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Lasso leads with over half of votes for Ecuador presidential polls counted

Official figures put conservative ex-banker ahead amid uncertainty

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‘Forced confession’ victims urge Europe ban on Chinese TV channels

Rights watchdog publishes letter detailing scale of coerced, ‘twisted’ information

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Brazil evangelicals protest Covid-19 curbs on church services

Several hundred turn up in Brasilia, with demos also held in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

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Myanmar’s post-coup civilian death toll climbs past 700

Myawaddy Bank’s biggest branch in Mandalay was targeted this morning, guard hurt

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Jordan king, prince in first joint appearance since ‘plot’ crisis

Hamzah accused of involvement in conspiracy to destabilise kingdom, but sedition nipped in bud, says Abdullah

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China’s plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India

Structure will span the Brahmaputra River

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Myanmar youth fight internet outages with underground newsletter

Molotov created as response to those who slow down flow of information, says founder

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Irish PM warns of ‘spiral back’ as N.Ireland wracked by week of riots

Yesterday marks 23rd anniversary of 1998 Good Friday Agreement

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Trudeau slams ‘disconnected’ rivals in fiery campaign-style speech

Strongly worded smackdown of Conservative party comes amid speculation of polls in coming months

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Brazil building new giant Christ statue, taller than Rio’s

Head and outstretched arms added this week

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Police bust 100 at underground Paris restaurant

Guests fined for violating health rules, organiser and manager arrested

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China mulls mixing vaccines to improve efficacy of jabs

This marks first time top Chinese expert publicly alludes to relatively low efficacy of country’s vaccines

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S’pore PM to announce decision on nurses wearing headscarf in August

Lee Hsien Loong says govt is discussing matter with Malay-Muslim community leaders