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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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