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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 31

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday said that he is deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States.

A statement issued by the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Monday said that this week alone, over 800 refugees were set to make America their new home, but instead find themselves barred from travelling to the United States. (UN-Refugee-America)

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LONDON -- The Japanese Embassy to Britain remained silent one day after a detailed media report said that it had been paying a British think tank to propagate against China.

An official with the Japanese Embassy in London acknowledged on Monday morning that the Embassy had received an enquiry letter from Xinhua seeking confirmation and comments on the Jan. 29 The Sunday Times report. (Japanese-China-London)

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KIEV -- Fighting flared up with a new vigour in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens of others in the past day, reports said on Monday.

According to the officials from the conflicting parties, the battles have concentrated in the outskirts of Donetsk, the stronghold of independence-seeking insurgents. (Ukraine-Fighting-Donetsk)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order under which the federal government will need to remove two regulations for every new one put forward.

Under the order, the U.S. federal agencies will propose rules they want to drop and the White House will review them. Rules on emergencies and national security are made exceptions. (U.S.-Trump-Order) Endi