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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Quentin Sommerville: Is this Ukraine's breakthrough moment?
Sarah Palin loses comeback bid in Alaska upset to Democrat
Ethiopia civil war: Why fighting has resumed in Tigray and Amhara
Netflix's Indian Matchmaking: ‘Sima aunty’ raises eyebrows - again
Ukraine war: 'I'm more scared of my new teacher than of war'
Claims of torture of China Uyghurs credible - United Nations report
John Simpson: Gorbachev was a man of decency but not vision
US Open: Emma Raducanu loses to Alize Cornet in New York

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Shantanu Deshpande: Bombay Shaving Co CEO criticised for 18-hour workday advice
Mikhail Gorbachev: The Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War
In pictures: The life of ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader aged 91
Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
Kherson: 'Heavy fighting' as Ukraine seeks to retake Russian-held region

Monday, August 29, 2022

UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste
Kenya fashion: The designers giving Nairobi a fashionable name
Secret deals ending Britain's control in Gulf revealed
Gadchiroli: The Indian tribal families living on a highway with animals
Undeclared pools in France uncovered by AI technology

Sunday, August 28, 2022

From Maruti to Amul: Five brands that shaped India after independence
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Artemis: Nasa ready to launch new era of Moon exploration
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Saturday, August 27, 2022

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: Protesters and police clash near Argentina vice-president's home
UN calls for Libya ceasefire after deadly clashes
Three off-duty Dutch commandos shot outside hotel in Indianapolis
Pakistan appeals to world for flood help amid devastation
Tunisia racism: 'I lost the will to leave my home'
Australia: Scott Morrison saga casts scrutiny on Queen's representative
Electricity and drought killing white storks
Bilkis Bano: Protests in India over release of gang rapists
Serbia-Kosovo ID document row settled, says EU

Friday, August 26, 2022

China's severe drought from the air
Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa?
Apollo Remastered: One man's mission to show us the Moon
‘My daughter happened because of the Gay Games’
Ukraine war round-up: Russia burns off its excess gas and war memorial torn down
Turkish singer Gulsen arrested over religious schools joke

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Start-up denies using tech to turn call centre accents 'white'
Australia drug bust: Largest-ever crystal meth haul found in marble
California to ban sales of petrol-only vehicles by 2035
Search for trapped Mexico miners could take almost a year - relatives
Nato investigates hacker sale of missile firm data
Latvia brings down World War II memorial
Trump: Judge orders release of redacted search court papers
Angola election: Ruling MPLA party looks set to hold off Unita challenge

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 drone: Why African states are buying them
Kobe Bryant's widow awarded $16m leaked crash photos payout
Ter Apel: Dutch investigate baby death at asylum centre
On call with Italy's horseback doctor
Ukraine war: Russia railway station strike kills 22, injures dozens
Band stuck in Calais queue perform surprise gig
Hamilton: US church apologies for modified rendition of hit musical

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Somalia and al-Shabab: The struggle to defeat the militants
Ukraine war: Kyiv counts cost of fragile independence
Missing baby girls: Is India’s skewed sex ratio at birth getting better?
Front line frontmen: Antytila, the rock band fighting Russia
Spain: Gunman euthanised before he can stand trial
Twitter whistleblower questions firm's bot count
Iconic Winston Churchill photo vanishes from Canada hotel

Monday, August 22, 2022

Kolkata St Xavier's teacher: ‘I was forced to resign over Instagram photos’
India and Pakistan: Tales of partition trauma bringing families closer
Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago search
Jagtar Singh Johal case: UK spy agencies accused of tip-off that led to torture
Texas flash floods leaves cars almost underwater
Hungary's weather chief sacked over wrong forecast

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Cameroon's Bamenda, where only the coffin trade is booming
Can a sleepy Japanese town become Asia's Silicon Valley?
Melting glaciers: Germany's 'could disappear' in 15 years
Why are these Americans turning in (some of) their guns?
Wrexham AFC owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have documented their first season

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Usyk beats Joshua to stay world heavyweight champ
Greece promotes smaller islands over Mykonos and Corfu
Pondoland: South Africa's cannabis growers left behind by legalisation plans
Inside Amapiano, the new sound of South Africa
Al-Shabab: Somali forces claim end to deadly 30-hour hotel siege
New Zulu king crowned in South Africa

Friday, August 19, 2022

Covid in China: Hippo, fish and crabs get PCR tests
Ukraine war: Russia to allow inspectors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Putin
Sweden: Man dies in shooting at Malmo shopping centre
Freya the walrus: Did she have to be euthanised?
Al-Shabab: Islamist militants attack hotel in Somali capital

Thursday, August 18, 2022

What we do and don't know about the FBI search of Trump's home
Manjula Patel: The 85-year-old India-origin chef wowing a UK town
Africa's week in pictures: 12-18 August 2022
Bolsonaro: Brazil's president attempts to grab heckler's phone
Ukraine war: Damage to nuclear plant would be suicide - UN chief
Pope rules out sexual misconduct probe of Canadian cardinal
Europe storms: Deaths are reported in France, Austria and Italy

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

How English is becoming a popular option in Algeria
Accamma Cherian: The forgotten firebrand freedom fighter from south India
R. Kelly trial: Singer has dark side hidden from public - prosecutor
Liz Cheney vs Donald Trump: Why it's not over yet
Salma al-Shehab: Concern for Saudi student jailed for 34 years over tweets
TikTok to teach influencers about US mid-term election rules

