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Today/Friday/27 January, marks 50 years since the Paris Peace Accords officially ended the Vietnam War.
The historic peace deal was signed in a hotel in the French capital in 1973.
Ross Cullen reports.
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World Health Organisation officials are meeting in Geneva to mull whether the COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
The WHO's emergencies committee is expected to issue a statement with their recommendations to the organisation's Director General after the meeting.
Rosie Birchard has more.
Chinese President Xi Jinping says the country’s ties with Australia are getting back on track. It follows a plunge in diplomatic relations amid rows over Covid-19 and multiple trade disputes.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Consumer prices in Japan’s biggest city Tokyo have hit the highest levels in a generation, this month.
Prices in the capital rose by more than 4-point-3 percent on a year earlier.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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US President Joe Biden is urging the public to remain peaceful, amid concerns over protests relating to the death of a black motorist stopped by police in the state of Tennessee.
Five police officers - who are also black - have been charged with murder.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports.
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U.S. President Joe Biden is set to ramp up fundraising for his re-election bid, according to sources.
The President is expected to hold fundraisers in New York and Philadelphia with wealthy Democratic donors next week.
President Biden has not yet officially announced his bid to return to the White House in 2024.
Sally Patterson has more.
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The Police chief of the US city of Memphis has warned against a violent reaction to the release of body cam footage of the police confrontation with a black man who died three days after a traffic stop.
Chief Cerelyn Davis called 29-year-old Tyre Nichols' death "heinous, reckless and inhumane".
Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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The owner of British postal service Royal Mail says recent strike action by staff has cost the company $250m. Members of the Communications Workers Union have been walking out over job security concerns. Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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Ukraine's allies are set to meet in Brussels to coordinate on military aid next month at NATO headquarters, the alliance has announced.
At the talks, defense ministers and officials will likely work on the logistics of delivering arms to Ukraine, following a major transatlantic announcement on the supply of modern, western-made main battle tanks.
Rosie Birchard has more from Brussels.
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