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Myanmar security forces kill nine as Indonesia calls for end to violence
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Myanmar security forces kill nine as Indonesia calls for end to violence

(Reuters) – Myanmar security forces shot dead nine opponents of a February 1 coup on Friday, a funeral services provider…
Myanmar protests: UK tells citizens to flee
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Myanmar protests: UK tells citizens to flee

The UK Foreign Office on Friday told its citizens they should leave Myanmar as violent repression of protests in the country…
Myanmar: Several protesters reported killed
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Myanmar: Several protesters reported killed

A anti coup protest in the central Myanmar town of Myaing turned deadly on Thursday, with staff at the local hospital reporting…
Myanmar’s military: A state within a state
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Myanmar’s military: A state within a state

Myanmar has witnessed widespread anti-coup protests this week where public anger at the military for toppling a democratically elected civilian government is…
Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup
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Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid…
Indonesia quake kills at least 35, injures hundreds
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Indonesia quake kills at least 35, injures hundreds

JAKARTA (Reuters) – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday,…
Typhoon Vamco triggers worst floods in Philippine capital in years
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Typhoon Vamco triggers worst floods in Philippine capital in years

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered government agencies to rush aid to people affected by Typhoon…
Virus flareups in Europe lead to club closings, mask orders
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Virus flareups in Europe lead to club closings, mask orders

PARIS (AP) — New flareups of COVID-19 are disrupting the peak summer vacation season across much of Europe, where authorities…
Virus deaths top 600,000 as cases rise in India, SAfrica
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Virus deaths top 600,000 as cases rise in India, SAfrica

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Countries from the U.S. to South Africa to India were struggling to hold down rising rates of…
Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home
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Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home

Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses…
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