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'Avengers: Infinity War' has achieved the biggest global opening for a film of all time, taking an estimated $630 million worldwide in its first weekend.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses China of "fuelling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine through the transfers of dual use materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for use in Moscow's military expansion. "If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can't on the other hand be fuelling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri where he had urged urged his European counterparts to increase pressure on Beijing. SOUNDBITE
A series of Israeli air strikes are seen over the Gaza Strip, from Gaza City. IMAGES
Israeli military vehicles are deployed near the Gaza border. IMAGES
President Xi Jingping joins thousands of other delegates for the opening of the annual National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament. In an opening report, the Chinese government said it would aim for economic growth of "around five percent" for the coming year -- one of its lowest in decades. IMAGES
A construction site for a Hong Kong high-rise is engulfed in flames, with firefighters on the scene battling the blaze. Officials say the fire broke out at 11:11pm local time (0311 GMT) in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a busy shopping and tourist district on the city's world-famous harbourfront. IMAGES
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