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Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls
Myanmar’s 2024 census was almost certainly the most contentious – and deadly – ever conducted. Enumerators and their heavily armed…
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Rwanda-backed rebels vow to take DRC capital after claiming capture of Goma
Rwanda-backed rebels are closing in on the key eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo city of Bukavu, promising to continue…
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‘Beautiful board’: How chess saved an Indian village from alcohol, gambling
Phones, wallets and half-drunk teacups clutter empty tables – except for one – at a teahouse in southern India, where a…
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The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925
When Dr Curtis Welch checked on a very sick three-year-old patient who had been admitted to his tiny hospital on…
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India offers middle-class tax relief to support growth, targets narrower budget gap
India plans to cut personal income tax rates to boost middle-class spending power, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday,…
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Russian air attack kills four in Ukraine, Kyiv says
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least four civilians and damaging residential…
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Democrats to elect new leader as party struggles to repair brand
Democrats, desperately seeking a new message and messengers to push back against the Trump administration, will elect a new leader…
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German parliament rejects opposition migration bill backed by far-right AfD
The German parliament has narrowly rejected a bill to restrict immigration proposed by the opposition conservatives with the support of…
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Iran warns that any attack on its nuclear sites would trigger ‘all-out war’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told Al Jazeera that any attack by Israel or the United States on Iran’s…
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Gaza children wounded in Israel attacks allowed medical care abroad
The World Health Organization says 50 Palestinians in need of medical care abroad will be let through the newly reopened Rafah border…
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