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Thousands protest in the Philippines over disappeared flood defence funds – video
More than half a million people gathered in Rizal Park in Manila on Sunday wearing white shirts and carrying s…
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‘There is so much corruption’: hundreds of thousands protest in Manila over missing flood funds
Huge rally organised by megachurch whose members vote in a bloc could spell trouble for Philippine presidentFr…
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‘I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe’ – This is climate breakdown
As summer went on, the temperature climbed and climbed. Every day became harder. This is Neha’s storyLocation …
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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity
Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last yearBanglade…
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Rule Breakers review – rousingly feelgood real life story of Afghan girls’ robotics team
This story of emancipated young women escaping draconian social strictures brims with enthusiasm and features …
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China and Japan are in a war of words over Taiwan – what happens next?
Japan’s hawkish new PM has angered Beijing after suggesting her country could become involved in a military co…
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Trump pressures Thailand to recommit to Cambodia ceasefire with ‘threat of tariffs’
Bangkok had earlier said it was suspending ceasefire, accusing Cambodia of laying landmines along the borderTh…
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Kashmir is focus of arrests after Delhi car blast linked to ‘terror module’
Investigators believe an explosion that killed 13 people may be linked to group operating in the disputed regi…
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Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ lon…
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Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance
Takaichi caused a stir last week after she summoned aides to her office for a 3am meeting to prepare for a bud…
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Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region
Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private secto…
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India confirms deadly Delhi car blast being treated as terror incident
Cabinet says explosion near Red Fort that killed 12 is suspected to have been perpetrated by ‘anti-national fo…
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Beijing court to rule in appeal of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu
Detention of Dong on espionage charges has been criticised by human rights and press freedom organisationsA co…
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Pakistani parliament votes to give army chief new powers and legal immunity
Critics say constitutional amendment, which will also limit supreme court’s independence, is ‘funeral for demo…
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New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
No casualties reported after section of 758-metre structure helping to link Sichuan province to Tibet falls to…