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  India records over 260,000 daily COVID-19 cases

  Xinhua/UNB . New Delhi | Updated at 12:40pm on April 18, 2021

  A total of 261,500 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 14,788,109, said the data...

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  US, Japan show united front on China

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 03:35am on April 18, 2021

  The United States and Japan vowed Friday to stand firm together against an assertive China and to step up cooperation on climate change and next-generation...

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  Myanmar junta leader to join ASEAN summit in Jakarta

  Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 04:45pm on April 17, 2021

  Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing is set to join Southeast Asian leaders at a special summit in Jakarta next week, the Thai foreign ministry...

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  20 dead as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

  Agence France-Presse . Tunis | Updated at 12:44am on April 17, 2021

  At least 20 African migrants, including a baby, died and several others went missing after a boat loaded with migrants headed for Europe sank off...

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  S’pore activist crowdfunds $1,08,000 to pay PM libel damages

  Agence France-Presse . Singapore | Updated at 12:18am on April 17, 2021

  A Singaporean activist has raised $1,08,000 he owes prime minister Lee Hsien Loong in defamation damages, the second time this month a government critic turned...

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  Jimmy Lai among five HK democracy activists jailed

  Agence France-Presse . Hong Kong | Updated at 12:14am on April 17, 2021

  Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed for 14 months on Friday along with four other veteran democracy activists for their roles in protests...

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  Myanmar’s ousted MPs form shadow government

  Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Updated at 07:12pm on April 16, 2021

  A ‘parliament’ working in hiding to oust Myanmar’s junta from power announced a new shadow government Friday, with deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi at...

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  Seven HK democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown

  Associated Press /UNB . Hong Kong | Updated at 01:25pm on April 16, 2021

  Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including 82-year-old veteran activist Martin Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected to be sentenced Friday...

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  China ramps up vaccination drive with goods

  Associated Press/ UNB . Taiwan | Updated at 01:18pm on April 16, 2021

  China’s success at controlling the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a population that has seemed almost reluctant to get vaccinated. So it is accelerating its...

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  French embassy advises citizens to leave Pakistan

  Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 07:04pm on April 15, 2021

  The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, after violent anti-France protests paralysed large parts...