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A civil disobedience movement began almost immediately after the coup and amassed support from broad swaths of society [File: Stringer/AFP]

How Myanmar’s popular uprising aims to topple military rulers

Amid crackdown, protesters aim is to take away coup leaders’ power by stopping all governance mechanisms from working.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said three of the movement's leaders will remain subject to US sanctions [File: Joshua Roberts/Reuters]

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One new locally acquired case in Victoria was confirmed in the past 24 hour, taking the number of active infections to 20 [Brandon Malone/AFP]

Melbourne’s third lockdown leaves Australia Open stands empty

The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is in its fourth day of arguments and senators are asking questions [Tom Brenner/Reuters]

Trump impeachment trial speeds toward conclusion

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said three of the movement's leaders will remain subject to US sanctions [File: Joshua Roberts/Reuters]

Biden administration to lift blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis

The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the controversial facility, a White House official said on Friday [File: Mike Theiler/Reuters]

Biden administration weighing shutting of Guantanamo Bay prison

Draped in a possum-skin cloak, Senator Thorpe entered the Australian Federal parliament for the first time as member last September [File: Photo from Thorpe's office]

Lidia Thorpe: The Indigenous woman shaking up Australia

WHO head says 'all hypotheses' on the origins of COVID-19 are still open after an investigative mission to China [File: Christopher Black/WHO via AFP]

All hypotheses remain open on COVID origins: WHO chief

Navalny is accused of slandering a WWII veteran [Press Service of Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow via Reuters]

Alexey Navalny appears in court on defamation charges

The MV Mozart was attacked on January 23 [File: Barend JV Rensburg/Isle Of Capri Cruises via Reuters]

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Iran has started producing uranium metal, according to the IAEA [File: REUTERS/Caren Firouz ]

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Algeria’s Tebboune returns home after hospitalisation in Germany

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returns home after surgery following coronavirus complications, state media reports.

Tebboune, 75, underwent a 'successful' operation on his foot, according to the presidency [File: AFP]

Myanmar under pressure at UN as anti-coup protests rage

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Besides Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, more than 350 others have been detained since the February 1 putsch, including activists, journalists, students and monks [Stringer/EPA]

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Mario Draghi forms unity government in Italy

The former ECB chief names unaffiliated technocrats along with politicians from across a broad coalition as ministers.

Draghi is tasked with tackling the coronavirus health crisis and economic meltdown pummelling Italy [Yara Nardi/Pool/Reuters]

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