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Today's headlines: Reporters Without Borders calls on China to free a radio broadcaster; Myanmar: 40 junta soldiers dead in last three days; Congress elects new president today; Ukrainian eparchy comes under the control of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Today'so headlines: International Monetary Fund forecasts Taiwan will surpass South Korea and Japan in GDP per capita; Coal mine explosion in Turkey leaves at least 25 dead; from Nov. 1 seat belts mandatory in India; Kerč bridge between Crimea and Russia, will remain unusable until July 2023.

Today's headlines: at least 8 children die in Cambodia sinking; protests in Kazakhstan over Putin's visit; rice and wheat stocks fall in India; the yen falls to a low against the US dollar; In Iran Khamenei pardons almost 1,900 prisoners but the repression of protests continues.

Today's headlines: Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for a regional meeting; first death from cholera in Lebanon; a group of Russians called to arms flee to South Korea; Kim Jong Un supervises yet another missile test; In Bangladesh the government is accused of repressing the opposition; Bhutan organises a high altitude race to raise awareness of climate change.

Today's headlines: Lebanon and Israel reach agreement on maritime borders; Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to 3 more years in prison; petrol shortage in Ho Chi Minh City, a missile launch fails in Japan; Turkmenistan blocks access to millions of IP addresses.

Today's headlines: Indonesian officials warn Jemaah Islamiyah has evolved in aftermath of Bali bombings; two Australians arrested in Sri Lanka accused of paying bribes; hike in child labour in Afghanistan, China is unwilling to abandon its zero covid policy, Ukrainians denounce Russian looting of their museums.

Today's headlines: India studies bacteria's resistance to antibiotics, a major problem in the country; Thailand annoucnes a crackdown on drugs; life expectancy falls in Singapore; Afghanistan's human rights rapporteur is reappointed; the last speaker of the Aleutian language has died in Russia.

The other news of the day: Afghanistan stops issuing passports; in Myanmar children are becoming the main victims of war; Ferdinand Marcos Jr enjoys a high approval rate, except in the fight against poverty; Chinese families are sending their children to get an education in South-East Asia, Russia grants mobilised soldiers holiday credits.

Today's headlines: Joint military exercise by Tokyo and Seoul (with the US) in response to North Korean launches; Vientiane suspends mining operations at a Chinese-owned gold mine; cholera continues to strike in Syria, first case of contagion in neighbouring Lebanon; Moscow's Orthodox churches propse a liturgy for soldiers engaged in the war on Ukraine.

Today's headlines: The WHO links the deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia to a cough syrup produced in India; the average age of protesters arrested in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini is 15; the Vatican representative urges Catholics in East Timor to accept sanctions against Bishop Belo; the Buddhist leader of Russia's Kalmykia region condemns the war in Ukraine, the first senior religious leader to do so.

Today's news: panic among South Koreans over Seoul's failed missile launch crashed to the ground. Major gold-supplying banks cut shipments to India. Since the military coup 145 Burmese, mostly members of the Nld, have died in prison; since the beginning of the war Russian oligarchs have lost more than 94 billion Euro.

Today's headlines: Delhi unveils first batch of locally made assault helicopters; Japan aims to become the world's third military power; Saudi Arabia will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Neom; the Islamabad High Court accepted former Prime Minister Khan's apology; Yerevan revives call for international investigation against Baku for war crimes.