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Quad leaders press for free Indo-Pacific, with wary eye on China

Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia vowed on Friday to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific region "undaunted by coercion" at their first in-person summit, which presented a united front amid shared concerns about China.

Energy
Exclusive: Under U.S. sanctions, Iran and Venezuela strike oil export deal
United Kingdom
Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites
China
China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians
Asia Pacific
North Korea says hope is alive for peace, summit with the South
Americas
Haitian migrants on the move weigh jobs in Mexico after clearout
Asia Pacific
Taiwan opposition party's new leader pledges renewed talks with China
Africa
Suicide car bomb targeting convoy in Somali capital kills at least 8 -official
Asia Pacific
Taliban hang up bodies of alleged kidnappers in Afghan city

Taliban authorities in the western Afghan city of Herat killed four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies up in public to deter others, a local government official said on Saturday.

United Kingdom
When Harry - and Meghan - met the U.N. chief in New York
Americas
Two Canadian detained by China for more than 1000 days return home -local media
Europe
Hundreds of Russians join Moscow protest over parliamentary election

Hundreds of people, angered by last week's parliamentary election, joined a protest in central Moscow on Saturday, holding posters carrying slogans such as "bring back the elections".

India
India's Odisha, Andhra Pradesh states brace for cyclonic storm

A deep depression over India's Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm that is expected to make landfall on Sunday, the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Cuba kicks off COVID-19 vaccine exports with shipment to Vietnam
Europe
Italy reports 50 more coronavirus deaths, 3,525 new cases
China
Huawei's Meng arrives in Shenzhen after release from Canada
Asia Pacific
Vietnam to relax COVID-19 restrictions to revive pandemic-hit economy
Middle East
'Soon' in Iranian parlance differs from West's in nuclear talks, Iran's top diplomat says
Africa
More than 100 officials from Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party resign amid crisis
Europe
Kosovo says offices attacked in volatile north as Serbs block roads

Two interior ministry offices in northern Kosovo were attacked near border crossings blocked by local Serbs angered by a ban on cars with Serbian licence plates entering the country, police said on Saturday.