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Today's headlines: Three Chinese teachers killed in terror attack in Pakistan; Hong Kong Catholic tycoon Jimmy Lai dismisses allegations of property fraud; Beijing will send soldiers to the Solomons; Australia says Bejing will send soldiers to Solomon Islands; Alleged missile attack by Israel against Syria: Russians want to send their own students to rebuild Ukraine's Donbass.

Today's headlines: Kim Jong-un pledges to strengthen his nuclear arsenal; Chinese Protestants open a theological school in Italy; Malaysia ready to replace Indonesia in palm oil exports; Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala sentenced to life imprisonment; Ukrainian deportees placed in monasteries and hostels of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Today's headlines: Over 1.6 million Burmese lost their jobs last year; Japanese envoy visits Solomon Islands; Sri Lankan university students storm the premier's residence; EU buys UAE oil to replace Russian oil; Dissident intellectual Vladimir Kara-Murza is imprisoned by Moscow's secret services; Tensions rekindled between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Other news of the day: Hong Kong reopens to non-resident foreign visitors. Russo-Japanese deal is reached on fishing rights. New attack occurs in Afghanistan. Palestinians and Israelis continue to clash in Jerusalem. Official Russian death toll in Ukraine tops 13,000.

Today's headlines: Shanghai tightens anti-Covid measures; Indonesia's only glacier is disappearing; in the Philippines, online ldisinformation against the daughter of Marcos Jr's challenger; Indian government's free meals program has not yet fully recovered; in Russia, members of the Donetsk Philharmonic have been sent to frontline.

In other news of the day: the Rohingya escape in Malaysia was caused by overcrowding in the detention center; China continues to displace entire communities due to its "zero covid" policy; South Korea is offended by a Japanese premier's visit to a war shrine; a Tajikistan bank will adopt Islamic banking standards.

Today's headlines: one person killed in Sri Lankan protests; Mariupol could fall soon; Solomon Islands' agreements with China worry regional neighbours; Hong Kong activist convicted under a colonial law; South Korea to rethink how they calculate age .

Today's headlines: authorities in Shanghai declare 10 deaths from Covid-19; sectarian violence flares up again in India; Sri Lanka's president tries to reset government; Israel says it has hit Hamas targets in Gaza Strip; Russia blocks Ukrainian news sites.

Today's headlines: in Hong Kong, a pastor arrested for sedition; a Cambodian Catholic institute awarded environmental prize; Burmese junta arrests a hundred people in response to protests; Ukrainian prisoners and "deserter" soldiers locked up in Russian camps; Armenian minister in Moscow to conclude an agreement on the purchase of fuel in rubles.

Today's news: In China, online searches for ways to emigrate and escape the government’s zero-COVID policy hit a record; in Myanmar, the Church is negotiating with the military for the release of a priest and 13 worshippers; in Hong Kong, a law forces pet owners to hand over their animals if they are “suspected” of having COVID-19; the UN allocates funds for Yemen where there is some “light at the end of the tunnel”; more than 700,000 Ukrainians have been deported to Russia.

Today's headlines: Three Palestinians killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank; "outlawed" Hong Kong pro-rights statues on display in Taiwan; the World Bank cuts growth forecasts for India (and South Asia); Damascus among possible venues for the meeting between Francis and Kirill, the Moscow Patriarchate praises the Pope for his "balanced position" on the conflict; in Turkmenistan police raids on beauty centres.

Today's headlines: Victims from storm Megi in the Philippines rise to 58; Sri Lanka's Central Bank says its impossible to repay debt; the Taiwan army publishes a survival manual in case of war (with China); Tehran sends two human rights activists back to prison; more and more young Russians seek legal ways to avoid war in Ukraine; the president of Azerbaijan discusses peace plans with Armenia with Putin.