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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Shanghai lockdown: Cheers and beers as Covid curbs are eased
Texas: Supreme Court blocks state's 'de-platforming' law
Ukraine war: Stories of torture emerging out of Kherson
Denmark holds referendum on dropping EU defence opt-out
Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes
Clinton lawyer cleared of lying to FBI over Trump
BTS: 'K-Wave' arrives at White House with anti-Asian hate summit

Monday, May 30, 2022

Australia election: PM Anthony Albanese secures majority government
How India’s first all-women newsroom is creating a media revolution
Borgen: How the Danish political drama has been 'reinvented'
Sudan or Chad? Why a Darfur sultan regrets a twist of colonial fate
Handguns: Canada proposes complete freeze on ownership
EU struggles to resolve Russian oil ban proposal differences

Sunday, May 29, 2022

UCC: The coming storm over a single common law in India
Kenya Elections 2022: Misinformation circulating online
The Senegalese pop star who dared to sing about rape
Ukraine round-up: Zelensky in Kharkiv and a pro-Putin propaganda machine
Brazil: Landslides and floods kill dozens in Recife region
French Open: Rafael Nadal wins to set up Novak Djokovic quarter-final

Saturday, May 28, 2022

War in Ukraine: The making of a new Russian propaganda machine
Hong Kong's Omicron crisis: ‘It took just 10 days for everyone to be infected’
Trads: The extreme Hindu nationalists inspired by alt-right memes
Russia won't use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, says ambassador to UK
Russia scraps army age limit and a bike ride from hell
US gun laws: Kamala Harris calls for assault weapons ban
Ukraine war: Putin urged to hold 'direct, serious negotiations' with Zelensky

Friday, May 27, 2022

Texas shooting: US gun control claims fact-checked
Trump: US should fund safe schools before Ukraine
Uvalde shooting: In the face of tragedy, a Texas town turns to prayer
Ukraine war: Troops could quit Severodonetsk amid Russian advance - official
Japan opens up to foreign tourists after two years
Palestinian report says Israel deliberately killed Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Aqla
Ukraine round-up: Donbas town falls as ex-reporter urges Russians to turn off TV

Thursday, May 26, 2022

The 22-year-old 3D-printing schools
Geetanjali Shree is first Indian winner of International Booker Prize
Texas shooting: Gunman sent messages before deadly attack
Eleven newborn babies die in Senegal hospital fire

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Ukraine war: World Bank boss warns over global recession
'We don't want UK-EU trade war' - Irish PM
Nigeria's kidnapping crisis: Should ransom payments be banned?
NeWater: Turning urine into beer in Singapore
Marks & Spencer pulls out of Russia permanently

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

FBI foiled terror plot to kill George W Bush
Ros Atkins on... Russia's food war
Ukraine war: 'This is just the beginning, everything is still to come'
Texas shooting: Fifteen killed in attack at US primary school
Monkeypox: Cases detected in three more countries for first time
Chinese police leak reveals human cost of Uyghur incarceration

Monday, May 23, 2022

Australia election: Five people making political history
Heard's team change course on Johnny Depp testimony
Southern Baptist Convention vilified sex abuse survivors - report
Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable - WHO
Baptism of fire for France's new government

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars
The curious case of kangaroo spotting in India
Mozambique insurgency: Why 24 countries have sent troops
Baby formula shortage: 35 tonnes of infant formula flown into the United States
Ukraine peace deal: Kyiv rules out ceding land to Russia

Saturday, May 21, 2022

'My first court case: Prosecuting my father's killers'
Your pictures on the theme of 'on the water'
Femicide: Keeping the memory of murdered women alive with maps
Turkey: Huge rally for opposition's Canan Kaftancioglu
Australia election: How Scott Morrison ran out of miracles
Zelensky: Only diplomacy can end Ukraine war

Friday, May 20, 2022

The desperate journey Cubans make by water to the US
Cannes: Topless woman protests against sexual violence in Ukraine
France's mustard shortage leaves sour taste
Ukraine conflict: Missile strike on cultural centre 'evil' - Zelensky
Ukraine war: What might tip the balance?

Thursday, May 19, 2022

North Korea: Fighting Covid with traditional medicine
Australia election 2022: Cost of living worries voters
Assam: The wild mushrooms killing India tea garden workers
Australia election: Why is Australia's parliament so white?
Former Afghanistan official apologises for his role in the fall of the country

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

I learned to sing using YouTube - and now it's my job
India seeks to win public trust in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
Burkina Faso trapped miners: Wives heartbroken but praying for miracles
Meet Gleb and Ukraine’s youth orchestra in exile in Slovenia
Juan Carlos: Spain's ex-king to return after two-year exile
Mariupol: The 80 days that left a flourishing city in ruins

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Ukraine round-up: Beauty blogger row and UK sweets to refugees
Ivan Kuliak: Russian gymnast given one-year ban for wearing pro-war symbol on podium next to Ukrainian
Amber Heard denies striking Johnny Depp and doctoring photos
EU warns UK not to change N Ireland trade deal
Mariupol: Ukraine doing everything to save remaining fighters
Buffalo shooting: Biden rebukes 'poison' of white supremacy
Mariupol: Key moments in the siege of the city

Monday, May 16, 2022

Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads
US midterm elections- a simple guide
Ukraine: Fighters evacuated from Mariupol steelworks arrive in Russian-held town
Turkey threatens to block Finland and Sweden Nato bids
Twitter boss hits back on Musk doubts over fake accounts
Somalia: President Biden reverses Trump's withdrawal of US troops
Ukraine crisis: Can Africa replace Russian gas supplies to Europe?

