World
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683Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call
A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state’s...
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504Trump administration signs up new company to make Covid-19 drugs in US
US President Donald Trump’s administration awarded a contract worth up to $812 million for a new US company to manufacture drugs and...
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470NASA human spaceflight chief resigns ahead of launch
NASA’s human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro has resigned, according to an internal memo seen by agency employees on Tuesday, just a week...
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505‘My decision to make’: Trump defends criticised use of antimalarial drug HCQ for Covid-19
President Donald Trump emphatically defended himself Tuesday against criticism from medical experts that his announced use of a malaria drug against the...
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540UK Covid-19 death toll nears 43,000:Report
The United Kingdom’s Covid-19 official death toll has reached nearly 43,000, underlining the country’s status as the worst-hit in Europe and raising...
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483China claims this drug could shorten recovery time for Covid-19 patients
A top Beijing-based university’s specialised research team has said it is developing a drug that could shorten the recovery time for Covid-19...
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5884 killed, 24 injured as earthquake hits China’s southwestern Yunnan province
A 5-magnitude earthquake has struck China’s southwestern Yunnan province, killing at least four people and injuring 24 others, according to officials. One...
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410‘The only way forward for WHO is…’: Full text of Trump’s letter to WHO chief
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday took to Twitter and shared the three-page long letter that he has written to World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros...
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440Vaccine developers report first positive sign in human trial
Early data from Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, the first to be tested in the United States, showed that it produced protective...
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492Trump renews attack on WHO, asks UN body to demonstrate independence from China
US President Donald Trump wrote a letter to World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, accusing the global health body of...
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