Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup and deepening financial crisis with millions more people expected to go hungry in coming months, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Millions face hunger as Myanmar crisis worsens, says United Nations

France will impose a 10-day quarantine for travellers arriving from India in the coming days to prevent the spread of a worrying Covid-19 variant that is hammering Indian hospitals, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.

France to impose 10-day quarantine for travellers from India

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honour the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.

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Meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin fell on Tuesday after hitting an all-time high in a wild session that saw supporters of the token once considered a parody use hashtags to fuel a rally until it lost steam.

Dogecoin cryptocurrency slumps after hashtag-fueled surge to record high

South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday he hopes the United States will help Seoul address its COVID-19 vaccine shortage as a return in favour of test kits and masks it sent to Washington earlier in the pandemic.

Return the favour: South Korea looks to US for COVID-19 vaccine aid

Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd US President Joe Biden slams 'systemic racism'; calls Floyd verdict 'relief' Ukraine

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has cancelled plans to visit India and the Philippines during his country's extended holiday starting in late April amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, a senior government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Japan PM cancels trip to India, Philippines amid rising COVID-19 cases

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the Russian public should attain collective immunity from COVID-19 by this autumn and called on Russians to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Putin says Russia should have collective COVID-19 immunity by autumn

Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday, calling for the release of detained prisoners, as Nikkei Asia reported that junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing would attend a regional summit to discuss the crisis in the country.

Myanmar activists hold 'blue shirt' protests; report says junta chief to attend summit

The Democratic Republic of Congo accused Uganda of "barbarity" Tuesday in a fresh bid at the UN's top court to extract billions of dollars in compensation over a brutal war two decades ago.

DR Congo claims billions for Uganda 'barbarity'

The European Union clinched a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a landmark law to make its climate-change goals legally binding, including a target to slash its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent this decade.

EU clinches deal on climate law, tougher 2030 emissions goal

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