The labour minister announces a major reform to the communist country’s state-controlled economy.
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The country ‘s main city Yangon sees a pro-democracy rally for a second successive day.
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The couple exchanged wedding garlands 20 metres underwater off the coast of Chennai city.
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A surreal, blood-red river inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot after floods hit a nearby batik factory on Saturday, causing a frenzy on social media.
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Users had flocked to the two sites to protest against Monday’s coup after Facebook was blocked.
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On a key highway into India’s capital, men are doing their laundry in washing machines set up under a makeshift tent.
Read More »Biden leaves Republicans behind to fast track $1.9tn bill
The White House brushes off an ex-Biden adviser’s warning the package could destabilise the economy.
Read More »‘No room for debate or compromise’ amid sweeping new rules for Hong Kong schools
Hong Kong has introduced sweeping new restrictions for how schools operate, months after the Beijing government imposed a new national security law giving authorities wide-ranging powers to crack down on vaguely defined political crimes.
Read More »Brazil mining company will pay nearly $7 billion over dam collapse that killed 270
Vale has agreed to pay nearly $7 billion in compensation after a dam collapsed at one of its mines in Brazil two years ago, killing 270 people and causing huge damage to the local environment.
Read More »A Black woman will be the world’s top trade official for the first time
The path has been cleared for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization after South Korea’s candidate pulled out of the race for the job.
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