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Putin tells Macron that West ignored Russia's security concerns
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Italy speeds up presidential vote but deadlock persists
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Prince Andrew quits golf club as he faces civil sex assault case
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Xiomara Castro becomes first woman president of Honduras
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US, Taiwan VPs ‘spoke briefly’ at Honduras presidential inauguration
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Delhi lifts weekend curfew, reopens restaurants as India Covid cases drop
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Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic, expands booster eligibility
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Gunman arrested in Japan after taking doctor hostage, shooting nurse
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Taiwan president expresses 'empathy' for Ukraine's situation
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WHO examining allegations official abused staff, leaked vaccine data to Japan
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False bomb threat on diverted Ryanair jet 'deliberate', says UN report
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'Whack-a-mole': Experts call Hong Kong's zero-Covid policy unsustainable
HONG KONG, Jan 28 ― With thousands of people locked down in tiny apartments, government quarantine centres filling up and many businesses shuttered, Hong Kong is scrambling to...
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Jacinda Ardern’s popularity lowest since elected New Zealand PM, poll shows
WELLINGTON, Jan 28 ― Jacinda Ardern's popularity has slumped to its lowest level since she became New Zealand Prime Minister in 2017, opinion polling shows, as criticism of her...
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A year later: The Myanmar nun who faced down a junta
YANGON, Jan 28 ― Almost a year after she knelt in the dust to beg Myanmar police not to shoot anti-coup demonstrators, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng still shakes at the memory of the...
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Search halted for survivors of capsized boat off Florida, leaving 34 lost at sea
MIAMI, Jan 28 ― The US Coast Guard yesterday called off a three-day search for 34 people lost at sea off Florida from a boat that capsized while engaged in what officials...
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Finland moves up planned easing of Covid restrictions
HELSINKI, Jan 28 ― Finland will begin gradually easing Covid-19 restrictions from February 1 instead of mid-February as initially planned as the burden on its hospitals eases,...
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Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian deaths
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 ― US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials yesterday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths from military strikes...
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Biden urges Congress to act now on Equal Rights Amendment
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 ― President Joe Biden yesterday called on Congress to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the US Constitution and formally protect women's...
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US, Taiwanese vice presidents speak at rare encounter in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 28 ― The US and Taiwanese vice presidents had a brief conversation yesterday at the inauguration of the new Honduran president, a rare encounter sure to...
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Report: US health agency has 'persistent deficiencies' in its crisis response
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 ― The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has “persistent deficiencies” in its ability to prepare for and respond to public health...
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India probes illegal immigration after tragedy near Canada border
MUMBAI, Jan 28 ― Indian police have detained six people in a crackdown on illegal immigration after four Indians were found frozen to death near the border between the United...
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US presses China to loosen Covid rules on diplomats
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 ― The United States said yesterday it was asking China to loosen Covid quarantine rules for diplomats after Beijing accused Washington of seeking to sabotage...
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Brazil's top court subpoenas Bolsonaro in leaked documents case
BRASILIA, Jan 28 ― A Supreme Court justice yesterday subpoenaed Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and ordered police to question him in an investigation into leaked documents in...
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Honduras inaugurates first female president, Harris vows closer US ties
TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 28 ― Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras' first woman president yesterday, with US Vice President Kamala Harris in attendance, as her government faces tests...
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Porn star Stormy Daniels testifies ex-lawyer Michael Avenatti 'lied to me'
NEW YORK, Jan 28 ― Adult film actress Stormy Daniels told jurors at her former lawyer Michael Avenatti's criminal fraud trial yesterday that he “stole from me and lied to...
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N.Korea confirms latest weapons tests as Kim visits 'important' munitions factory
SEOUL, Jan 28 ― North Korea conducted tests of an upgraded long-range cruise missile and a warhead of a tactical guided missile this week, as leader Kim Jong-un visited a...
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US asks UN Security Council to meet on Russia, Ukraine
NEW YORK, Jan 28 ― The United States has asked that the United Nations Security Council meet publicly on Monday to discuss Russia's “threatening behaviour” against Ukraine...
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Tennessee school board bans Holocaust-themed graphic novel 'Maus'
TENNESSEE, Jan 28 ― A school board in Tennessee has voted to remove the Holocaust-themed graphic novel Maus from its eighth-grade language arts curriculum, citing profanity and...
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US State Department cites missile and drone threats in latest travel warning for UAE
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — The US State Department today updated its warning to Americans not to travel to the United Arab Emirates, citing the threat of missile or drone attacks. The...
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German Chancellor Scholz to meet Biden at White House on Feb. 7
BERLIN, Jan 27 — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet US President Joe Biden on February 7 at the White House, with the two leaders expected to discuss ongoing tensions...