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Alaska primary: Sarah Palin seeks comeback backed by Trump
Liz Cheney: Republican Trump critic faces election battle in Wyoming
Scott Morrison: Ex-Australia PM held five additional portfolios, Albanese says
Five men held in Ukraine deny being mercenaries

Monday, August 15, 2022

Body found in world's highest battlefield 38 years on
Afghan contractors: 'I wish I'd never worked for the UK government'
Trump warrant: Prosecutors oppose releasing search evidence
Sacheen Littlefeather: Oscars apologises to actress after 50 years
Rudy Giuliani is target of Georgia election investigation
Egypt church fire: Triplets and twins among 15 children killed

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Partition: Why was British India divided 75 years ago?
Letter from Africa: How racism haunts black people in Italy
Independence Day: How Chicago Radio became the voice of India's freedom
The nine-year-old boy who fled war-torn Cyprus for London
Marshall Islands: Covid-19 cases surge
Tropical Storm Meari leaves trail of devastation in central Japan

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Lessons in heartbreak: I coach women to get over their ex
Miriam Margolyes: 'I now look up to Australian bogans'
Renewable energy: The 'kite' that pulls energy out of the sky
Ukraine says it has taken out vital bridge in occupied Kherson
Tonnes of dead fish found in river on German-Polish border
Evacuated twice in a summer as France's fires burn

Friday, August 12, 2022

Ibiza: The birth of the 'party island'
India independence to tsunami: Meet Indians named after historic events
Anne Heche dies: 'We have lost a bright light'
Montenegro: Gunman kills 10 after family dispute
Trump search warrant: FBI took top secret documents from Mar-a-Lago
Ukraine war: Moscow's next step, nuclear plant warning and clean-up raves

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Darlings: Bollywood's dark comedy on domestic violence wows India
High and low-tech ways to tackle India's water crisis
Kenya elections 2022: While Kenya waits, unfounded election claims spread
German army reserve officer on trial over claims of spying for Russia
Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers: We're kept at gunpoint by Russians

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

A new reality for women seeking an abortion in Texas
The Russian billionaire daring to speak out about Putin
Uttar Pradesh: India son helping rape survivor mum fight for justice
From Dos Santos to Mugabe - the burial disputes over ex-leaders
Commonwealth Games takes big step towards esports
Ukraine war: Crimea airbase badly damaged, satellite images show
Panamanian politician posts SOS after crashing in jungle

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Laal Singh Chaddha: How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood
France whale: Rescue operation begins to save beluga stuck in Seine
Mar-a-Lago: Republican uproar over FBI raid on Trump home
US police arrest man over murders of Muslim men
Katty Kay: Will an FBI 'raid' supercharge Trump?
Cuban fuel depot fire spreads to third tank
US police arrest man over murders of Muslim men
Loire Valley: Intense European heatwave parches France's 'garden'
Crimea beachgoers run after airfield explosion

Monday, August 8, 2022

Bolivia's 'death road' becomes wildlife haven
China housing crisis: The people living in unfinished apartments
Actress and singer Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73
It's like a warzone - Haitians surrounded by turf wars

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Commonwealth Games: Stories from cricket's last appearance at the Games
Extreme drought: Dried-up Italian river reveals unexploded WWII bomb
Colombia: New left-wing leader wants global drugs rethink
Anti-abortion Gen Zers see cause as social justice
Kenya election 2022: Charts that explain the nation
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu great Leandro Lo shot in head in Sao Paulo club
Flash flooding swamps California's Death Valley

Saturday, August 6, 2022

France whale: Lost mammal stuck in River Seine to get vitamin boost
Uganda LGBT rights: Government shuts down key advocacy group
Hamida Banu: Missing India woman found in Pakistan 'can't wait to go home'
Taiwan: US hits out at 'irresponsible' China amid attack rehearsal claims
Macro photography: The hidden world of garden insects

Friday, August 5, 2022

US fireman finds 10 dead in house blaze are his family
Partition: My journey to the ‘place no-one spoke of’
Uganda: I was forced to leave idyllic childhood home
Why Australia will work harder to build ties with Indonesia
Mariupolchanka FC: The women's football team under siege in Ukraine
Alex Jones must pay $50m for Sandy Hook hoax claim

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Where does Taiwan crisis leave Biden's China policy?
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Hockey Canada: A sex assault scandal disgraces country’s pastime
Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook school shooting was '100% real'
After Kansas defeat, what's next for abortion bans?
Zawahiri's victims: What it feels like to hear he's gone
Space debris Australia: Piece of SpaceX capsule crashes to Earth in field

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Kosovo: Why is trouble flaring between Serbs and the Albanian-led government?
Assam: Muslims falsely accused of waging ‘flood jihad’
All-women team breaks record rowing to Hawaii
The Nigerians worried about a bill to outlaw cross-dressing
Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader - but not his family
Stephen King testifies against merger of publishing giants
Abortion: Georgia offers tax credits for six-week-old embryos
Ukraine war: First grain ship out of Ukraine reaches Turkish waters

Monday, August 1, 2022

How Kenya's leader has split his people over poll
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike
China could make show of force if Pelosi visits Taiwan - US
Guy Reffitt: Capitol rioter turned in by son gets 87 months in prison
Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns
Aliku Ogorchukwu: Wife of Nigerian killed in Italy demands justice