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Thailand makes U-turn on COVID vaccination rule for visitors

Thailand has revoked an entry policy announced two days ago requiring visitors to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, its health minister said, citing sufficient immunization levels in China and globally.

January 10, 2023 7:26 am
 

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China says it carried out more military drills around Taiwan

China’s military says it carried out military exercises around the self-ruled island of Taiwan that focused on land and sea assaults, the second such drill in less than a month.

January 10, 2023 6:01 am
 

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Cold and fog cause chaos in northern India

Parts of northern India are experiencing a severe, prolonged cold wave that has thrown normal life out of gear.

January 9, 2023 5:16 pm
 

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Biden inspects US-Mexico border in face of GOP criticism

President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into the country.

January 9, 2023 4:02 pm
 

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Musk wants trial in Texas - not California

Elon Musk has urged a federal judge to shift a trial in a shareholder lawsuit out of San Francisco because he says negative local media coverage has biased potential jurors against him.

January 9, 2023 3:18 pm
 

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Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

January 9, 2023 2:39 pm
 

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Biden inspects US-Mexico border in face of GOP criticism

President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into the country.

January 9, 2023 1:20 pm
 

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Dozens killed after buses collide in central Senegal

At least 40 people have been killed and 87 injured after two buses collided near Kaffrine in central Senegal.

January 9, 2023 12:05 pm
 

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Polls close in Benin parliamentary election

Polling stations have closed in Benin as voters went to the polls for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy in the West African nation.

January 9, 2023 11:31 am
 

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Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed 600 soldiers

Ukraine has labelled as “propaganda” a Russian claim that it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in an attack.

January 9, 2023 9:10 am
 

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Extradition of ‘El Chapo’ son to the US halted after 29 killed in arrest operation

A Mexico City federal judge halted the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son, alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, to the United States on Friday, a day after he was arrested in an intense operation in northern Mexico that led to the deaths of 29 people.

January 9, 2023 9:00 am
 

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Virginia shooting of teacher by six-year-old ‘not accidental’, authorities say

The apparently deliberate shooting of a Virginia school teacher by a gun-carrying six-year-old pupil has shocked many across the United States, causing outrage and horror even in a country long-used to regular school shootings that are rare elsewhere in the world.

January 9, 2023 8:57 am

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