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The army's takeover of power in a coup comes hours ahead of the parliament's first sitting since the November elections which handed a majority to Suu Kyi's NLD party [File: Yves Herman/Reuters]

Myanmar’s military stages coup d’etat: Live news

In a series of morning raids, the military arrests senior government members and declares a state of emergency.

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Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced investments in healthcare, agriculture and infrastructure [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]

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Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, left, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, signs a joint declaration establishing ties with Kosovo during an official ceremony held over Zoom with his counterpart from Kosovo Meliza Haradinaj Stublla (screen), at the Israeli Foreign Ministry headquarters in Jerusalem [Menahem Kahana/AFP]

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Soldiers deploy on the road in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, February 1, 2021. The army said the senior members of the National League for Democracy, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were detained by the military due to a dispute arising from elections held in November 2020 [Maung Lonlan/EPA]
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Aid groups and international agencies have warned that the shutdown of the camp could leave hundreds without food and shelter in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and harsh winter [File: Amina Ismail/Reuters]

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United Nations peacekeeping forces' vehicles patrol the Lebanese southern coastal area of Naqura [File: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]

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Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC on January 27, 2021[Carlos Barria/Pool via Reuters]

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Gang close to Bangladesh PM extracts bribes for state contracts
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Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, left, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, signs a joint declaration establishing ties with Kosovo during an official ceremony held over Zoom with his counterpart from Kosovo Meliza Haradinaj Stublla (screen), at the Israeli Foreign Ministry headquarters in Jerusalem [Menahem Kahana/AFP]

Kosovo establishes Israel ties, to open embassy in Jerusalem

Soldiers deploy on the road in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, February 1, 2021. The army said the senior members of the National League for Democracy, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were detained by the military due to a dispute arising from elections held in November 2020 [Maung Lonlan/EPA]
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Panic, anger and uncertainty in Yangon after Myanmar coup

Aid groups and international agencies have warned that the shutdown of the camp could leave hundreds without food and shelter in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and harsh winter [File: Amina Ismail/Reuters]

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United Nations peacekeeping forces' vehicles patrol the Lebanese southern coastal area of Naqura [File: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]

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Many traders who exchange tips on social media groups like Reddit's WallStreetBets found more appetite for risk after banding together to oppose short selling by hedge funds they saw as corrupt and immoral [File: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg]

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Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC on January 27, 2021[Carlos Barria/Pool via Reuters]

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Police stand guard along a road in Naypyidaw on January 29, 2021, ahead of the reopening of the parliament on February 1 following the November 2020 elections which Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) won in a landslide. (Photo by Thet Aung / AFP)

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The military junta said the seizure was necessary because the government had not acted on the military’s claims of fraud in November’s elections [AFP]

Myanmar coup: What we know so far, in 500 words

Soldiers deploy on the road in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, February 1, 2021. The army said the senior members of the National League for Democracy, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were detained by the military due to a dispute arising from elections held in November 2020 [Maung Lonlan/EPA]

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Myanmar soldiers are seen inside City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar February 1, 2021 [Stringer/ Reuters]

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US Congressional Budget Office predicts 4.6% growth in 2021

The office said its forecasts are based on laws passed by January 12 and do not include Biden’s executive actions.

The United States' economic growth will taper off to below two percent by the end of the decade, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report published Monday [File: Alex Brandon/AP Photo]

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