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Three dead as police clash with garment workers in Bangladesh demanding a wage increase – video
A Bangladeshi woman was shot dead on Wednesday after police in Dhaka opened fire during a protest held by garm…
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Poor tea pickers pay the price for a British cuppa | Letter
Sabita Banerji highlights the pitiful pay and conditions of tea plantation workers in response to an article a…
- Afghanistan, Gaza, Hamas, Iraq, Israel, Israel-Hamas war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Protest, UK news
Why Britain’s politicians shouldn’t rush to take sides in war | Letters
Readers respond to a piece by Aditya Chakrabortty about protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas…
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Afghanistan hit by seventh earthquake in eight days – video report
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, just over a week after powerful quakes and aftersho…
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What Azeris lost in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | Letters
Let’s not forget the Azeris who had to flee their homes earlier, says Alexis Rowell. And Gascia Ouzounian on w…
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Gauri Gill wins Prix Pictet award – in pictures
The Indian photographer Gauri Gill has been declared the winner of the 10th cycle of the Prix Pictet, the glob…
- Immigration and asylum, Lebanon, Oxfam, Pakistan, Refugees, Sudan, UK news, United Nations, World news
The UN refugee convention works and is as necessary as ever | Letter
Leaders of charities and NGOs respond to Suella Braverman’s recent comments attacking the refugee convention i…
- Colonialism, Crime, Cycling, India, Mindfulness, Museums, Politics, Rishi Sunak, Technology, UK news
How to deal with offensive statues | Brief letters
A lesson from India | Superficial self-care | On yer bike | Sunak SunkRe commemorating slave traders (Letters,…
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Sisters of no mercy: Kathmandu’s kung fu nuns – in pictures
The 350 women of the Drukpa dragon order are highly skilled in martial arts, which they practise six days a we…
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Genocide warning in Nagorno-Karabakh | Letters
Caroline Cox of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust urges the government to fulfil its responsibility under inte…
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We have an obligation to Afghan women and girls | Letter
Simon Diggins, a former defence attaché to Kabul, suggests the UK should amend its Afghan civilian resettlemen…
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The UK’s trade negotiations are appallingly opaque | Letters
Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the …
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Two years on, we fear that a second withdrawal from Afghanistan is under way | Letters
Just 25% of the $3.23bn needed for the UN humanitarian response plan has been raised. Women and girls will be …
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Matty Healy spoke for us on stage in Malaysia
Praise for singer Matty Healy and campaigner Peter Tatchell for highlighting the plight of LGBTQ+ people in Ma…
- China, Europe, Extreme weather, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, Palestinian territories, South Korea, Spain, US news, World news
How brutal heat is breaking records everywhere from the US to Japan
Temperatures reached as high as 53.3C in the US and flooding hit South Korea and India A remote township in th…