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Today's headlines: 185 Rohingya refugees arrived in Indonesia; Malaysia's conservatives against bikinis, alcohol and gambling; Chaos in northern India due to cold and fog; The Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow has definitively lost control over the Kiev Cave Lavra.

Today's headlines: China is in talks with Pfizer to produce an oral antiviral locally; Thailand has published a guide on cannabis for tourists; 89% of Kyrgyz teenagers want to leave the country; Pakistani Taliban threaten war actions against government members; Clash between two ethnic Rakhine militias in Myanmar.

Today's headlines: India detects 11 subvariants of Covid-19; Millions hired to administer Covid tests in China now out of work; Moving Indonesia's capital risks being a "huge ecological disaster"; Renunciation of Belarusian citizenship will cost nearly twice as much; Iran closes French institute; Russian dissident Viktor Feinberg dies at 92.

Today's headlines: al-Sistan appeals for suffering Afghans, women in particular; In Vietnam, Dong Thap authorities pronounce child who fell into 35-meter shaft dead, recovery attempts futile; Taliban claim double killing of senior Pakistani officials; in Ukraine, Russian Wagner war cemetery fills up quickly with new burials; Armenian airline opens new connections with Moscow.

Today's headlines: Marcos in China to 'open a new chapter' in relations with Beijing; Seoul threatens to torpedo military pact with Pyongyang; to save money, Islamabad orders early closure of markets and shopping centres; no deal but 'positive' talks in first high-level summit between Ankara and Damascus.

Today's headlines: Jakarta has approved a plan to develop a gas field in the South China Sea; Seoul launches a new army division to counter Pyongyang's atomic bomb; Dubai cuts 30% tax on alcohol to boost tourism; Isis claims attack against Taliban forces in Kabul; Russia's former chief rabbi calls on Jews to leave the country.

Today's headlines: Israeli security forces killed two Palestinian youths near Jenin; after two years, the Japanese emperor returns to greet citizens on New Year's Eve; Islamabad and Delhi exchange lists of nuclear sites and prisoners; Pyongyang shops flooded with luxury goods - counterfeits - of Chinese origin; Uzbekistan blocks the sale of Indian medicines.

The other news of the day: 2022 was a record year for North Korea's missile tests, India imposes anti-Covid restrictions on travellers from China, Laos changes prime ministers amid economic crisis, the UN General Assembly seeks the opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israel's occupation of Palestine, Lithuania’s Orthodox Church slams Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Armenia does not want more Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh.

Today's headlines: 700 Isis fighters killed this year in US-led operations; Majority of Taiwanese ready to defend island in face of Chinese invasion; Japan's imperial family consider using social media; India also mourns Pelé's death; Russian Orthodox Church builds administrative-spiritual center in Uganda; Belarus bans Greek Catholic Church magazine.

Todya's headlines: 18 children die in Uzbekistan from syrup made in India; U.S. also reintroduces anti-Covid testing for entries from China; Six out of every ten users on Netflix in 2022 watched a Korean series; Armenian security adviser: by granting Lačinsk corridor to Azerbaijan, Moscow wants to force Armenia and to join "unitary state" with Russia and Belarus.

Today's headlines: officials and businessmen hoard antivirals as China grappling with unprecedented wave of Covid-19; Karnataka church vandalized two days after Christmas; Kishida evokes possibility of early elections in Japan; Israeli ambassador returns to Ankara; Russian opposition politician Lev Yasin denied appeal and transferred to a place of detention far from Moscow.

Today's headlines: despite rampant Covid, China reopens borders to entry from Jan. 8; at least 20 Rohingya die at sea; Isis attack on Kurdish militias in Raqqa; Levada Institute says more than 50% of Russians want peace talks with Ukraine.