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The World Health Organization has confirmed a case of human infection with bird flu in India.
The United Nations agency says that the infection caused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a four-year-old child in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Indian security forces are fighting militants in the Jammu and Kashmir region after another skirmish broke out on Wednesday.
This comes just days after terrorists attacked a bus full of pilgrims in the same region resulting in nine deaths.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Japan may soon require more companies to disclose gender gap data.
It comes as the country ranks 118th in a new World Economic Forum gender parity survey.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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US Supreme court justice Samuel Alito has been recorded agreeing that America should return "to a place of godliness", just weeks after he came under fire for controversial flags that flew above his homes.
The secretly taped audio was captured by a liberal filmmaker posing as a religious conservative at a private event.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The Port of Baltimore shipping channel has fully reopened, more than two months after a collapsed bridge brought water traffic to a standstill.
In March, a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US state of Maryland - six construction workers were killed in the incident.
A clean-up effort has been underway since then, with thousands of tons of wreckage removed from the busy channel.
Sally Patterson has more.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says if the proposed ceasefire agreement in Gaza fails, only Hamas will be to blame.
Blinken is in the Middle East discussing the proposal with regional leaders, in his eighth visit there since the war broke out.
Mitch McCann reports:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Berlin for a meeting centred on how to rebuild his war-torn country.
The Ukraine Reconstruction Conference will focus particularly on safeguarding Ukraine's ailing electricity grid, which has been the frequent target of Russian bombing.
Our correspondent Trent Murray is at the conference and has this report.
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Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from Boko Haram captivity.
The Human rights group says this is because the military believes they support the Islamist insurgent group.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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India's new Cabinet held its first meeting on Monday evening as prime minister Narendra Modi began his third term in office.
The allocation of ministries was announced.
This follows a surprise election result in which Modi's party failed to secure an outright majority and had to lean on its coalition partners to form a government.
Rebecca Bundhun reports.
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