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Australian women who had their children taken through forced adoption will receive compensation as part of a redress scheme.
More than four million dollars will be spent on the country's first redress scheme for mothers in the state of Victorian who were forced to give up their babies between 1958 and 1984.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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The White House says the world should be alert to the possibility that the Russians may soon use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.
President Biden's top officials are angrily dismissing Russian claims that the US has been developing chemical weapons in Ukraine as "misinformation".
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.,
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby dismissed Russian claims that the US has been developing chemical weapons in Ukraine as “misinformation”.
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US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the US government to come up with a strategy to regulate cryptocurrencies.
The White House says the order is in response to the explosive growth in digital assets.
Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman has this report from San Francisco.
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The EU has ramped up sanctions against Moscow, adding 160 individuals to its blacklist. This takes the total number of people targeted for their alleged ties with or involvement in the war in Ukraine to 862.
Three Belarusian banks have also been cut off from the SWIFT international payments system.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
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The first person to have a pig heart transplant has died, two months after the groundbreaking surgery in the United States.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
US Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Warsaw on Wednesday to meet the leaders of Poland and Romania, two U.S. allies that flank Ukraine.
But the visit comes after the Pentagon rejected a Polish proposal to share its fighter jets with Ukraine.
From Washington, Kate Fisher reports.
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The UK government will set out details of its proposed ban on Russian oil imports later. The Business Secretary has confirmed the use of Russian fuel will be phased out this year in a bid to cut another source of income to the Russian economy. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
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The state is one among others in the country with security concerns such as kidnapping for ransom and cattle rustling.
Tesem Akende reports.
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Ethiopia has received more humanitarian aid targeting the displaced people in its Northern region.USAID has delivered over 250 metric tons of supplies to the International Organisation for Migration - targeting the displaced in areas of Amhara and Afar region. The UN says over 2 million people are in need of immediate assistance in these two areas plus Tigray. Over a year now the region is still affected by a conflict between the government and the Rebel group the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa :
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The UK is increasing the number of economic sanctions imposed on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine.
It's introducing new powers to detain private jets owned by Russian oligarchs and stopping them from flying in British airspace.
There's also a Ban on the export of aviation and space-related goods and technology.
Nicki Aiken is a conservative member of parliament, she says the UK's policy of imposing harsh economic sanctions is working.
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The UK has introduced tougher measures to ban Russian planes in its airspace.
A number of new sanctions have also been introduced about the sale of aviation technology.
John Bevir reports.
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