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Today's headlines: Sri Lankan government gives army shoot on sight order; Laos fuel crisis deepens, while India fails to procure trains to transport coal into the country; the Shanghai lockdown damaging economy; Pulitzer ceremony gives special mention to Ukrainian journalists.

Today's headlines: Marcos is the new president of the Philippines; Thailand's army boycotts leading regional online retailer; Singapore bans a controversial Indian film; Japan waits for the new U.S. economic plan; Candidate opposed to Russian annexation wins South Ossetian elections.

Today's headlines: China has admitted new military exercises near Taiwan; a tungsten mine reopens in South Korea ; coal shortages lead to blackouts in India; about 4 million have left Russia; Assad flew to Iran yesterday.

The other news of the day: North Korea launches new missile while Yoon sets conditions for summits with Kim. China’s youth unemployment reaches 16 per cent. Israel is set to approve 4,000 new housing units a month before Biden's visit. Three Kyrgyz who crossed into Uzbekistan to collect material for farm work are killed.

Today's headlines: sandstorms in Iraq provoke a health emergency, one victim and 5,000 hospitalizations; the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh receives the title of "friend of Buddhism"; Russia bombs Kiselevka destroying the historic Church of the Immaculate Conception; 53 official victims in the collapse of a squat in central China; in Israel the hunt for "terrorists" who killed three people yesterday, during Independence Day celebrations.

Today's headlines: The ban on fertilizers and the Ukrainian war torpedo Sri Lanka tea exports; in Dandong hundreds of North Korean workers in China undergo mass testing for Covid-19; Manila, the Christian sect Iglesia ni Cristo supports the Marcos-Duterte candidacy; over the skies of Moscow in flight "Putin's plane" ahead of the May 9 parade; in Kazakhstan a law on cyber-bullying threatens to limit freedom of expression.

Today's headlines: Human rights NGOs accuse Phnom Penh of "repression" of fundamental freedoms; Iranian sources report an attempt to assassinate Syrian President Assad; the opposition in Sri Lanka files a motion of no confidence in the prime minister and his government; Taiwan and Japan's armed forces are on alert after a Chinese fleet navigates straits; systematic arrests by Armenian police of those participating in protests.

Today's headlines: Hong Kong drops in the RFS press freedom rankings; against cyber-attacks, the Israeli government asks companies to create an "Iron Dome"; Caritas Philippines launches a schooling program for young adults and students who have dropped out of classes; in Russia, information and rumors continue to filter out about Putin's health; in Yerevan, opposition demonstrations continue, calling for the premier's resignation.

Today's headlines: Taiwanese premier describes Chinese anti- Covid-19 measures as "cruel", underlines Taipei's different approach; Armenian opposition calls for the premier's resignation over concessions to Azerbaijani "enemy" for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh; Ukrainian sources report Russian occupation forces in Kherson have kidnapped dozens of children; Ashgabat forbids childrens T-shirts and games depicting foreign heroes, women wearing make-up risk being fired.

Today's headlines: Chinese authorities ban from social media (and detain) a popular influencer son of Wanda Group owner; Jakarta suspends palm oil exports; the world's longest glass bridge is inaugurated in Vietnam; foreign companies flee Moscow; a new political opposition movement is born in Bishkek; Jerusalem: two more victims in the new wave of violence, an Israeli and a Palestinian.

Today's headlines: May Day tourism hit in China by lockdowns for Covid; Two people arrested in South Korea for spying for the North; Opposition party leader detained in Cambodia; Iran builds underground nuclear centrifuge facility; Sanctions hit Russian airlines.

Today's headlines: mass testing for Covid also in Guangzhou, southern China. Population fears for a new dam in Laos. Unprecedented heat wave in India. Jordan wants end to Israeli restrictions on the Esplanade of Mosques. Russians launch "online forced labor". Armenian opposition announces large protest rally on May 1.