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As public media funds officially dry up, local radio stations struggle
For Scott Smith, the cuts to the Corporation For Public Broadcasting are existential. He is the general manager of Allegheny…
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Nigeria’s victims of #EndSARS protest violence await justice five years on
Agbeze Ifeanyi Matthew huddled on the ground in fear, thinking his city had become a battlefield as a barrage of…
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Charged for saying ‘I love Muhammad’, India’s Muslims decry gov’t crackdown
On the evening of September 4, an illuminated signboard lit up a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Kanpur, an industrial town…
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UK military to get new powers to shoot down drones amid Russia tensions
Britain’s armed forces will get new powers to shoot down “unidentified” drones over military bases, Defense Minister John Healey said…
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Australia, US to spend billions on mining, defense projects: White House
US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a rare earths and critical minerals agreement on Monday…
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What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold?
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” after a week of deadly clashes along their border, as the…
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Japan to vote for new PM amid political uncertainty: All you need to know
The Japanese legislature, known as the Diet, is set to meet for an extraordinary session to vote for the next…
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Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says
The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been released from a treatment centre in…
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Four-minute heist at the Louvre: How priceless jewels were stolen in France
The Louvre Museum in the French capital has closed for “exceptional reasons” after a group of intruders successfully stole eight…
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Kenya’s revered opposition leader Raila Odinga laid to rest
Kenyans have bid a final farewell to esteemed opposition leader Raila Odinga, days after several people were killed as mourners…
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