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Kristin Harila completes ascents of highest mountains amid controversy over modern climbers’ use of helicoptersA Norwegian woman claims to have completed the fastest ascent of all of the world’s 14 highest mountains, completing the round in three month…
Read MorePreviously unseen genomic samples suggest animals at Huanan market were potential sourceNewly released data from early in the Covid-19 pandemic has offered a crucial insight into the outbreak’s origins, suggesting that Covid-infected animals were prese…
Read MoreMoscow’s growing need for armaments from Pyongyang is likely to lead to greater alignment of diplomatic and military interests Russian arms procurement from Iran and North Korea heralds an increasing convergence of military and diplomatic interests bet…
Read MoreRussia digs in in preparation for expected attempt by Ukraine to take key southern city, setting scene for possible ferocious battleRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has warned that civilians still living in the Ukrainian province …
Read MoreLi Jingwei still recalled key features of his home village 30 years later and made successful appeal for help Thirty years ago, when Li Jingwei was four years old, a neighbour abducted him from his home village in China’s Yunnan province and sold him t…
Read MoreHealth experts issue dire warning as staff go unpaid and medical facilities lack basic items to treat patientsLarge parts of Afghanistan’s health system are on the brink of collapse because of western sanctions against the Taliban, international expert…
Read More‘Fahim’ was cleared to leave Kabul. Then the phone went dead. Now he moves house every two days to evade captureWhistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuationWhistleblower’s main accusationsFresh questions about Dominic Raab’s roleFahim, a…
Read MoreThe career of the Observer’s former China correspondent who died last week, was marked by a willingness to review his convictionsJonathan Mirsky, the Observer’s former China correspondent who has died aged 88, was acutely aware of the mounting danger f…
Read MoreJoe Biden has introduced a vaccine mandate affecting millions, but some countries have gone furtherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFollowing the decision by the US president, Joe Biden, to introduce a vaccine mandate for mil…
Read MoreOne incident caught on video appears to be killing of man in uniformThe Taliban have been accused of killing 20 civilians in Afghanistan’s Panjshir valley, with the apparent killing of a man in uniform being caught on video.The Panjshir valley was the …
Read MoreHuman rights official says group conducting house-to-house searches and threatening journalistsThe Taliban’s violent crackdown on protests against their hardline rule has already led to four documented deaths, according to a UN human rights official wh…
Read MoreStudy suggests a worst-case scenario where 97% of Afghans would sink below poverty line by 2022Afghanistan’s population of 38 million people risks being plunged into near-universal poverty faced with a “catastrophic deterioration” of the country’s heav…
Read MoreNew Taliban interim government has loyalist hardliners in all key posts and no womenAfghan women, including the country’s national women’s cricket team, will be banned from playing sport under the new Taliban government, according to an official in the…
Read MoreUnicef says hundreds of children have been separated from their families in chaos of Kabul evacuationAccess to food aid and other life-saving services in Afghanistan is close to running out, the United Nations has warned, as concern mounts that the cou…
Read MoreDecision taken in consultation with allies after Biden says US sticking to 31 August withdrawal deadline Afghanistan withdrawal – live updatesPoland has ended its involvement in airlift evacuations from Afghanistan amid growing signs the brief and chao…
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