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Philippines’ Marcos says South China Sea dispute ‘keeps him up at night’

President affirms country’s commitment to peace despite Beijing’s territorial claims

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Seoul spy agency raids labour group over suspected N. Korea ties

Union group calls move ‘barbaric’, accuses conservative administration of ‘conniving’ to target it

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Nurses in England stage new walk-out over pay

Action taken with ‘heavy heart’ but ‘clear mind’, says one

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Australia to scrap Taipan helicopters despite pleas from France

Defence minister says choppers to be replaced with US-made Black Hawks

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Tokyo court upholds acquittal of Fukushima operator ex-bosses

Verdict affirms former executives could not have predicted scale of tsunami that caused nuclear accident

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Game over: Macau convicts ‘junket king’ Alvin Chau

Court, however, acquits tycoon on money laundering charge

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US fraud trial begins over Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla tweets

Billionaire has denied being deceitful, likely to be called to testify

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Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

59-year-old maintains charge politically motivated, calls verdict victory for ‘truth’

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El Salvador releases 3,000 arrested in anti-gang sweep

Authorities have detained more than 61,000 in country’s ‘war’ against organised crime

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Second Brazilian under arrest for anti-Lula bomb plot

Police look out for third suspect of truck blast attempt a week before president’s inauguration

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Police briefly detain Greta Thunberg at German coal mine protest

Activists object demolition of Luetzerath, village standing as symbol of resistance against fossil fuel 

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6.3-magnitude quake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tremor poses no tsunami threat to country, says MetMalaysia

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Ukraine ends tower block search with 45 dead, 20 missing

Kremlin denies responsibility for Russian strike of Dnipro on Saturday