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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit faces prosecution for criticising the role of a company controlled by the king in the national Covid-19 vaccine rollout -
European commission will come under fire over agreement that is already causing tensions with US -
Director of Tandav agrees to remove scenes deemed to insult Hindu gods and office of Indian prime minister
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The adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker-winning novel is coming to Netflix – one of a growing number of films from the region snapped up by the streaming giants -
Despite government loans and staff trickling back to work, the pandemic has made survival precarious for the city’s vendors -
Narendra Modi congratulates team’s ‘remarkable grit’ after India beats Australia in fourth Test to win series -
Minister who publicly drank syrup touted as coronavirus cure tests positive
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Authorities are closely monitoring seismic activity at Mount Semeru and Mount Merapi as they spew lava and ash many kilometres into the atmosphere -
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 -
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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