The state television broadcaster on late Sunday carried a public announcement from the junta, formally called the State Administration Council, warning against the general strike.

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The life and times of England's longest serving royal consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in pictures.

Shutting down the news is the act of a dictator and may have a powerful impact on whether the Biden administration pursues antitrust legislation.

Boeing has recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine of the flight that was forced into an emergency landing after it shed debris over Denver.

Iran has walked back a threat to shut down inspections of its nuclear plants but won’t respond directly to the US about five jailed Americans.

The monument to the architect of the Bolsheviks’ murderous Red Terror has dominated a Moscow square. Citizens will vote whether to reinstate the statue.

Forget about oil and arms. Coronavirus vaccines are emerging as the newest currency of choice in the Middle East.

The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will also mark Britain’s return to the UN Human Rights Council by condemning the rights record of fellow council members China and Russia.

“People will be talking about this decades and decades and decades from now,” Anthony Fauci said on NBC’s Meet The Press.

The nine-month sentence of Pablo Hasel, known for his virulently anti-establishment raps, has prompted debate over freedom of expression in Spain.

Trump “should not define our future. We have got to define it for our self,” Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said.

Annalisa Malara got a text last year from a high-profile patient. It read: “I’m alive because of you.”

Some Texans who were still able to turn on lights or keep their fridge running found themselves with bills of $USD5000 ($6353) or more for only five days of usage.

The hypnotic spirals were discovered February 18 spread across Anderson Creek, a 200-metre-wide tributary of the Tennessee River in north Alabama.

US officials are being urged to throw their support behind the former finance minister Mathias Cormann for the OECD’s top job.

An offshore oil spill has deposited tar across more than 160 kilometres of coastline in what officials are calling one of the country’s worst ecological disasters.

The former Sky News Australia chief is now a central player in the biggest upheaval in British broadcasting for more than three decades.

Among those who perished in homes that had lost their heating include an 11-year-old boy who died in his bed.

Argentina’s health minister, Ginés González García, has resigned at the request of the president over revelations that people with close ties to the government were given early access to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing on Saturday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure.

A settlement agreement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

The ruling upheld Navalny’s sentence of more than two years in prison and set Russia on a collision course with Western nations, which could impose additional sanctions on Moscow.

Israel will take a major step towards normality with the roll-out of a digital vaccination pass that will allow citizens to visit gyms, swimming pools and hotels.

Accusations fly over who was to blame for a mobile phone that signalled location of the emir’s daughter.

A well-known Greek actor and director has been arrested on rape charges, police say, as recent claims spark the country’s own #MeToo movement.

Pope Francis has put a 19th century English Catholic priest who was a distant relative of Britain’s Prince William on the path to sainthood.

Russia has registered the first case of a strain of new bird flu virus being passed to humans from birds but says the outbreak has been controlled.

The heir to the British throne went to a London hospital on Saturday to visit his father, who was admitted earlier his week for “observation and rest” after falling ill.

Cathay Pacific Airways is taking extreme measures to cope with new rules that require flight crew to quarantine in Hong Kong.

The small southern African country, an absolute monarchy formerly known as Swaziland, is Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic ally on the continent.

Richard Moore said such misguided policies had caused hurt to the people involved and deprived Britain’s spy services of talent.

The Queen had left the door ajar, but it was never going to be possible for them to have the best of both worlds.

Joe Biden has promised to chart a path towards net-zero US emissions by 2050.

Reality star Kim Kardashian has filed papers to divorce her rapper husband Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage.

What is driving the renaissance of the mode of transport celebrated by TS Eliot, Alfred Hitchcock and Agatha Christie?

Facebook’s dramatic move in Australia has attracted the attention of US politicians and made the front page of top-selling paper.

In his first foreign policy speech, the US President said democracies must prevail and not become “a relic of history”.

MP Ted Hui was once dragged by force from the chamber. He and fellow pro-democracy politicians are pushing for Australia to do more for those in Beijing’s crosshairs.

Two positive developments this week could potentially expand access to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine around the world.

The women, both younger than 45, wore bonnets, gloves and glasses to disguise themselves as older than 65, the age cut-off to be prioritised to get the coronavirus vaccine.

The Queen has stripped Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of their last official duties after the couple told her they would never return as working members of the royal family.

The ruling means tens of thousands of drivers are entitled to benefits such as holiday and sick pay, which could have implications for Australian law, according to the Transport Workers’ Union.

Two separate House committees have announced plans to examine the power of the major tech platforms.

George Tron, also mayor of Draveil in Paris, created a “hypersexualised environment” at his town hall. Brigitte Gruel, his deputy, was given a two-year suspended prison sentence.

After nearly half a century of full military rule, businesses linked to the army have a significant stake across the economy, with interests ranging from banking to beer, telecoms and transport.

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Le Figaro said the two individuals were arrested before February 4 as leverage in anticipation of the sentencing of Iranian diplomat in Belgium that day.