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With Olympic bubbles ‘broken’, experts say safety measures at COVID-delayed Summer Games are woefully inadequate.
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Sherpa villages in the lap of Mount Everest are reeling from COVID-19 as climbing season ends on world’s highest peak.
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Key questions answered as president dissolves parliament and calls a snap poll amid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak.
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Israeli security cabinet and Hamas agree to Egyptian-brokered ceasefire to halt 11 days of fighting.
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Israeli PM defies call by US President Joe Biden for ‘a significant de-escalation in Gaza today on the path to a truce’.
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Motives remain unclear but theories point to religious ‘extremists’ or political rivals involved in corruption scandal.
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Japan PM hopes ‘momentum rises in all regions’ as torch relay begins despite strong public opposition to Tokyo Olympics.
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Protesters accuse China of backing Myanmar generals, but analysts say Beijing does not favour a return to military rule.
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Analysts and campaigners say Ming Aung Hlaing’s presidential ambitions played a key role in power grab.
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At party Congress, Kim pledges to expand weapons programmes with the aim of ‘making a preemptive nuclear strike’.