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Today's headlines: Beijing cuts interest rates, retail sales fall; first North Korean goods train since the start of the pandemic returns from a lightning trip to China with 'emergency materials'; Manila says Aung San Suu Kyi is 'indispensable' to restoring democracy in Myanmar; Naval'nyj collaborators blacklisted as terrorists.

Today's headlines: a 17-year-old teenager wounds three people just before university entrance exams in Tokyo; trade between India and China continues to grow. In Israel, Bedouins clash with police over a reforestation plan that would take land away from their communities. Ukraine sends new satellite into orbit with Elon Musk.

Today's headlines: Pyongyang launches third missile in a fortnight, Thailand resumes negotiations with separatist groups. In Indonesia, 100 lashes to a woman for adultery in Aceh province. Uzbekistan reduces electricity supply to Afghanistan, in Iraq fresh missile attacks on American embassy.

Today's headlines: China closes two hospitals for enforcing anti-covid restrictions too strictly, in Thailand the price of pork is skyrocketing, two brothers separated during the partition of India reunited, in Afghanistan half of the factories closed due to financial and electricity problems.

Today's headlines: Alikhan Smajlov is Kazakhstan's new prime minister; Hong Kong's Carrie Lam announces a new national security law, in China a man was arrested for setting fire to the internet cables over slow connection, riots in Philippine jails where family visits have not been received for two years, in Cambodia an anti-mine rat, awarded a medal for courage, has died.

Today's headlines: Japan extends entry ban to non-residents, while Thailand opens its beaches to tourists; China backs Russian operations in Kazakhstan; India arrests man who posted photos of Muslim women online. Another human rights organization in Egypt shuttered, Indonesia re-asseses its no to coal exports.

Today's headlines: foreign funding for Mother Teresa's nuns released, a fire in Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh leaves thousands homeless, pro-Iranian Shiite groups continue to contest election results, nearly 8,000 people arrested in Kazakhstan, star of Squid Game becomes the first South Korean actor to win a Golden Globe.

Sri Lanka settles a dispute over Chinese fertiliser. In today's heaqdlines: thousands of Vietnamese fruit trucks are blocked by Chinese controls, people are dying of diarrhoea after the passage of typhoon Rai in the Philippines, passengers travelling to India from Italy who tested positive evade quarantine, the first naval clash between Russians and British since the Cold War.

Other news of the day: North Korea will not participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Cambodian Premier Hun Sen criticised for trip to Myanmar. Unvaccinated Filippinos who violate quarantine face jail. First woman to lead Pakistan's Supreme Court. Eight Palestinians killed in a car accident in the Occupied Territories.

In today's headlines: Taiwan creates fund to help Lithuania against Chinese retaliation. Pyongyang tested a hypersonic missile is yesterday's launch. Burmese workers exploited after military takeover. Narendra Modi blocked in Punjab by a group of farmers. Clash in Israeli Knesset after speech delivered in Arabic. Russian Church regains ground in Galilee.

Today's headlines: China plans 40 space missions this year. Covid canels Philippine "Black Nazzareno" parade. US coalition attacks in Syria. Fake app selling Muslim women uncovered in India. Kazakhstan declares a state of emergency. The water crisis in Crimea continues.

In today's headlines: People in Xi'an are bartering for food during the lockdown. Seoul collects data on third Japanese reporter. Fourth dose of Covid vaccine in Israel. Cambodian police arrest casino strikers. Russian imans call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics.