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Mongolia vows to clean up coal trade after fury over China deals
Last month, protestors stormed the Mongolian capital to denounce corruption in the country’s coal trade. Now the government says it has a…
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Book excerpt: The secret plan that started Egypt’s revolution
The following is an edited excerpt from Rusha Latif’s new book, Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution. The book tells…
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Why Modi doesn’t want India to watch BBC film on Gujarat carnage
India’s right-wing government has used emergency powers to block the airing of a BBC documentary which questions Prime Minister Narendra…
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Fears of escalation after Myanmar air raids near India border
On the afternoon of January 10, Van Bawi Mang, a member of an armed resistance group fighting against the Myanmar…
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Germany, US expected to announce tanks deal
After days of intense discussions, media reports say Germany and the United States are poised to announce they will dispatch their…
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Russia’s Wagner boss asks parliament to ban negative media reports about his men
The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group fighting in Ukraine has asked parliament to ban negative media reports about his…
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Police say three dead, gunman on run in US state of Washington
A gunman who shot dead three people in what police say was a random attack was being hunted in the…
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At least three dead, dozens feared trapped as building collapses in India
At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said…
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Turkey postpones NATO meeting with Sweden, Finland
Turkey has indefinitely postponed a new round of talks with Sweden and Finland on the Nordic neighbors’ NATO membership bids,…
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Russia’s Putin says stockpile needed to curb drug shortages
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that there were shortages of some medicines in Russia, despite the country producing more…
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