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Jimmy Lai’s son says UK government did not do enough to help him on China visit
Sebastien Lai criticises ministers for not putting conditions on his father’s release during Beijing tripThe B…
- China, Donald Trump, Non-proliferation treaty (NPT), Nuclear weapons, Russia, US news, Vladimir Putin, World news
Expiry of nuclear weapons pact between US and Russia risks new arms race
Ending of New Start treaty will remove mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenalsThe New Start …
- Europe, India, Russia, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, Workers' rights, World news
‘It’s a miracle we survived’: the civilian crew trapped on a ship in Ukraine as bombs rained down
As record number of seafarers and cargo ships are abandoned in war zones, crew members stranded in a Black Sea…
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Monsoons, mould … and a million visitors: welcome to Kerala’s ‘people’s biennale’
Work by almost 70 artists – including Marina Abramović – has made an art fair in Kochi one of the hottest tick…
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The exiled Awami league members plotting a political comeback in Bangladesh – from India
As Bangladesh prepares for the first election since Sheikh Hasina fled to India, Awami League figures living i…
- Audiobooks, Awards and prizes, Books, Buddhism, China, Culture, Dalai Lama, Grammy awards 2026, Grammys, Music, Music industry, Religion, Tibet, World news
Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’
Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal r…
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The Guardian view on the EU’s answer to Trump: trade without threats | Editorial
Europe’s India and Vietnam deals signal a historic shift away from coercion towards cooperation that respects …
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Gender, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
The death of medical care for Afghan women | Letter
Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an artic…
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Pakistan targets Balochistan separatists after ‘unprecedented’ assaults
Officials say calm restored to province day after dozens killed in suicide and gun attacks in at least 10 citi…
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Inside Myanmar’s five-year armed resistance – a photo essay
Five years after the junta’s coup, the civil war devastating Myanmar has reached a turning point. The military…
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Living hell of North Korea’s ‘paradise on Earth’ scheme back in spotlight in Japan
Plaintiffs in case say they were lured from Japan, exploited for labour and cut off from families for generati…
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More than 120 dead after multiple suicide and gun attacks in Pakistan, officials say
Military says ‘terrorists’ carried out attacks in Balochistan province in what analysts described it as the de…
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Starmer hopes his China trip will begin the thaw after recent ice age
PM flies out after courting world’s second biggest economy aware of difficult balance of risks and potential r…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Cate Blanchett, Culture, Drama films, Europe, Festivals, Film, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Rotterdam film festival, Short films, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, World news
Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
Rotterdam film festivalA set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are s…
- Asia Pacific, China, Conservatives, Foreign policy, House of Lords, Keir Starmer, Politics, UK news, Uyghurs, World news
China has lifted sanctions from six serving British MPs and peers, Starmer says
Starmer confirms immediate removal, but it is unclear if sanctions remain on former MP, academic and barrister…