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World News
Five dead in China after car ploughs into pedestrians: Media
Five people have been killed and 13 others injured when a car ploughed into crowds of people at two busy…
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Reports and Studies
The feminist community emerging from the war in Ukraine
Boisterous female laughter emanated intermittently from the corner unit of a drab, Soviet-style residential building. Sandals and a pink lamp…
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Australia finalising new security pact with Papua New Guinea
The leaders of Australia and neighbouring Papua New Guinea say they are finalising a new security treaty – a move…
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UAE names oil company chief to lead UN’s COP 28 climate talks
The United Arab Emirates has named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi’s state-run oil company and oversees its…
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S Korea considers compensating forced labourers with public funds
South Korea’s government has proposed compensating Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese firms during World War II using funding from…
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New Zimbabwe law threatens health workers with jail over strikes
Zimbabwe has brought in a law banning health workers such as nurses and doctors from prolonged strikes, imposing punishments of…
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Israel kills Palestinian man ‘standing on roof’ of his home
The Israeli army has killed a Palestinian man as he was standing on the roof of his home during a…
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HRW’s 2023 report finds hope amid ‘litany of human rights crises’
Authoritarianism across the world is leading to a “sea of human suffering”, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual…
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India top court says demonetisation was legal, victims disagree
In the hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a shock announcement making 86 percent of India’s currency notes invalid…
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News of the Day
Russia names new commander in Ukraine
Russia has appointed army general Valery Gerasimov to lead its war efforts in Ukraine, effectively demoting Sergei Surovikin only three months after…
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