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Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian (Shiho Fukada/AP)

Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies aged 83

January 22, 2021

Derick Almena (KGO-TV via AP)

Man pleads guilty to deaths of 36 people in San Francisco warehouse fire

January 22, 2021

Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin worked with Joe Biden when he was vice president (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

Lloyd Austin confirmed as first black US defence secretary

January 22, 2021

A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 (Heritage Auctions via AP)

Rare US gold coin dating from 1787 sold for 9m dollars

January 22, 2021

Former president Donald Trump faces an impeachment trial (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Pelosi to trigger Trump impeachment trial next week

January 22, 2021

Alexei Navalny and his wife, Yulia, on the plane prior to their flight to Moscow (Mstyslav Chernov/AP)

Russian authorities seek to curb protests by Alexei Navalny supporters

January 22, 2021

Sri Lankan municipal workers wait as they prepare for the cremation of a Covid-19 victim (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Sri Lanka approves AstraZeneca vaccine amid health system collapse warning

January 22, 2021

Nepalese protesters march in Kathmandu /Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

Tens of thousands protest in Nepal over dissolution of parliament

January 22, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said he supports the treaty extension (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia welcomes Biden’s proposal to extend nuclear arms treaty

January 22, 2021

Benches are marked with tape to warn people to not use them, at a public garden in Lisbon (Armando Franca/AP)

Portugal halts flights to UK over virus variant

January 22, 2021

Relatives sprinkle flowers into the Java Sea where Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 crashed on January 9 (Tatan Syuflana/AP)

Relatives of plane crash victims cast flowers into Indonesia sea

January 22, 2021