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China is narrowing its classification of whether deaths in the country are recorded as being due to Covid-19. Health officials say that reflects the mild nature of the Omicron variant. But the move is adding to international concerns China’s official Covid data under-represents the severity of the situation on the ground.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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The Bank of Japan shocked markets by raising the cap on 10-year bond yields.
The surprise decision caused a spike in the yen while shares tanked and investors were caught off guard.
Nora Weinek reports from Tokyo.
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Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky is to visit Washington on Wednesday for face-to-face meetings with President Biden at the White House.
He's also expected to make a speech before a joint session of Congress.
It will be the first time he's left Ukraine since the war began, as our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is planning a trip to Washington on Wednesday according to US media reports.
Quoting official sources, several outlets say he would address a joint session of the US congress and meet President Biden at the White House, on what would be his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February.
From Washington, Kate Fisher reports
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Democrat and Republican lawmakers have unveiled a $1.7 trillion deal to fund the US government through most of 2023.
They released the more than 4000 page long document in the early hours of Tuesday morning leaving Congress little time to review its contents before they must vote on it to avoid a government shutdown.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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British bank TSB has been fined almost 60 million US dollars after its online services spectacularly crashed back in 2018.
The IT failure meant millions of customers couldn't access their accounts for several weeks.
Here's Giles Gibson in London.
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The Police in Uganda have killed two people suspected to be members of the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) Rebel group.
The ADF rebel group believed to have links with ISIS operates in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is responsible for the killings and displacement of civilians in the region.
Hillary Ayesiga reports...
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Natural gas consumption across the European Union fell by 20% in the August to November period, compared with average levels for the same months from 2017 to 2021.
The EU has been racing to cut gas usage as it navigates an energy crisis partially driven by the fallout of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Rosie Birchard has more from Brussels.
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At least 64 people were reportedly killed in an airstrike by a Nigerian military plane at Mutumji community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria.
Residents of Mutumji community say the incident occurred when a military air fighter jet pursued terrorists into a market in the community.
Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.
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