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An Australian Broadcasting Corporation page on Facebook is displayed without posts in Sydney, Thursday, February 18, 2021. Facebook is vowing to restrict news sharing as Australian lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into payment agreements. (AP /Rick Rycroft)

Australia slams 'heavy-handed' Facebook news blackout

Minister Paul Fletcher had also raised concerns that blocking news media on the popular platform could boost the spread...

18 Feb 2021 11:06 AM IST

Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling council (Twitter@descifraguerra)

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Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional...

Suu Kyi, 75, spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her efforts to end military rule

18 Feb 2021 12:16 AM IST

New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to media in Wellington, New Zealand on February 15, 2021. (AP/Nick Perry)

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New Zealand ends snap virus lockdown in largest city

New Zealand has been widely praised for its handling of the pandemic, with just 26 deaths in a population of five...

17 Feb 2021 12:37 PM IST

Protesters hold signs calling for the release of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they block a road during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 17, 2021. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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Thousands rally in Myanmar's Yangon despite military build up

UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews said he feared the situation was spiralling out of control

17 Feb 2021 11:57 AM IST

Associations are to sign a charter of respect for French values and pay back state funds if they cross the line (AP)

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France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims

Critics say these provisions are already covered in existing laws

17 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press after the Senate voted to acquit former US President Donald Trump, in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2021. (Alex Edelman / AFP)

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Speaker Pelosi proposes 9/11-type commission to probe US Capitol...

The Republican former president was accused of inciting riots in the Capitol which left five people, including a police...

16 Feb 2021 11:48 AM IST

In this image from video, protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they march in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, February 6, 2021. (AP)

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Myanmar anti-coup protesters keep pressure on junta

They accuse Beijing of propping up the military regime and applaud Washington's actions sanctioning the military

14 Feb 2021 6:34 PM IST

$A demonstrator shines his cellphone flashlight as an other waves a poster reads \Im not afraid, Freedom for Navalny\ during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia on January 23, 2021. (Evgeny Feldman/Meduza via AP)$ World