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Canada stops funding sensitive research with ‘hostile’ foreign actors

Govt announcement follows media report that universities had collaborated with scientists linked to China’s military

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Japan says past aerial objects likely Chinese spy balloons

Tokyo now weighing relaxing rules on shooting down such craft in its airspace, reports media

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Strong earthquake felt in New Zealand capital

Residents reportedly feel sudden jolt, buildings quivering

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UK, US guilty of ‘crimes against humanity’ over Chagos Islands: NGO

Human Rights Watch urges full reparations for forcibly displaced islanders

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On EU, Ukraine borders, Belarus special forces are ‘ready’

Army simulating forest combat while paratroopers practise jumping from aircraft

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China to resume issuing short-term visas for South Koreans

Move follows Seoul’s decision to end Covid-19-linked travel restrictions on Chinese nationals

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Biden demands Congress act on gun violence after latest mass shooting

After rampage at Michigan State University, visibly shaken state governor laments ‘uniquely American problem’

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Three dead in New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle

Helicopters pluck hundreds from rooftops as floods surge overnight

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Egypt ex-graft chief freed from prison, charged again: activist

This, upon being released after completing five-year sentence

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Possible war crime as Russia holds thousands of Ukrainian children: US report

At least 6,000 held in camps aimed at re-education, some given training in firearms, study says

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New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

Focus switches from rescue to providing food, shelter to millions in need

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EU Parliament votes to ban petrol car sales by 2035

This despite conservative MEPs’ opposition, as bloc aims to be ‘climate neutral’ by 2050

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Russia denies plotting coup in Moldova

Ukraine has accused Moscow of planning to topple EU-candidate Chișinău’s govt