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Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, arrest five

Chief editor Ryan Law among those taken in for ‘collusion to endanger national security’

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Japan toughens terms for sales of defence force bases, nuke sites

Bill passes with majority vote in Parliament

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Macau follows Hong Kong in shuttering Taiwan office

This follows Taipei’s support for pro-democracy activists

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North Korea’s Kim admits food situation ‘tense’

Analysts also say possible coronavirus impact leaves country in dire straits

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Wounded Myanmar protesters fear arrest in junta hospitals

Many with serious injuries suffer physically, financially

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Third Mexican student’s remains identified from missing 43

Bones are those of Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, say investigators

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Republicans introduce bill to fire Fauci, face of US Covid-19 response

They accuse him of misleading Americans, providing contradictory advice

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Saudi executes Shia man in ‘flawed’ trial: campaigners

Mustafa al-Darwish’s death for participation in Arab Spring uprisings as teenager goes against royal decree, say activists

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Israel strikes Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

Fighter jets hit ‘Hamas military compounds’ in response to ‘arson balloons’

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Spanish man jailed 15 years for killing, eating mum

‘Cannibal of Ventas’ chopped up body and ate her cadaver over 15 days, feeding some to his dog

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Suu Kyi goes on trial for sedition in junta court

Witness produced by the junta testifies against her on colonial-era sedition charges

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Chinese scientist at centre of virus controversy denies lab-leak theory

Dr Shi Zhengli says no experiments to make bat coronaviruses more dangerous were carried out at Wuhan Institute of Virology

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Philippines extends travel ban on arrivals from India, 6 other nations

President agrees to move aimed at halting spread of highly contagious Covid-19 variant