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Myanmar's military staged a coup on Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. The intervention came after weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over allegations of fraud in November's elections. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39ADpFt

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A car bomb exploded on Monday at Kabul PD10 in the morning, near the office of Saadat Mansoor Naderi, Afghanistan's Minister of State for Peace Affairs. Security officials informed that the blast targeted an armoured vehicle that belonged to Khushnood Nabizadeh, head of Naderi's office in Kabul. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36uFIYs

Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. ​​​​More than 5,100 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group, and some were beaten. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3j6ufmV

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Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military, her party spokesman said early Monday. "We heard the President (Win Myint) and State Counsellor (Aung San Suu Kyi) have been detained in Naypyidaw... we heard they were taken by the military," said Myo Nyunt, spokesman for the ruling National League for Democracy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3r9RIXc

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Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive arm said Sunday. ​​The new target of 40 million doses by the end of March is still only half what the British-Swedish company had originally aimed for, triggering a spat between AstraZeneca and the EU last week. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pI1b88

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military, her party spokesman said early Monday. "We heard the President (Win Myint) and State Counsellor (Aung San Suu Kyi) have been detained in Naypyidaw... we heard they were taken by the military," said Myo Nyunt, spokesman for the ruling National League for Democracy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NV0NF9

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The 6-ft tall, 650-pound (294 kg) bronze statue of Gandhi in the Central Park of the City of Davis in Northern California was vandalised, broken and ripped from the base by unknown miscreants early this week. "We call upon the City of Davis to immediately commence a thorough process to bring the perpetrators of this act to justice and reinstall a statue that pays homage to this apostle of peace," Indiaspora said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ovQ7t3

Russian authorities mounted a massive effort to stem the tide of demonstrations after tens of thousands rallied across the country last weekend in the largest, most widespread show of discontent that Russia had seen in years. Despite threats of jail terms, warnings to social media groups and tight police cordons, the protests again engulfed cities across Russia's 11 time zones on Sunday. Navalny's team quickly called another protest in Moscow on Tuesday, when he is set to face a court hearing that could send him to prison for years. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3csVsiI

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A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday, a wholesale seafood centre where the new coronavirus was initially detected. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3amSoBZ

Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, both South Carolina lawyers, are no longer with Trump's defense team. One of the people described the parting as a "mutual decision''. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36spjUv

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Prosecutors in northern Mexico confirmed Saturday that at least two of the 19 people found shot to death and burned near the US border were Guatemalan migrants. Two other victims among the four identified so far were Mexicans, they said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3tcsCJm

Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the Asian financial hub last year. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3tcqPnC

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His detention sparked nationwide protests one week ago in about 100 cities; nearly 4,000 people were reported arrested. The next demonstration in Moscow is planned for Lubyanka Square. The Federal Security Service, which Navalny claims arrange to have him poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent on behalf of the Kremlin, is headquartered in the square. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pEWaNC

Early findings from a British study suggest the vaccine is nearly 96% effective against the older coronavirus and nearly 86% effective against the new variant there. In South Africa, the new variant now causes more than 90% of new cases and is more infectious than the original virus. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t5tD5X

Some of the websites were shut down for promoting online games or dating information in the guise of online courses while others were punished for spreading illegal materials, including pornographic and violent content, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Critics allege that the crackdown includes websites that carry critical content not approved by the government. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3alaog3

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Dehghan was found to have been involved in the killing of two Revolutionary Guards' members in 2015, as well as leading a raid aiming to abduct five border guards, one of whom was killed, it added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ovf7Rq

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The 42-year-old member of the force that protects the ground of the Congress returned to his division office where he collapsed and was taken to the hospital, according to the Capitol Police. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3orpIN6

Jinyantan hospital was one of Wuhan's first to deal with patients in early 2020 suffering from a then-unknown virus and is a key part of the epidemiological history of the disease. The team's first face-to-face meetings with Chinese scientists took place on Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3iXLYx4

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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus decried the skirmish in wealthy countries to secure large amounts of various vaccines against the coronavirus while few doses have yet to reach poorer nations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pB8tKw

Moscow police also announced that on Sunday, when the fresh protests are planned, movement in the centre of the Russian capital would be limited and seven central metro stations closed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3iY78ex

The 10 subsidiaries of Tahakom Investment Co -- which is owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund -- said in the civil suit filed in Ontario Superior Court that Saad Aljabri committed a "massive fraud" totaling at least US$3.47 billion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ahqqHF

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday expressed "full confidence" in the Indian authorities in ensuring the safety of Israelis and Jews in India following a blast close to the country's embassy in New Delhi. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36mvCc0

A second official said the reason for new measures is concern over new variants of the virus and said they are designed to discourage travel, especially to sunny destinations during March break. The official also spoke on condition of anonymity for lack of authorisation to speak ahead of the announcement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YtgSnm

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A mid-stage trial of the vaccine in South Africa, where a troubling new variant of the virus is common, showed 60% effectiveness among people who did not have HIV. Novavax shares surged 34% in after hours trading following release of the trial results on the same day the United States reported its first cases of the South African variant. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cnYBQG

Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long told reporters on the sidelines of the party congress that 3,674 tests had been conducted, adding that testing capacity was 50,000 a day, and the outbreak was under control in areas where the most cases had been found. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YnTlEz

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The Second Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin, which sentenced him to death, earlier in its ruling said that between 2008 and 2018, Lai, former board chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co, took undue advantage of his various posts in the former China Banking Regulatory Commission and Huarong, among others, to assist certain organisations and individuals with financing, project contracting, business operations and job promotion or transfer. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ahadSH

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