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Latest Australia News
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![Though most Australian states have allowed quarantine-free visits from New Zealanders for months, New Zealand has continued mandatory quarantine from its neighbour, citing concern about small COVID-19 outbreaks there [Marty Melville/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_97F6ZU.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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Latest Bangladesh News
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Opposition sidelined as Benin votes in presidential election
With most rivals in exile or sidelined, Benin’s President Patrice Talon looks set to win a second term in office.
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Erdogan urges end to ‘worrying’ Ukraine tension, offers support
Turkish president says tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over Donbas conflict have to be resolved through dialogue.
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Opinion
‘Very, very serious’: Germany struggling with third COVID wave
Data shows more and more young people being hospitalised with respiratory infections and ICUs rapidly filling up.
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21 workers trapped in flooded mine in China’s Xinjiang
CCTV says rescuers have located 12 of the 21 trapped miners.
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Real Madrid beat Barcelona to go top of La Liga
Benzema’s winner takes Real Madrid to top of the Spanish football league with rivals Atletico set to play on Sunday.
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