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India police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of junior doctor in case that sparked outrage
An Indian police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital...
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Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro frustrated after court blocks attendance at Trump’s inauguration
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a...
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Pakistani court sentences ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to jail in corruption case
A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and...
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Trump holds ‘very good’ phone call with China’s President Xi
Donald Trump said he held a “very good” phone call with China’s President Xi Jinping, as the US-president elect prepares...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip Trump’s inauguration, sending a special representative in his place
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as...
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Israel approves ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, beginning Sunday
Israel’s government approved a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for the agreement to take effect...
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Israel’s approval of the Gaza deal unmasks deep schisms that could threaten the ceasefire and Netanyahu’s political future
Don’t let Israel’s approval of the Gaza ceasefire fool you: There are deep schisms in Israeli politics that could threaten...
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Even world leaders receive scam calls. Just ask Thailand’s prime minister
We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister...
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How the ‘Trump factor’ now looms over international affairs
From Gaza to Greenland, the disruptive force of President-elect Donald Trump is being felt across the world, his incoming administration...
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