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Today's news: Defense Minister Gallant unveils first Israeli plan for post-war Gaza; Myanmar regime announces amnesty for 9,652 prisoners,except political prisoners with long sentences; In Wuhan, the Chinese Communist Party adds two children to the sculpture extolling the one-child policy.

Today's news: Delhi local government chief (and Modi opponent) targeted by federal agency for an excise duty scam; China's BYD overtakesTesla in electric cars sales; Bangladesh and India among Moscow's biggest debtors; Record fine to Korean video game giant; A Russian soldier born in 2005 the youngest soldier to die at the front in Ukraine.

Today's news: bad weather hits Japan's earthquake damaged areas; Indian government negotiates with truck drivers after strikes over hit-and-run law; 2023 marked China's highest average temperature ever; New Year message from Russian political prisoners: 'Believe, fear, forgive'.

Today's news: provisional death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 30, people are still digging under the rubble; Israel's Supreme Court rejects Netanyahu's justice reform; The 'banker of the poor' Yunus convicted of labour exploitation in Bangladesh; Kazakhstan no longer considers the Afghan Taliban a terrorist movement.

Today's news: South Africa has filed a complaint for genocide against Israel with the Hague Court; Argentina officially confirms it will not join the Brics on 1 January 2024; Singapore raises taxes on electronic cigarettes; In Kazakhstan 50 requests for help per day against violence against women.

Today's news: High Court allows party members to visit Imran Khan ahead of February 8 elections; Iran executes four people linked to Mossad, Israel's missiles continue to kill civilians in Gaza; Beijing revives deal with Myanmar for Kyaukphyu port; Activist Tony Chung seeks political asylum in Britain after 43 months in prison

Today's news: Muslim prisoners in Siberian jails went on hunger strike against religious discrimination. In Seoul over 1,000 military personnel carried out a series of defence drills, simulating an attack by North Korea. The Philippines will open four new medical departments in universities in as many provinces of the country.

Today's news: China won't join US in curbing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; In Japan, the world's largest nuclear power plant is about to be switched on again; Ousted from the Russian presidential election is journalist Ekaterina Duntsova, the only one to condemn the invasion of Ukraine;The Philippine army attacks the New People's Army rebel base.

Today's news: Israeli raid in Damascus kills Iranian general Mousavi. Russian dissident Aleksej Naval'nyj has been tracked down, secretly moved to a camp for lifers. Eighteen dead in Indonesia nickel smelter fire, President Widodo calls for more security. Malaysia at risk of flooding, as in 2014: displaced 25,000 people.

Today's headlines: Laos’s debt tops 112 per cent of its GDP. Chechnya starts to take in Palestinian refugees. Malaysia wants to attract more wealthy foreign retirees. All of Japan’s prefectures, except Tokyo, will see a population decline by 2050 over 2020. China blocks some flights between Russia and China.

Today's news:IAEA, Pyongyang activated a second nuclear reactor in Yongbyon; New, gruesome feminicide in India; Vietnamese vice-minister of industry and trade arrested for corruption; Thousands of Afghan migrants in prisons in Pakistan and Iran forcibly repatriated; Russian oil companies increase deliveries to China and India.

Today's news: more and more children in Gaza suffer from dizziness due to lack of food. Bangkok blocks the granting of new gun licences for a year. Burmese women fleeing war imprisoned, beaten and forgotten in Indian prisons. Katholikos Karekin II, Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, against peace talks with Azerbaijan.