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Paing Takhon, a model and actor with millions of fans, took part in anti-coup protests and had also been vocal in condemning the government online.

Dec 27 (Reuters) - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday called a snap general election for Jan. 19, just weeks after the Caribbean country… Read more

SEOUL, Dec 28 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week opened a key ruling party meeting, state media reported on Tuesday, a forum he… Read more

MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - An investigative journalist for the BBC's Russian-language service in Moscow said on Monday that he had felt compelled… Read more

NAIROBI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The United States has said an attempt to suspend Somalia's Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble was alarming and that… Read more

VIENNA, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed on Monday with Tehran… Read more

ITABUNA, Brazil, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday, as the governor of Bahia state declared… Read more

SYDNEY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Australia recorded another record surge in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday as an outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron… Read more