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Outgoing US secretary of state imposes new sanctions on Beijing, just 24 hours before Biden takes office
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Defeated measure aimed to give high court more power to protect minorities such as China’s Uighurs
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A Russian-American climber who went missing last week while trying to scale a mountain amid harsh winter weather in northern Pakistan has been found dead
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Narendra Modi congratulates team’s ‘remarkable grit’ after India beats Australia in fourth Test to win series
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UK-based security firm faces calls to repay charges made by recruitment agents for jobs in Gulf states and conflict zones
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India launches bid to vaccinate 300m people amid fears over efficacy of domestically produced vaccine
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Assassination of supreme court judges follows months of increased violence in Afghanistan
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Workers trapped in a gold mine after an explosion at the site in eastern China on 10 January have sent a written note to the surface saying that twelve of the workers trapped underground are still alive.
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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has killed dozens of people, injured hundreds and damaged many buildings
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Pyongyang hosted a military parade to celebrate the Workers’ party’s 8th Congress where Kim Jong-un took the new title of ‘general secretary’. Images from the parade, released by the official North Korean news agency KCNA, showed submarine-launched missiles
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When Taal volcano, a popular tourist site in Batangas, erupted a year ago 5,000 people fled the island. It’s still considered dangerous. The government bans former residents from returning but some still live there in tents
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Young adults gathered in Japan to celebrate reaching 20, the age at which they can drink alcohol, smoke and get married without parental approval, although many events were cancelled due to coronavirus fears
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Record snowfall in parts of Japan has caused transport chaos
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