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Coronavirus treatments: the potential ‘game-changers’ in development
After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promi…
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‘Free and open’: Quad leaders call for ‘stable’ Indo-Pacific in veiled China dig
Joe Biden meets leaders of Australia, India and Japan in latest effort to cement US leadership in Asia US pres…
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Aukus deal ‘ties UK into Indo-Pacific and sends message to China’
Key purpose of defence agreement is signal it gives to Beijing, Australia’s former defence minister tells MPsA…
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From vaccine mandates to a chatting ban: how schools in the Asia Pacific are managing Delta
Outbreaks of the highly infectious Delta variant have led to closures in some countries, while others push to …
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Coronavirus live news: New Zealand cases drop for second day, Japan blames vaccine contamination on needles
Drop in New Zealand cases is ‘reassuring indication’ lockdown is working, country’s director-general of health…
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Covid: case rates rising in most areas of England; jabs from halted Moderna batch used in Japan – as it happened
Case rates rising in England except London and Yorkshire & the Humber; thousands of shots from Moderna bat…
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Coronavirus live news as it happened
Thai demonstrators demand PM resigns over handling of pandemic; latest UK Covid data shows week-on-week rise i…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan set to extend state of emergency as Sydney records deadliest pandemic day
Japan is reportedly set to extend it state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions while Sydney has reported s…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan experts urge nationwide state of emergency as Sydney suffers worst pandemic day
Advisers to government in Tokyo say Covid surge requires harsher measures, while Australian state of NSW annou…
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Australia’s reliance on gas exports questioned as Japan winds down fossil fuel power
Government urged to speed up transition to green energy as Australia’s biggest market shifts away from LNG and…
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‘We are in the same boat’: Japan urges Australia to join forces to address challenge of China
Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for two countries to deepen cooperation in East China Sea, where Tokyo has re…
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South Korea records highest Covid case numbers as wave of infections sweeps Asia Pacific
Delta variant is responsible for a growing wave of new cases in the region, which had previously managed the p…
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Annastacia Palaszczuk determined to spruik Queensland’s Olympics bid in Tokyo, despite petition to prevent trip
Almost 30,000 sign petition calling for Queensland premier not to go to Tokyo Olympics after pushing to cut qu…
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Scott Morrison inks G7 deals with Japan and Germany to develop lower-emissions technology
PM resists pressure to commit Australia to 2050 climate deadline as he talks up hydrogen, LNG and carbon captu…
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Uefa and UK discuss easing restrictions for Euro 2020; Putin blames money for EU delay of Sputnik V approval
UK currently has the strictest entry requirements of any host country; Russian president spoke as Serbia start…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan mulls tests for Olympics fans; India posts lowest case numbers since April
Japan may require Games fans to test negative or show vaccine proof; India reports lowest case numbers since 1…
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Casual, practical, inspirational: Australia’s uniform for Tokyo Olympics unveiled
‘Hero’ of Sportscraft-designed range is a grey blazer lined with the names of 320 gold medallistsAustralia’s O…
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Why Britain is tilting to the Indo-Pacific region
Critics warn of imperial fantasy but the economic and political forces pulling the UK back to the region are r…
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Australia pressed to show leadership on Indo-Pacific health ahead of Quad meeting
Access to Covid vaccines is set to be one of the main talking points when Scott Morrison meets with Joe Biden …
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Gurrumul, Omar Souleyman, 9Bach and DakhaBrakha: the best global artists the Grammys forgot
From the Godfathers of Arabic rap to the father of Ethio-jazz, Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan guides a to…