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Military-backed party in Myanmar takes lead in contentious first election since coup
Junta says turnout in first vote in five years is 52%, which observers have described as low compared to past …
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‘Magical place’: tourists see another side of Papua New Guinea’s most troubled region
Tourism operators in PNG’s highlands offer access to lush scenery, adventure and culture – in contrast with th…
- Bangladesh, British identity and society, Counter-terrorism policy, European court of human rights, Home Office, Human rights, Islamic State, Law, Politics, Shabana Mahmood, Shamima Begum, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons
The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenshi…
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China threatened to cancel key trade talks after UK minister’s Taiwan visit in June
Exclusive: diplomats had to scramble to contain fallout with Beijing after Douglas Alexander’s trip to TaipeiC…
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Sewage in drinking water blamed for at least 10 deaths in India’s ‘cleanest city’
Hundreds hospitalised in Indore after public toilet built above water pipeline appears to have let sewage into…
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‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise
Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destinationThe…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, World news
What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?
A helpless baby elephant has won the Thai public’s sympathy but her case has shed light on the pressures facin…
- Education, Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘I wasn’t allowed to study, but I will make sure no girl in this village hears those same words’
Health worker Naushaba Roonjho was ostracised by her family in Pakistan for wanting to work but now she is cam…
- Asia Pacific, Culture, Dance, Drag, LGBTQ+ rights, Māori, New Zealand, Society, Transgender, World news
Strike a pose: vogue balls go mainstream in New Zealand
Led by Māori and Pasifika queer communities, the counterculture has gone from performing in lounges and clubs …
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Kim Jong-un’s daughter visits state mausoleum, fuelling speculation she will be next North Korean ruler
Kim Ju-ae has been making increasingly prominent appearances in state media over the past three yearsThe daugh…
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‘We are always living in fear’: inside Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election
Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s bigge…
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Kim Jong-un hails North Korea’s ‘invincible alliance’ with Russia in New Year’s message
Kim praised his men fighting in an ‘alien land’, congratulating their ‘heroic’ defence of the nation’s honour …
- British empire, Caribbean, Class issues, Colonialism, India, Inequality, Monarchy, Reparations and reparative justice, Slavery, UK news
Who should pay for slavery reparations? And to whom? | Letters
Graham Hadibi-Williams says current debate on reparations is one of theory rather than justice. Plus Abhishek …
- Afghanistan, Africa, Art, Art and design, Culture, Employment, Global development, Guinea-Bissau, India, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galle…
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Xi Jinping vows to reunify China and Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech
Reunification ‘is unstoppable’, says Chinese president, a day after the conclusion of intense military drillsC…