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Pakistan Muslim Party leader Shahbaz Sharif will be the frontrunner when the country's National Assembly elects a Prime Minister on Monday.
This comes just a day after Imran Khan was voted out of power through a no-confidence motion.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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North Korea is marking 10 years since its leader Kim Jong Un took the top post in the ruling Workers' Party.
Analysts warn that the country may conduct further missile or nuclear tests this week ahead of another key national anniversary.
Phoebe Amoroso reports.
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Shanghai’s COVID-19 case numbers are hitting record highs, despite a continued city-wide lockdown. Authorities are carrying out more rounds of mass-testing in a bid to bring the outbreak under control.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Actor Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next 10 years.
The Academy's Board of Governors is calling his behavior at this year's ceremony "shocking, painful, and inexcusable."
Rachel Silverman has this report from California.
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U.S. President Joe Biden hosted historic Supreme Court appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson at the White House on Friday.
A senate vote on Thursday, confirmed her as the first Black woman to the life-time post.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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SpaceX has launched a new crew of four astronauts to orbit on the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft. The private flyers are riding to space with a commercial company called Axiom Space.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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A US court has upheld President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate, meaning federal workers must get jabbed, or face disciplinary measures.
The ruling reversed an earlier decision that had blocked the White House from requiring federal employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
From Washington DC, Benji Hyer reports.
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EU member states have agreed to cut imports of Russian coal under a new round of sanctions that come into force on Friday.
This marks the fifth package of sanctions Brussels has imposed on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Rosie Birchard reports.
The British prime minister and German chancellor are set to meet on Friday to discuss how European countries can wean themselves off Russian gas.
Boris Johnson is expected to offer assistance to Berlin amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Sally Patterson has more in London
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The UK's Ministry of Defence has said Russian troops have now fully withdrawn from the north of Ukraine. Posting an intelligence update on Twitter, the defence department says it believes some of those forces will be transferred to fight in the East instead. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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