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Japanese Prime Minister Suga intends to dissolve parliament in mid-September, delaying the middle of the party leader’s race

Young Chinese players challenge Beijing’s new rules as gaming companies’ shares dwindle

Japan’s health minister says Okinawa vaccine contaminants are likely to come from a needle stick

China’s economy under pressure as factory activity slows in August, service contract

The repression of Chinese culture is a sign of “profound” political change – comment

Kim from North Korea praises young “volunteers” in difficult and challenging sectors

The United States issues COVID-19 advice for Switzerland

The more contagious Delta variant makes people get sicker; the oral drug shows promise in the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia

The Taliban would retrieve European Afghan deportees to face the courts, the spokesman says

Internet disrupted, quiet streets in South Sudan after the call for protests