex officials know about illegal practices by Greek border guards’.
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US scientists find country’s first ‘murder hornet’ nest
The Washington State Department of Agriculture plans to try to eradicate the Asian giant hornet nest on Saturday.
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Pakistan to remain on global terror financing ‘grey’ list
Financial Action Task Force praises Pakistan for progress, but decides to keep it on its watch list.
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Nine civilians killed in bomb attack on bus in Afghanistan
Four policemen were wounded, Ghazni police spokesman said, blaming the Taliban for the attack.
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