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China’s economy accelerates as virus recovery gains strength

China’s economic growth accelerated to 4.9% over a year earlier in the latest quarter as a shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength. Factory...

Thai authorities seek to censor coverage of student protests

Thailand’s embattled prime minister has said there are no plans to extend a state of emergency outside the capital, even as student-led protests calling...

New strategies target coronavirus hotspots across the world

After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and US states are trying more...

UK Government denies capacity issue for Covid-19 tests

The UK Government has denied a delay in Covid-19 test results was caused by a “testing capacity issue” at a Glasgow centre. The Scottish Government...

Thai protesters continue demonstrations despite police warnings

Pro-democracy activists in Thailand launched their fifth consecutive day of protests on Sunday, scheduling demonstrations in the capital and at several other locations around...

Melbourne eases lockdown as virus cases decline

Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has loosened lockdown restrictions as new and active cases of Covid-19 continue to decline. From midnight on Sunday, Melbourne residents will...

UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections

A decade-long UN arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired on Sunday as planned...

China passes new law restricting sensitive exports

China has passed a new law restricting sensitive exports to protect national security, allowing Beijing to reciprocate against the US as tensions mount between...

Rescuers search for 22 buried as Vietnam landslide hits army camp

A landslide in central Vietnam on Sunday buried at least 22 army personnel, just a week after another landslide killed 13 people as heavy...

Police in Haiti use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters

Haitian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters who blocked roads and set fires in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Several people...

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