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[World] Watch the moment Europe’s last Ariane-5 rocket blasts off
Europe launched its last Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana on Wednesday, carrying two telecommunications satellites.
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[World] Madhya Pradesh: Home of Indian man who urinated on tribal worker demolished
Image source, ANIImage caption, Pravesh Shukla has been arrestedAuthorities in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have demolished the home of a man...
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[World] Wagner boss Prigozhin is in Russia, Belarus ruler Lukashenko says
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[World] PUBG: India-Pakistan gaming love story ends in jail
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[World] Ukraine war: Four killed in Lviv as Russian strike hits apartment building in western city
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Lviv apartments turned to rubble by rock...
[World] South Africa: Suspected gas leak leaves 17 dead
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[World] Russian jets 'harassing' US aircraft over Syria - US Air Force
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Trump heard discussing secret Iran document in audio: US media
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Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover: UN
A Taliban fighter guards a street in Herat, Afghanistan [File: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo]The United Nations says it has recorded a significant number of civ...
Report finds racism, sexism and elitism rife in English cricket
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Sri Lankan fishers suffer as coastal erosion destroys homes
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Belarus role in Russia-Wagner feud ‘boosts Lukashenko’s clout’
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[World] France riots: Fuelled by everyday discrimination
Image source, Getty ImagesIn our series of letters from African journalists, France-based Maher Mezahi writes how racism and Islam...
[World] Watch the moment Europe’s last Ariane-5 rocket blasts off
Europe launched its last Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana on Wednesday, carrying two telecommunications satellites.
[World] Fighting to free the women and children enslaved by IS
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Bahar Elias spent 18 months as a prisoner and slave of Islamic State groupBy Rachel Wrigh...
[World] Four arrested in Hong Kong after bounty set up for activists abroad
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[Technology] Threads: Ten million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says
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[World] Madhya Pradesh: Home of Indian man who urinated on tribal worker demolished
Image source, ANIImage caption, Pravesh Shukla has been arrestedAuthorities in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have dem...
[Technology] Threads could cause real problems for Twitter
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[World] Coco Lee: The pioneering singer who charmed the world
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[World] Wagner boss Prigozhin is in Russia, Belarus ruler Lukashenko says
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[World] PUBG: India-Pakistan gaming love story ends in jail
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[World] Ukraine war: Four killed in Lviv as Russian strike hits apartment building in western city
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Lviv apartments...
[World] South Africa: Suspected gas leak leaves 17 dead
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[World] Russian jets 'harassing' US aircraft over Syria - US Air Force
The US has released video reportedly showing its aircraft being forced to take evasive action during a mission.
Pakistan summons US embassy staff over Biden-Modi statement
Relations between India and Pakistan have been fraught for years [File: Prakash Singh/AFP]Pakistan’s foreign ministry has summoned...
Sudanese army declares ‘unilateral’ ceasefire on first day of Eid
Sudanese army soldiers ride a motorcycle in Khartoum on June 26, 2023 [AFP]Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has...
‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town
Relatives ride in the back of a truck with the coffins of villagers killed by suspected rebels who attacked Lhubiriha Secondary Sc...
Hajj returns to maximum capacity after coronavirus pandemic
Muslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, and then converged on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert, off...
Trump heard discussing secret Iran document in audio: US media
Media outlets in the United States have released an audio recording in which former President Donald Trump purportedly boasts abou...
Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover: UN
A Taliban fighter guards a street in Herat, Afghanistan [File: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo]The United Nations says it has recorded a ...
Report finds racism, sexism and elitism rife in English cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board chair issued a public apology and described the report as a 'wake-up call' [File: Rui Vieira/A...
Sri Lankan fishers suffer as coastal erosion destroys homes
Ranjith Sunimal Fernando now has a shell of a home at the edge of Sri Lanka’s coast, lost to the sea. Waves lap past the broken wa...
Belarus role in Russia-Wagner feud ‘boosts Lukashenko’s clout’
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, is Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's biggest political and financial backer [Fi...
America Gets a Birthday Present
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The Mad Winds That Drove the Riots in France
My country faces a trial. Neither illiberalism from the left nor the right will deliver justice and peace. ...
The Options for People Who Need 24/7 Care
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A Key Ruling Against Social-Media Censorship
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The Politics of Architecture and Federal Buildings
The modern era has given us some stinkers, but imposing a particular style could be a mistake. ...
Bad Politics Begets Worse Medicine and Law
Pediatricians are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation. July 5, 2023 3:45 pm...
‘Africa Fashion’ Review: A Continent’s Creativity
An exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum recounts the varied postcolonial histories of dozens of nations through the diversity and vi...
‘We Hold Our Breath’ Review: On the Banks of Buffalo Bayou
A brief account by a Houston native of the Texas city’s history, uncontrolled sprawl—and, above all, susceptibility to flooding. ...
Scapegoating the Supreme Court
Democrats said decades ago they alone would run policies for black Americans. Now comes the blame game. ...
A Letter Is a Bargain, Even at 66 Cents
Texts and emails are efficient, but clicking on an icon can’t compare to opening a real envelope. ...
2024 Presidential Race: Throw the Grumpy Old Men Out
Voters have an opportunity to force a generational change. By ...
Justice Jackson’s Incredible Statistic
Her dissent from the ruling on affirmative action makes an obviously implausible claim. ...
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Won’t Stop Its Vandalism
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