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Russia is standing by to ratify a key nuclear weapons treaty, says the head of Russia's Foreign Affairs Committee, Leonid Slutsky [Slootsky].
He expects the Biden administration to submit a proposal to Congress within the next few days.
The last remaining nuclear pact between the two countries is set to expire in just two week's time.
Stuart Smith has more from Moscow.
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The Indian government is ready to put a pause on the controversial farm laws which have attracted massive protests in the past two months.
The farmers are not calling the protests off yet…
But intend to intensify their agitation in the next week.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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An Australian man will receive a record payout of $2.45 million plus legal costs, to compensate him for the abuse he suffered at the hands of teacher and priest Bertram Adderley, who groomed and then raped him between 1977 and 1980.
The 52-year-old man reached the settlement after giving evidence in a Perth court.
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The Japanese government has agreed with U.S. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. to receive a supply of the drugmaker's coronavirus vaccine, sufficient to vaccinate about half the country's population. Grace Lee reports from Tokyo on the latest.
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The Hong Kong government is reportedly poised to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Local media says the vaccine will be given the green light in the next couple of days, and inoculations will begin in mid-February.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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As inauguration day turned into inauguration night President Joe Biden joined a prime time television special celebrating America.
The 46th President of the United States stressed the need for unity, as he addressed the country from the Lincoln Memorial.
Rachel Silverman has details.
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The US Senate has voted to confirm Avril Haines as the Director of National Intelligence.
Haines is the first confirmed member of President Joe Biden's cabinet.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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New US Vice President Kamala [COMMA LUH] Harris is now officially the first female, as well as the first person of black or South Asian descent, to hold the office.
Joe Biden's former rival rose through the ranks of California politics before becoming his running mate.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer reports.
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New US Vice President Kamala [COMMA LUH] Harris has sworn in three new Democratic Senators, giving the party control of both houses of Congress for the first time in a decade.
The legislative majority will make it easier for President Joe Biden to advance his policy agenda.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer reports.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed his first executive orders reversing a raft of Donald Trump’s signature policies.
After appealing to the country for unity, President Biden now faces the daunting task of tackling the raging coronavirus pandemic, and a struggling economy in a deeply polarized country.
Nina-Maria Potts has the latest:
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China has slapped sanctions on more than two dozen US officials who had served under the Trump Administration.
And the most high-profile among them… former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has been a heavy critic of Beijing.
The announcement came moments after US President Joe Biden was sworn in, as hopes grow over a thaw in US-China relations under the new administration.
Liling Tan reports from New York.
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Joe Biden has begun his term as the 46th president of the United States of America.
Under unprecedented security, the inauguration was held on the West Front of the US Capitol.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has this report.
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Joe Biden has begun his term as the 46th president of the United States of America.
Under unprecedented security, the inauguration was held on the West Front of the US Capitol.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has this report.
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