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Pfizer-BioNTech said on April 1 its vaccine was about 91-percent effective at preventing COVID-19 [AFP]

South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine: Study

Israeli study shows Pfizer-BioNTech shot less potent against B.1.351 variant than other COVID-19 mutations.

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The same site was hit by a large explosion in July 2020 [File: AFP]

Electrical ‘incident’ hits Iran’s Natanz nuclear site

No casualties reported at the site that was hit by a large explosion last year.

According to Human Rights Watch, an estimated 250,000 migrant domestic workers, mainly from African and Southeast Asian countries, work in Lebanon [File: Hassan Ammar/AP]

‘No one cares’: Lebanon’s financial crisis and domestic workers

After decades of inactivity, the volcano erupted spewing dark clouds of ash some 10km into the air [Reuters]

New explosion in St Vincent volcano causes power cuts

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is the first high-level official from the Biden administration to visit Israel [File: Reuters]

US defence chief in Israel amid Iran nuclear talks

Soldiers unload electoral materials to be distributed ahead of the second round of presidential elections, in Quito, Ecuador, on April 10 [Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters]

Ecuador votes for next president amid COVID and economic crises

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun heads to Iran for a three-day visit in an effort to boost diplomatic and financial relations between the two countries [File: Reuters]

Future ties at stake as South Korean PM heads to Iran

Blackmore is the 20th female jockey to compete in a race that has been a mud-splattered British sporting institution since 1839 [Scott Heppell/Reuters]

Blackmore first female jockey to win Grand National

A worker sanitises a polling station on the eve of the first round of presidential and parliamentary elections in Peru [Ernesto Benavides/AFP]

Peru votes in ‘most fragmented elections in history’

Chadian soldiers belonging to the Presidential Guard vote during an early round of the election on April 10 [Marco Longari/AFP]

Chad goes to polls as President Deby seeks to extend 30-year rule


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The same site was hit by a large explosion in July 2020 [File: AFP]

Electrical ‘incident’ hits Iran’s Natanz nuclear site

According to Human Rights Watch, an estimated 250,000 migrant domestic workers, mainly from African and Southeast Asian countries, work in Lebanon [File: Hassan Ammar/AP]

‘No one cares’: Lebanon’s financial crisis and domestic workers

After decades of inactivity, the volcano erupted spewing dark clouds of ash some 10km into the air [Reuters]

New explosion in St Vincent volcano causes power cuts

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is the first high-level official from the Biden administration to visit Israel [File: Reuters]

US defence chief in Israel amid Iran nuclear talks

Soldiers unload electoral materials to be distributed ahead of the second round of presidential elections, in Quito, Ecuador, on April 10 [Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters]

Ecuador votes for next president amid COVID and economic crises

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun heads to Iran for a three-day visit in an effort to boost diplomatic and financial relations between the two countries [File: Reuters]

Future ties at stake as South Korean PM heads to Iran

Blackmore is the 20th female jockey to compete in a race that has been a mud-splattered British sporting institution since 1839 [Scott Heppell/Reuters]

Blackmore first female jockey to win Grand National

A worker sanitises a polling station on the eve of the first round of presidential and parliamentary elections in Peru [Ernesto Benavides/AFP]

Peru votes in ‘most fragmented elections in history’

Chadian soldiers belonging to the Presidential Guard vote during an early round of the election on April 10 [Marco Longari/AFP]

Chad goes to polls as President Deby seeks to extend 30-year rule

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

Australia to end sexual harassment exemption for politicians

The UK set up its new tech firm regulator after concluding that Facebook and Google have significant market power in their respective sectors [File: Chris Jackson/Getty Images]

New UK watchdog set to curb Big Tech’s hold over news media

Though most Australian states have allowed quarantine-free visits from New Zealanders for months, New Zealand has continued mandatory quarantine from its neighbour, citing concern about small COVID-19 outbreaks there [Marty Melville/AFP]

Australia-New Zealand travel bubble to begin on April 19

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government on February 1 [Handout/ AFP]

Australian couple released from detention in Myanmar

The easing of the lockdown in Brisbane should help Queensland's tourism industry [Patrick Hamilton/AFP]

Australia lifts Brisbane lockdown as COVID cases dwindle

The European Union's medicines regulator and the World Health Organization have said the benefits of the AstraZeneca shot outweigh its potential risks [File: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters]

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Latest Bangladesh News

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Bangladeshi police make a rickshaw puller wear a mask as they enforce a lockdown in Dhaka [Al-emrun Garjon/AP]

Bangladesh protest over COVID curbs turns violent, three shot

Packed ferries at Dhaka's Sadarghat ferry terminal taking people home as Bangladesh imposes lockdown [Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

Bangladesh enforces weeklong lockdown amid spike in COVID cases

People work to put out a fire in a makeshift market near a Rohingya camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh [Shafiqur Rahman/AP Photo]

Fire kills 3 in market near Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Several Bangladeshi journalists and activists have recently been arrested for making critical remarks against Hasina, right, in the picture here with Modi [File: Anupam Nath/AP Photo]

Bangladesh teen held for ‘offensive video’ mocking Hasina, Modi

The South Asian nation has recorded more than 617,000 cases [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Bangladesh sees record high daily coronavirus cases amid surge

Rohingya refugees in Chittagong on their way to a Bangladeshi navy ship that will take them to be relocated to Bhashan Char island in Bay of Bengal [File: Munir Uz Zaman/ AFP]

Cyclone season awaits thousands of Rohingya on Bangladesh island

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Opposition sidelined as Benin votes in presidential election

With most rivals in exile or sidelined, Benin’s President Patrice Talon looks set to win a second term in office.

Supporters wave flags to welcome Benin President Patrice Talon and running mate Mariam Talata to a campaign rally at Abomey-Calavi, Benin, on April 9, 2021 [Pius Utomi Ekpei/ AFP]

Erdogan urges end to ‘worrying’ Ukraine tension, offers support

Turkish president says tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over Donbas conflict have to be resolved through dialogue.

Erdogan, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks in Istanbul amid tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over the long-running conflict in Donbas [Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office via Reuters]

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‘Very, very serious’: Germany struggling with third COVID wave

Data shows more and more young people being hospitalised with respiratory infections and ICUs rapidly filling up.

In Germany, about 14 percent of its population has received at least one jab, trailing the UK, France and EU average [File: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters]

21 workers trapped in flooded mine in China’s Xinjiang

CCTV says rescuers have located 12 of the 21 trapped miners.

Rescue workers at a flooded coal mine in Hutubi county in of Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji, northwest China's Xinjiang region [Gao Han/Xinhua via AP]

Real Madrid beat Barcelona to go top of La Liga

Benzema’s winner takes Real Madrid to top of the Spanish football league with rivals Atletico set to play on Sunday.

Saturday's victory means Real Madrid go level on points with Atletico but lead the table on superior head-to-head results [Sergio Perez/Reuters]

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