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MYANMAR COUP 18 killed as Myanmar police launch bloodiest crackdown since coup, UN says

efe-epa | Yangon, Myanmar
At least 18 people were killed during mass protests across Myanmar on Sunday as police used live ammunition to launch what was by far the bloodiest crackdown since the military seized power from the elected government on Feb. 1, the United Nations human rights office said.
CORONAVIRUS ARGENTINA Argentinians protest 'VIP vaccine' scandal

efe-epa | By Aitor Pereira. Buenos Aires
The streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday were the epicenter of nationwide protests against the Argentinian administration in the midst of a 'VIP vaccine' scandal after it emerged that dozens of people, including ministers and government representatives, skipped the queue.
AFGHANISTAN PEACE Afghanistan in clutches of violence year after US-Taliban peace pact

efe-epa | By Baber Khan Sahel. Kabul
A year after the historic Afghan peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban in Doha, there are a few signs of receding violence in a country plagued by decades of war.
HONG KONG PROTESTS 47 Hong Kong democracy activists charged for subversion under security law

efe-epa | Hong Kong
Hong Kong police charged 47 dissidents for conspiring to subvert state power on Sunday, in what is the largest crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy political camp under the controversial security law imposed by Beijing.
MYANMAR COUP Myanmar police crack down on anti-junta protesters

efe-epa | Yangon, Myanmar
Myanmar police on Saturday chased and fired tear gas at peaceful demonstrators who have taken to the streets of Yangon in rejection of the military junta that seized power in a coup on Feb. 1.
JAPAN THEATER Oscar winning film 'Spirited Away' to be adapted for theater in 2022

efe-epa | Tokyo
The Oscar-winning 2001 animated film "Spirited Away" will be adapted for the theater by director John Caird (Les Misérables) and will take to the stage in Tokyo in February 2022.
MYANMAR COUP Myanmar military junta annuls November poll results

efe-epa | Yangon, Myanmar
Myanmar's military junta-appointed poll body on Friday invalidated the results of general elections held in November.
NIGERIA KIDNAPPING International community calls for release of 317 girls kidnapped in Nigeria

efe-epa | Brussels/Lagos
The international community has called for the release of 317 girls who were kidnapped from their public secondary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara.
CORONAVIRUS SOUTH KOREA South Korea starts its vaccination campaign against COVID-19

efe-epa | Seoul
South Korea began Friday its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 more than a year after detecting its first case in the country and with the aim of having immunized the majority of its population by November and thus achieve herd immunity.

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