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Famed Thai holiday isles suffer water shortages after heatwave

Nissan annual net profit nearly doubles on-year

Putin says nuclear forces 'always' on alert in Victory Day speech

Chinese cities lift curbs on buying homes as property crisis bites

Malaysian team pulls out of season opener after footballer acid attack

Japan's Mount Fuji barrier delayed

Markets' rally stutters as traders eye rate cut outlook

Spanish bank BBVA goes hostile in Sabadell takeover bid

S. Korea president admits 'shortcomings' in rare address

Romania opens first crowd-funded hospital

Swift and Beyonce show the lucrative pop-fashion liaison

Eriksen signs for Brentford months after cardiac arrest at Euro 2020

Christian Eriksen has completed a remarkable return to the Premier League, signing for Brentford just seven months after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark at last year's European Championship.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face new trial for electoral fraud: source

Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud.

Gay dating app Grindr disappears from China app stores

Gay dating app Grindr has disappeared from multiple app stores in China as authorities tighten control of the country's already heavily policed internet and purge online behaviour the ruling Communist Party dislikes.

Ryanair slashes losses but Omicron hit winter bookings

Ryanair slashed losses in the final quarter of 2021 but the emergence of the Omicron variant cut into the normally busy winter holiday travel season, the no-frills airline said Monday.

Birds of a feather: India's raptor-rescuing brothers

Nursed back from near death, a skittish vulture flaps its wings and returns to the grey skies above India's capital after weeks of tender care from two devoted brothers.

Nadal 'doesn't care' if he's best ever after record 21st Slam

Rafael Nadal says he "doesn't care much" if his record 21st Grand Slam title makes him the best men's tennis player in history, after edging ahead of great rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic with his thrilling Australian Open win.

Thai fishing crews fear five-year recovery after oil spill

The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.

Russians split from family in Ukraine strive to maintain ties

Before conflict broke out, visiting her brother and sister was easy for Alla Lavrova, who could drive from her home in Russia and across the border to Ukraine in just one hour.

Ukraine crisis adds to inflation jitters as ECB meets

Soaring inflation will be in focus when European Central Bank governors meet on Thursday, as the threat of war in Ukraine risked further fuelling already sky-high energy prices in the region.

Ukrainians hone survival skills as Russia tensions mount

In a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, a group of Ukrainian civilians build shelters from snow and tree branches as part of a crash course in survival techniques.

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