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$2.8b investment, including LNG plant gets Myanmar junta's nod

Myanmar's military rulers have approved new investment in projects worth nearly $2.8 billion,…

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Global Covid caseload surpasses 157 million

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Afghan school blast toll rises to 58 as families begin burying victims

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Calls for nationwide lockdown mount as India's Covid deaths near record

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 Rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean, says China  8 hrs ago 
 Maldives bans travellers from Bangladesh, six other countries  16 hrs ago 
 30 killed, 52 hurt in blast near Kabul girls' school  20 hrs ago 
 Vaccine inequity 'unacceptable', WHO chief tells G7  23 hrs ago 

 EU for 'concrete' US plan over vaccine patent lifting, Pope backs move  1 day ago 
 Global Covid-19 caseload nears 157 million  1 day ago 
 WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm vaccine  1 day ago 
 India's Tamil Nadu announces lockdown  1 day ago 

 France to impose quarantines for arrivals from Bangladesh, 6 other countries  1 day ago 
 India hits 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in a day  1 day ago 
 53 injured in Palestinians-Israeli police clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque  1 day ago 
 Record Covid surge signals major crisis in Nepal  1 day ago 

 Use Bangladesh, 5 other countries to expedite jab production: WTO  1 day ago 
 Blood-clot risk: EU watchdog monitoring Pfizer, Moderna jabs  1 day ago 
 Only jabbed expats will be allowed in KSA  1 day ago 
 EU leaders to meet in person for 1st time this year  2 days ago 