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Shanghai lockdown: China unemployment rate near pandemic peak
Full lunar eclipse creates rare super blood Moon
North Korea: More than a million Covid cases feared
Ukraine: The children's camp that became an execution ground
Buffalo shooting: Joe Biden says US must address hate
Buffalo shooting: Gunman deliberately sought black victims - mayor
EasyJet offers £1,000 bonus as airlines battle to recruit staff

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Nova Scotia shooting: First-hand accounts heard in probe of Canada tragedy
Eurovision 2022: Ukraine wins, while the UK's Sam Ryder comes second
Eurovision 2022: Highlights of Ukraine's winning night
Fleeing Syria 10 years on: 'We cried all the way to Jordan'
Roe v Wade: Thousands attend rallies in US cities to support abortion rights
Nine dead in shooting at Buffalo supermarket - reports

Friday, May 13, 2022

Mao Zedong scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong
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Dozens die as blaze guts office building in India capital Delhi
Clashes at Al Jazeera journalist's funeral procession

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Ukraine crisis: Could India cut its defence ties with Russia?
The Ukrainian refugee schoolgirl learning fast in the UK
Hunt for killers of anti-mafia prosecutor on honeymoon
Ukraine: The BBC has seen evidence of possible war crimes committed by Russian soldiers
We're ready to consider Nato membership - Finland's foreign minister

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Sri Lanka protests: Why rioters attacked a museum in Sri Lanka
Tom Hiddleston: Why we all need monsters and myths
Ipob: Nigerian 'media warriors' call for killings on social media over Biafra
The black evangelical women who'll decide who governs Brazil
Passersby in Florida rush to stop moving car with ill driver
North Carolina: The moment a beach house collapsed into the sea
Ukraine war: Don’t underestimate Russia cyber-threat, warns US

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The Indian who documented first-generation immigrants in UK
Eurovision 2022: Emotions run high as Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra qualify for final
‘If I die no-one will know’: Covid and Hong Kong’s 'cage men'
Ex-prison guard Vicky White and inmate Casey White 'planned shootout' if captured
Elon Musk would reverse Donald Trump's Twitter ban
Apple discontinues the iPod touch after 21 years

Monday, May 9, 2022

South Africa kidnapping: 'I survived but part of me died that day'
Ukraine war: The stolen faces used to promote Vladimir Putin
Eurovision moments - including a presidential petition
Ukraine war: From fighting the Nazis with the Soviets, to fleeing from Putin's war
Wordle: Controversial answer was unintentional - NYT
Ecuador prison riot: More than 40 inmates killed

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Philippines election: Marcos family eye return to power as country votes
Nigerian airlines suspend plans to ground flights
From handshakes to hostilities: How dangerous is the situation in North Korea?
Nigeria's Looty seeks to reclaim African art in digital form
Ukraine war: Artist George Butler sketches conflict
Ukraine war: First ladies meet as US announces new sanctions
UK YouTuber Benjamin Rich quizzed and fined at Russian space centre

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Philippines election: 'Politicians hire me to spread fake stories'
The return of California's butterflies
Acid attack survivors in Mexico: 'Justice is not enough'
Fergal Keane: How I found a way to live with PTSD
Brazil's Lula launches presidential campaign
UK YouTuber Benjamin Rich held at Russian space centre
Ukraine war: Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol

Friday, May 6, 2022

Leni Robredo: The woman leading the Philippines' 'pink revolution'
Australia election: Welcome to Durack, a seat six times bigger than Britain
Roe v Wade: The lawyer behind America’s landmark abortion ruling
Italy orders seizure of yacht linked to Putin
Saratoga Hotel: Eight dead after huge explosion in Havana
Who is Alina Kabaeva, Putin's alleged girlfriend?

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Sri Lanka's energy crisis hits country's fishing industry
Eurovision: Australia's Sheldon Riley's song details his autistic experience
The volunteer pilots from Germany delivering medical supplies to Ukraine
Karine Jean-Pierre: White House names first black press secretary
Elad attack: Three dead in central Israeli city
Jealous Depp kicked me over Franco 'affair' - Heard

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Durban floods survivors: 'I thought the world was ending'
Amber Heard says Johnny Depp struck her when on drugs
Anger outside Mississippi's last abortion clinic
US makes biggest interest rate rise in 22 years
Ahmadreza Djalali: Sweden alarmed by Iran's reported plan to execute doctor
Hungary will veto EU oil ban proposal - minister

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Ros Atkins on… Could Ukraine’s war spread to Moldova?
Abortion ruling: US Supreme Court says leak is real as investigation launched
Missing Alabama guard and inmate had 'special relationship'
Roe v Wade: US women divided on leaked abortion ruling
Ukraine war: Putin tells Macron West should stop sending arms
Russian mercenaries behind Central African Republic atrocities - HRW
People can now get contact info cut from Google search results

Monday, May 2, 2022

War games: The military's deep affinity with gaming
Ukraine war: The southern villages holding back the Russians
Why does water flow from a tree in Montenegro?
EU divided over how to step away from Russian energy
Amazon will pay US staff travel expenses for abortions and other treatments

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Alabama hunt for missing prison inmate and guard
Andy Murray 'not supportive' of Wimbledon ban of Russian players but has no 'right answer'
Qantas promises direct flights from Sydney to London and New York
Dutch boy, 4, takes mother's car for a joyride
Shanghai lockdown: The hard life of a homeless deliveryman
The opera singer who survived the sinking of the General Belgrano