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Nearly 875,000 refugees have fled Ukraine: UN

Around half had made their way to Poland

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Japan willing to welcome Ukrainian refugees: PM

Fumio Kishida did not set specific cap on arrivals

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Myanmar junta pardons actor jailed for dissent

Paing Takhon to be allowed to ‘participate in nation-building’ with his ‘art’

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Biden seeks US unity through Russia crisis

State of the Union speech wins ovations with diatribe against Russia, pledge to tackle inflation

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Taiwan leader warns against ‘turning a blind eye’ to aggression

Nation faces similar situation with China as Ukraine does with Russia, notes Tsai Ing-wen

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New Zealand anti-Covid-19 vaccination protesters burn camp after riot police move in

Hundreds of officers use shields, pepper spray to force them back, to end weeks-long occupation on Parliament lawn

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Australians continue to flee floods, death toll rises to 12

Sydney on alert as deadly storm front moves southwards

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US warns against Hong Kong travel as Omicron tears through city

It cites strict virus curbs, child separations, lists it on Covid-19 Level 4

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No discrimination at border, Ukraine repeats after Indian student dies in Kharkiv

First-come-first-served approach applies to all nationalities, says Foreign Affairs Ministry

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Hong Kong DJ convicted of ‘sedition’ in watershed trial

Tam Tak-chi’s conviction sets precedent for upcoming such prosecutions

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Top UN court to hold Ukraine war hearings on March 7, 8

This follows complaint lodged to order Russia to stop invasion

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World Bank announces more than US$1 bil in aid for Afghanistan

Funds to support humanitarian response over critical winter months

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Ukraine says civilians killed in fresh Russian shelling

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Kremlin of war crime as death toll mounts