Kremlin says tough line from Germany&s Merz on Ukraine risks escalating war
MOSCOW - The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.

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Cambodia deports unknown number of Taiwanese to China on fraud charges, Taiwan says
TAIPEI - Cambodia has deported an unknown number of Taiwanese citizens to China after they were arrested working in telecom fraud centres, the island's foreign ministry said on Monday, a move that comes ahead of China's President Xi Jinping visit to the country.

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Malaysian PM says to meet Myanmar junta head in Bangkok
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he will meet the head of Myanmar's junta in Bangkok this week to push for the extension of a ceasefire between the military government and rebel groups to help earthquake relief.

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Hungary set to restrict constitutional rights in 'Easter cleanup'
BUDAPEST - Hungary's parliament on Monday is expected to approve constitutional changes further clamping down on rights for LGBTQ people and other groups, part of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's "Easter cleanup" against his domestic opponents.

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Katy Perry set to roar into space on all-female flight
WASHINGTON - Pop star Katy Perry will be the biggest name in an all-female group set to touch the edge of space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos' rockets.

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Trump spotlight divides S.Africa's Afrikaners
PRETORIA - Country music and the aroma of pancakes enveloped the "Boeremark", or farmer's market, outside South Africa's capital Pretoria where thousands of Afrikaners browsed on a Saturday morning.

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