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Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'looks healthy', lawyer says, as U.S. orders non-essential staff to leave

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health in a video meeting on Wednesday, one of her lawyers said, as the United States ordered its non-essential embassy staff to leave after weeks of violence over a Feb. 1 coup.

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Analysis: Quiet Singapore turns up volume on Myanmar as regional fears grow

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Italy arrests navy captain as suspected spy for passing documents to Russian

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Investigation begins into how ship got stuck on Suez Canal

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More to be done, but Britain a model for racial equality: report

Britain is a country that should be seen as a "model for other white-majority countries", a review into inequality will say on Wednesday, but it is not a post-racial society and "overt and outright racism persists", particularly online.

5:51AM EDT

EU Commission sues Poland for undermining independence of judges

The European Commission on Wednesday took the Polish government to the EU's top court for undermining the independence of judges and preventing them from applying EU law in Poland and asked the EU court to order interim measures until it produces a ruling.

6:18AM EDT

Putin accuses Ukraine of provoking clashes with pro-Russian separatists amid tensions

President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of provoking armed confrontation with pro-Russian separatists and failing to honour earlier agreements over its wartorn east, the Kremlin said in a readout of a telephone call with France and Germany's leaders.

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Macron, Merkel discussed potential Sputnik V vaccine cooperation with Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed possible cooperation on vaccines with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a joint video conference on Tuesday, Macron's office and the Kremlin said.

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Kremlin says fears Ukrainian side could restart civil war in eastern Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was worried by the situation in eastern Ukraine, fearing the Ukrainian side could do something that would restart a civil war there.

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