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  Singapore irked over Delhi CM’s remarks, summons Indian envoy

  Agence France-Presse. Singapore, Singapore | Updated at 09:46pm on May 19, 2021

  Singapore called in India's envoy Wednesday to protest ‘unfounded’ claims by New Delhi's chief minister that a coronavirus strain from the city-state was dangerous for...

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  Malaysian police kill Philippine ‘extremists’

  Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur | Updated at 03:35pm on May 18, 2021

  Five suspected members of Philippine extremist group Abu Sayyaf have been shot dead in a fire fight with police on the Malaysian part of Borneo...

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  China takes Covid-19 controls to Everest with climber ban

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 11:08pm on May 17, 2021

  China has banned attempts to scale Everest from its side of the world’s highest peak, as Beijing takes its unflinching Covid-19 controls to the Roof...

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  Thailand virus cases soar with prison clusters

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:06pm on May 17, 2021

  Thailand reported a new daily high of nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases on Monday, more than two-thirds of them in prisons, as the kingdom battles its...

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  Monster cyclone makes landfall in India

  Agence France-Presse . Ahmedabad | Updated at 08:33pm on May 17, 2021

  A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm made landfall in western India on Monday, disrupting the country’s response to its devastating...

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  Singapore shuts schools, Taiwan bars foreigners for Covid

  Agence France-Presse . Singapore | Updated at 05:36pm on May 17, 2021

  Singapore will close schools from Wednesday as authorities warned new coronavirus strains such as the one first detected in India were affecting more children...

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  7 drown in Indonesia as boat riders attempt selfie

  Agence France-Presse . Jakarta | Updated at 11:50pm on May 16, 2021

  Seven Indonesians drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir on Java island, police said Sunday. The accident...

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  Four dies as cyclone heads for India

  Agence France-Presse . Ahmedabad | Updated at 06:47pm on May 16, 2021

  At least four people have died in torrential rain and winds as virus-hit India braces for a powerful cyclone, officials said on Sunday, with tens...

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  Two foreign climbers die on Everest

  Agence France-Presse . Kathmandu | Updated at 10:31am on May 13, 2021

  Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year’s season, expedition organisers in Nepal...

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  Thailand seeking ‘humanitarian’ solution for detained Myanmar journalists

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:29pm on May 11, 2021

  Thailand said Tuesday it was seeking a ‘humanitarian’ solution for three Myanmar journalists arrested after fleeing across the border to escape a junta crackdown. The...