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Hong Kong is preparing to reopen quarantine-free travel with the Chinese mainland.
The move is being seen as a major boost to local businesses, but is causing public concern over the scale of China’s Covid-19 outbreak.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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California is bracing for more dangerous conditions with the arrival of a weather pattern known as a 'bomb cyclone'.
Authorities are warning that the storm could cause widespread flooding and power outages.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco
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The former owner of a funeral home in Colorado has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling body parts.
Megan Hess pleaded guilty for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission.
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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It's a move to make abortions more accessible following the Supreme Court decision that put the responsibility on individual states on whether to ban or allow procedures.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington
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Rail workers in the United Kingdom have walked out in an on-going dispute over pay, conditions and lay-offs.
It is the second day in a row of train strikes, disrupting many passengers' commutes as they return to work after the festive season.
Bus drivers, highway workers and health workers are also due to walk out this month, with hundreds of thousands of employees taking action.
Sally Patterson has more.
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Three commanders of the terror group Boko Haram have been killed by strikes from the Nigerian Airforce in the country's northeast state of Borno.
Twenty seven other terrorists were also neutralised as a result, while fourty others sustained gunshot wounds.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a 6-year ban on political rallies. She says her government seeks to create a level playing field ahead of civic elections next year and the 2025 general election.
Daniel Kijo reports from Dar Es Salaam
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Google has appealed India’s anti-competition watchdog’s order in a tribunal – arguing that investigators copied a European ruling word for word in their investigation report.
Google was fined 161 million dollars by the competition commission of India for violating the dominating position of its Android operating system in the Indian market.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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The security council has not passed any new resolutions to curb Pyongyang’s weapons program since China and Russian began using their veto right last year.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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