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‘It’s sacred to us’: register of Bounty mutineer’s descendants returns to South Pacific
Pitcairn Register details lives of ‘extraordinarily resilient’ Tahitian women enslaved during notorious mutiny…
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Concerns raised about motorbike tourist trail after death of British teenager in Vietnam
Local people say road conditions are rugged and weather unpredictable, while some say it has become too conges…
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‘They can reach me wherever’: China using financial tactics to coerce people who flee, says report
UK urged to tackle transnational repression, as dissidents say Beijing has targeted them with tax bills and ot…
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Tuesday briefing: With the horror of conflict throughout the globe, how likely is world war three?
In today’s newsletter: Our diplomatic editor on how global instability feeds into conflict in so many parts of…
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‘We consider every mile we drive’: how fuel shortages are affecting readers worldwide
From a shop owner in India to a community worker in New South Wales, rising fuel prices are forcing people to …
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Trump’s call for allied deployment to strait of Hormuz meets muted response
UK and Japan among countries that are considering options but yet to commit warships to blockaded shipping rou…
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Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over release
Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist partyJimmy Lai, the pr…
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Iran war briefing: Israeli military tells hundreds of thousands to leave Beirut
Evacuation order covers all of Beirut’s southern suburbs; Azerbaijani president orders armed forces to be at ‘…
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Tributes paid to ‘very loving and caring’ British hiker killed in Nepal bus crash
Dominic Ethan Stewart was among 19 killed when vehicle veered off road and plunged down mountainsideTributes h…
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Nigel Farage accused of ‘Maga stunts’ for saying he was denied access to Chagos Islands
Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelagoNigel Far…
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Asos co-founder dies in fall from 18-storey building in Thailand
Police say UK entrepreneur Quentin Griffiths fell from 17th floor of an 18-floor condominium on 9 FebruaryQuen…
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UK, UN and EU deplore ‘monumental injustice’ of Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence
Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world’s highest profile…
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UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence
Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next fi…
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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…
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Alarm raised over Chinese CCTV cameras guarding ‘symbol of democracy’ Magna Carta
Campaigners criticise use of ‘vulnerable’ devices at Salisbury Cathedral and Parthenon despite their removal f…