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Ten-year-old who fell into a narrow open shaft on New Year’s Eve at construction site confirmed dead A 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pillar at a construction site on New Year’s Eve has been confirmed dead,…
Police in spotlight after claims they failed to respond to reports car with five men had not stoppedThe death of a 20-year-old woman who was reportedly dragged for almost an hour by a car after a vehicle collision in Delhi has provoked outrage and call…
Colonialism was born from the greed for spices and led to today’s globalised world. I know because it’s my family’s storyIn 1603, James Lancaster arrived back in London after several years in pursuit of riches, bringing ships laden with peppercorns. He…
Search for Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared with 239 people on board should resume now that new equipment and data is available, expert saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government shoul…
Bloc recommends negative coronavirus tests from all arrivals despite warnings from Beijing of retaliationThe European Union wants all travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests, in response to surging levels of the virus after Beijing hast…
A Taliban decree against higher education for women – called a ‘betrayal of the nation’ – has led to male lecturers and student walkouts in solidarityBaktash Amini loved his job as an assistant professor in the physics faculty at Kabul University. As w…
US among several nations to defend requirement of virus tests for China passengers as Beijing threatens countermeasuresBeijing has criticised recently imposed testing requirements on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countrie…
Officials confirm new policy for England will begin on Thursday but say they are still working on final details Ministers are yet to set out details of a Covid testing regime for arrivals from China that comes into force this week, including whether it…
Neighbours furious after firefighters had to be called to Redemption Song, owned by Empire State Building magnate Tony MalkinResidents of a New Zealand town are calling for a ban on private fireworks after a display by a New York billionaire set off a …
Forgotten Songs Collective aims to preserve ancient hill tribe’s music by bringing it to a global audienceIt was five years ago, as he sat around a fire lit deep in the forests covering the hills of Dima Hasao in Assam, that a shadow of sadness came in…
Government boosts incentives to lure people to ‘unfashionable’ regional areas hit by ageing, shrinking populationsJapan’s government is offering ¥1m ($7,500) per child to families who move out of greater Tokyo, in an attempt to reverse population decli…
Uncollected dead stored in shed with no air conditioning despite tropical heat will have to be buried in mass graveFootage of nearly a dozen bodies left to decay outside one of Papua New Guinea’s major hospitals has highlighted the pressures on the cou…
Families are in desperate straits, the security situation is worsening – but the Taliban’s priority is punishing half the populationThe Taliban’s relentless campaign against women is not only a matter of rights, but of survival. It is not only cruel an…
Ly Hao Nam, 10, fell down a narrow shaft on New Year’s Eve but there was no response from him on MondayRescuers in Vietnam were desperately trying to free a 10-year-old boy on Monday, two days after he fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile…
The military ramped up sorties and launched the largest war games in decades to protest against a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in AugustChina’s warplane incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone nearly doubled in 2022, with a surge in fighter…