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- Global development, Global health, Law, Pakistan, Reproductive rights, South and Central Asia, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’
Mahnoor Omer hopes the case will put public pressure on the government to make sanitary products affordable in…
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Missing ‘critical element’ caused UK China spying trial to collapse, say prosecutors
Refusal to describe China as security threat meant ‘all routes were closed’, says director of public prosecuti…
- China, Chris Philp, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropp…
- China, Conservatives, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, Politics, Stephen Kinnock, UK news
MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence
Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’Ques…
- China, Conservatives, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, House of Commons, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, Law, PMQs, Politics, UK news
Key witness statement in China spy row to be published, says Starmer
Statement by deputy national security adviser was central to CPS decision to withdraw spying charges against t…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, International law, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Law, Malaysia, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, South Africa, United Nations, World news
World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isola…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Greenhouse gas emissions, International court of justice, Law, Pacific islands, Paris climate agreement, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil-fuel industry influence
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation, says step taken on ‘behalf of every…
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Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC
Three charges against Duterte stem from his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights gro…
- Asia Pacific, Drugs trade, International criminal court, International law, Law, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC
Three charges against Duterte stem from his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights gro…
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Nepal bans 26 social media sites including X, WhatsApp and YouTube
Government in Kathmandu says companies failed to register under its new regulations, which have sparked a free…
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Nepal bans 26 social media sites including X, WhatsApp and YouTube
Government in Kathmandu says companies failed to register under its new regulations, which have sparked a free…
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Nepal bans 26 social media sites including X, WhatsApp and YouTube
Government in Kathmandu says companies failed to register under its new regulations, which have sparked a free…
- Digital media, Facebook, Instagram, Law, Media, Meta, Nepal, Social media, South and Central Asia, Technology, TikTok, WhatsApp, World news
At least 19 killed in ‘gen Z’ protests against Nepal’s social media ban
Many demonstrators say they are also on the streets over corruption and nepotism they allege is rampant At lea…
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Nepal bans 26 social media sites including X, WhatsApp and YouTube
Government in Kathmandu says companies failed to register under its new regulations, which have sparked a free…
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Nepal bans 26 social media sites including X, WhatsApp and YouTube
Government in Kathmandu says companies failed to register under its new regulations, which have sparked a free…