HEALTH | US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus
A health worker fumigates in Soko village, Jombang, East Java, on June 9, 2023, following medical reports of 43 people
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CALIFORNIA | Essential California —California drivers kill thousands each year, but murder charges are rare. Here’s why
Flowers sit on the side of Pacific Coast Highway, near the site where four Pepperdine students were killed by a
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ENVIRONMENT-SCIENCE | Long-lost mammal rediscovered in remote Papua mountains
An echidna walks amid vegetation in the Cyclops Mountains, Papua, July 22, 2023. (Reuters/Expedition Cyclops) . . Scientists have rediscovered
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SCIENCE-MEDICINE | US surgeons perform world’s first whole eye transplant
Dr Eduardo Rodriguez operating on Mr Aaron James in New York in May 2023. The surgery involved removing part of
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South Korean man killed by industrial robot that identified him as a box
The robotic arm crushed the man’s body against a conveyor belt after mistaking him for a box. PHOTO: THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA
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Miss Universe owner files for bankruptcy in Thailand, citing ‘liquidity problem’
Thai media mogul Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip bought the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2022 for US$20 million. PHOTO: AFP/NOVEMBER 9,
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OP ED | OPINION-EDITORIAL | The Indonesia Hospital in Gaza
Collapsed ceilings in one of the wings of the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza are seen in this photo taken on
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WORLD AT WAR-WAW | ASEAN needs to unite to weather current chaotic world, expert says
Dr Lam Peng Er is Principal Research Fellow with the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. KT/Taing Rinith
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Picasso, Monet and… Ferrari? New York auction houses eye monster sales
Pablo Picasso’s Femme A La Montre is expected to fetch at least US$120 million (S$163 million). PHOTO: AFP NEW YORK
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ASIA-GEO POLITICS | China on ‘alert’ after US, Canadian ships cross Taiwan Strait
A Chinese warship fires towards the shore during a military drill near Fuzhou near the Taiwan controlled Matsu Islands that
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