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A protester holds a placard as people rally against the military coup, in Yangon on February 20 [Stringer/Reuters]

Huge rallies in Myanmar as backlash grows over protester killings

Facebook deletes the military’s main page as UN condemns deadly violence and Singapore warns of ‘adverse consequences’.

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There were no reports of injuries on the plane or the ground [Hayden Smith/@speedbird5280/Handout via Reuters]

United plane suffers engine failure, scatters debris over Denver

The plane with more than 230 on board landed safely at Denver International Airport after the right engine failed.

Thousands of people are believed to have died since fighting began, with hundreds of thousands forced from their homes and some 60,000 fleeing to neighbouring Sudan [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]

UN: Tigray malnutrition ‘very critical’, response woefully poor

A woman takes a selfie as snow falls over the Alamo, February 18, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas [Eric Gay/AP Photo]

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Malcolm X holds up a newspaper for the crowd to see during a civil rights rally in New York City on August 6, 1963 [AP]

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The Bruce Lee classic has been dubbed into an Aboriginal language, Noongar, for the first time. The producer Kylie Bracknell says the film shares a physicality of expression with Noongar [Courtesy Perth Festival]

Inspiring cultures: Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury dubbed into Noongar

The shooting took place at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie suburb of New Orleans [Matthew Hinton/AP]

US: Three dead in New Orleans gun store shooting

Turkey has been calling on Washington to end its support for the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units in Syria [File: AP]

Erdogan: Turkey’s common interests with US outweigh differences

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Castle Hill Medical Centre in Sydney on February 21, 2021 [Steven Saphore/ AFP]

Australia begins COVID-19 vaccinations with Pfizer/BioNTech jab

Niger is holding a second round of voting after no candidate received an absolute majority in the December 27 vote [File: Issouf Sanogo/AFP]

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There were no reports of injuries on the plane or the ground [Hayden Smith/@speedbird5280/Handout via Reuters]

United plane suffers engine failure, scatters debris over Denver

Thousands of people are believed to have died since fighting began, with hundreds of thousands forced from their homes and some 60,000 fleeing to neighbouring Sudan [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]

UN: Tigray malnutrition ‘very critical’, response woefully poor

A woman takes a selfie as snow falls over the Alamo, February 18, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas [Eric Gay/AP Photo]

In extreme Texas cold, Green New Deal turns into hot potato

Malcolm X holds up a newspaper for the crowd to see during a civil rights rally in New York City on August 6, 1963 [AP]

US: Ex-policeman implicates NYPD, FBI in Malcolm X murder

The Bruce Lee classic has been dubbed into an Aboriginal language, Noongar, for the first time. The producer Kylie Bracknell says the film shares a physicality of expression with Noongar [Courtesy Perth Festival]

Inspiring cultures: Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury dubbed into Noongar

The shooting took place at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie suburb of New Orleans [Matthew Hinton/AP]

US: Three dead in New Orleans gun store shooting

Turkey has been calling on Washington to end its support for the Kurdish-led People's Protection Units in Syria [File: AP]

Erdogan: Turkey’s common interests with US outweigh differences

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Castle Hill Medical Centre in Sydney on February 21, 2021 [Steven Saphore/ AFP]

Australia begins COVID-19 vaccinations with Pfizer/BioNTech jab

Niger is holding a second round of voting after no candidate received an absolute majority in the December 27 vote [File: Issouf Sanogo/AFP]

What is at stake in Niger’s presidential election runoff?

Indonesian national police guide a rubber boat through flooded streets as they rescue residents in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Indonesian national police guide a rubber boat through flooded streets as they rescue residents in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Thousands of homes were damaged in Jakarta, according to the BNPD. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Thousands of homes were damaged in Jakarta, according to the BNPD. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
People swim through a flooded neighbourhood. Heavy downpours combined with poor city sewage planning often causes heavy flooding in parts of greater Jakarta. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
People swim through a flooded neighbourhood. Heavy downpours combined with poor city sewage planning often causes heavy flooding in parts of greater Jakarta. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
The floods come at a time when Indonesia is already grappling with Southeast Asia's highest caseload and death tally from COVID-19, as well as a sharp economic downturn. [Wahyu Putro/Antara Foto via Reuters]
The floods come at a time when Indonesia is already grappling with Southeast Asia's highest caseload and death tally from COVID-19, as well as a sharp economic downturn. [Wahyu Putro/Antara Foto via Reuters]
A street vendor pushes his cart through the floodwater. Indonesia’s meteorology agency has said the heaviest rain of the season may fall in and around the densely populated capital in the coming days. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
A street vendor pushes his cart through the floodwater. Indonesia’s meteorology agency has said the heaviest rain of the season may fall in and around the densely populated capital in the coming days. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) personnel evacuate a baby in a flood-hit area. [Handout: Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency via Reuters]
Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) personnel evacuate a baby in a flood-hit area. [Handout: Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency via Reuters]
Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern parts of the city, home to 10 million people. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern parts of the city, home to 10 million people. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Residents use a homemade raft to make their way through a flooded street. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
Residents use a homemade raft to make their way through a flooded street. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
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Alexey Navalny loses appeal against jail term, fined for slander

The double legal defeat paves the way for the Kremlin critic to be moved to a prison camp outside the capital.

Navalny and his supporters say the rulings and several other cases against him are a pretext to silence his corruption exposes and quash his political ambitions [Press Service of Moscow City Court via Reuters
A demonstrator smashes a shop window in Barcelona. A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel once more devolved into clashes between police and protesters. [Joan Mateu/AP]
A demonstrator smashes a shop window in Barcelona. A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel once more devolved into clashes between police and protesters. [Joan Mateu/AP]
A protester throws a bottle during clashes with riot police at a march in Pamplona, northern Spain. [Jesus Diges/EPA]
A protester throws a bottle during clashes with riot police at a march in Pamplona, northern Spain. [Jesus Diges/EPA]
Protesters set fire to several dumpsters during protests in Barcelona. [Toni Albir/EPA]
Protesters set fire to several dumpsters during protests in Barcelona. [Toni Albir/EPA]
Fireworks explode close to riot police during clashes in Barcelona. [Joan Mateu/AP]
Fireworks explode close to riot police during clashes in Barcelona. [Joan Mateu/AP]
Riot police officers clash with protesters in Barcelona. Police said nine people were injured, with two taken to hospital. [Toni Albir/EPA]
Riot police officers clash with protesters in Barcelona. Police said nine people were injured, with two taken to hospital. [Toni Albir/EPA]
Nine people were arrested in Catalonia, including three minors, the regional police said. [Albert Gea/Reuters]
Nine people were arrested in Catalonia, including three minors, the regional police said. [Albert Gea/Reuters]
About 6,000 demonstrators gathered at the latest rally in Barcelona, according to the police. [Albert Gea/Reuters]
About 6,000 demonstrators gathered at the latest rally in Barcelona, according to the police. [Albert Gea/Reuters]
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Rockets hit Iraq military airbase hosting US contractors

One person wounded as several rockets strike Iraq’s Balad airbase where a US defence company has its headquarters.

Iraq's F-16 programme is based at Balad airbase [US Air Force via AP Photo]

Argentina health minister resigns over COVID vaccine scandal

Resignation comes after reports of people using connections to jump the queue and receive COVID-19 jabs.

Argentina's Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia stepped down late on Friday amid a COVID-19 vaccination scandal [File: Matias Baglietto/Reuters]

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Afghan security forces inspect the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday [Omar Sobhani/Reuters]

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