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EU sources say no immediate plan for easing Omicron travel curbs on southern Africa

(Reuters) -European Union health ministers will discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the spread of the Omicron variant on Tuesday, but are not expected to make any decision on easing travel restrictions, three sources told Reuters. Late in November, EU states agreed to impose travel curbs on seven southern African countries after they reported several cases …

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The trials of Aung San Suu Kyi, from heroine to villain to convict

(Reuters) – Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison. The 76-year-old’s sentence was later reduced to two years’ …

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The trials of Aung San Suu Kyi, from heroine to villain to convict

(Reuters) – Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison. The 76-year-old’s sentence was later reduced to two years’ …

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Danske Bank asked to expand debt-collection investigation

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danske Bank has been asked by the Danish financial watchdog to extend and expand an external investigation into issues with its debt-collection practices, Denmark’s biggest lender said on Monday. The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) asked Danske Bank in November last year to launch an impartial investigation into the matter. Last year Danske said …

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Violence escalates in India’s northeast after forces mistakenly fire on civilians -officials

By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence a day after 14 people were killed by defence forces, officials said. At least 14 civilians and one member of the security …

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Violence escalates in India’s northeast after forces mistakenly fire on civilians -officials

By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence a day after 14 people were killed by defence forces, officials said. At least 14 civilians and one member of the security …

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U.S. slams conviction of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, calls for release – Blinken

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday criticized Myanmar’s conviction of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi as an affront to democracy and justice, and demanded the immediate release of the Nobel laureate and other elected officials detained in a Feb. 1 coup. “The Burmese military regime’s unjust conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi …

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Apple starts legal action against Russian regulator in App Store dispute -RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Apple has started legal proceedings against Russia’s anti-monopoly regulator in a dispute concerning alternative payment options on its App Store platform, the RIA news agency reported on Sunday citing court filings. Russia opened an antitrust case against Apple in late October, accusing it of failing to allow app developers to tell customers …

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