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Ukraine severs ties with N. Korea after pro-Russia separatists recognition

Pyongyang follows Syria in acknowledging Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic

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Protesters raid Sri Lanka PM’s office after president flees abroad

One dead due to suffocation from tear gas, as crowd demands Ranil Wickremesinghe, Gotabaya Rajapaksa step down

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Rape of 10-year-old jolts US abortion debate

Police confirm victim crossed state lines to terminate pregnancy following Ohio ban on procedure

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Rishi Sunak tops first round of voting for new UK Tory leader

Ex-defence minister Penny Mordaunt follows in second, as Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi eliminated

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Bomb in Myanmar’s Yangon kills two, injures nine

No group has claimed responsibility for explosion so far, says report

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Record temperatures in Shanghai as heatwave bakes China

Temperatures climb to 40°C, killing several people and damaging roads

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South Korea vows probe of 2019 North Korean repatriations

This, after release of photos appear to show one man resisting handover

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Panama protests continue despite fuel and food price cuts

Demonstrations have now run for two weeks, closed some main highways

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US veep Harris launches Pacific push with new embassies, envoy

Washington to open missions in Tonga, Kiribati, appoint first-ever regional ambassador there

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Hong Kong’s ‘Grandma Wong’ jailed for democracy protests

Magistrate cites ‘scale and disruption to social order’ of demonstrations

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Fukushima nuke plant operator ex-bosses ordered to pay US$95 bil: media

Tokyo court orders four former Tepco executives to pay damages in suit brought by shareholders

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Mexican schoolboy set on fire for being indigenous

14-year-old suffered second, third-degree burns following weeks of bullying, says lawyers

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Biden heads to Middle East for first tour as president

Jeddah visit to become highlight after branding Saudi Arabia ‘pariah’ over journalist’s murder