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Misinformation fears after Facebook blacks out news in Australia
Facebook’s news blackout in Australia has raised fears misinformation could come to dominate the platform in the country, with fake news and ...Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine
Japan on Sunday formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the ...Kim lays blame at officials for N. Korea’s economic failures
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ripped into the performance of his Cabinet and fired a senior economic official he appointed ...China bans BBC World News in row over Xinjiang reporting
China’s broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing’s treatment of the ...Myanmar military tightens grip as anti-coup protests enter fifth day
Myanmar’s military tightened its post-coup grip on power, stepping up a campaign of intimidation against the ousted civilian leadership while pushing harsher ...Myanmar issues crackdown warning as rallies heap pressure on coup leaders
Police turned water cannon on protesters in Myanmar’s capital on Monday as tens of thousands of people joined a third day of ...Myanmar anti-coup protests grow as army broadens internet crackdown
Myanmar saw its largest anti-coup protests yet on Saturday with young demonstrators spilling on to the streets to denounce the country’s new ...Myanmar police file charges against Suu Kyi for offences under import-export law – document
Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment and she will be detained ...UN Security Council takes no action on coup in Myanmar
The U.N. envoy for Myanmar urged an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday to ensure that “democracy is expeditiously restored” ...Ousted Myanmar party demands release of Aung San Suu Kyi
The party of Myanmar’s toppled leader Aung San Suu Kyi demanded her immediate release Tuesday, after a military coup that triggered international ...














