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Iran summons Italian envoy in rebuke over protests

Islamic republic calls in Giuseppe Perrone in diplomatic tit-for-tat

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Let’s ramp up military cooperation, Putin tells ‘dear friend’ Xi

Russian president lauds Moscow, Beijing’s efforts to combat ‘Western provocations’

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Mongolia must do more to fight corruption after protests: minister

Greater measures needed to combat graft, including wide govt probe, says Khishgeegiin Nyambaatar

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Amid tight security, Brazil hosts ‘Lulapalooza’ to toast Lula inauguration

Some 300,000 revellers, more than dozen heads of state and govt expected to attend

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Junta trial of Suu Kyi closes, Nobel laureate faces 33 years in jail

77-year-old convicted on every charge after 18-month trial

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US winter storm death toll rises to 61

Fierce weather causes chaos at airports, thousands of flights delayed, cancelled

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Global alarm grows over China’s Covid-19 surge

WHO says restrictions by some countries ‘understandable’ given lack of information from Beijing

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Death toll rises to 19, scores injured in Cambodia hotel-casino fire

Officials warn figure may climb as rescuers have not reached certain parts of complex

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Thailand suggests free Covid-19 boosters for tourists

Tourism minister says move worth it as each foreign traveller will spend average 40,000 baht

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Philippines, China move to avoid ‘miscalculation’ in disputed sea

Ferdinand Marcos insists he will not let Beijing trample on maritime rights 

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Ukraine reports ‘massive’ Russian missile attack

Air, sea-based strikes injure at least three, cause blackouts across country

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S. Korea tunnel fire kills five

Local Fire Dept says blaze caused by bus crashing into truck

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Death toll from Philippine floods, landslides climbs to 33

Police still searching for over two dozen missing people