Tunisians defy ban to protest against president
Tunisian police used tear gas and water cannons on Friday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting…
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Who’s next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests, shutdowns
When Hong Kong’s national security police knocked on his door before dawn last month, journalist…
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Australian town hits record high temperature of 50.7C
A remote town in Western Australia has equalled the country’s hottest day on record, reporting…
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Queen Margrethe, Denmark’s unifying force, fetes 50th jubilee
Denmark on Friday fetes 50 years of Queen Margrethe II, an artistic, chain-smoking monarch who came…
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Egypt wait for Salah lift-off after poor AFCON start
Egypt will expect more from star man Mohamed Salah against Guinea-Bissau as the record seven-time champions…
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Changing times for Saudi’s once feared morality police
In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia the religious police once elicited terror, chasing men and women…
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Venezuela: the decline of an oil giant in crisis
Leaks, rusted pipes, pieces of broken equipment scattered about and staircases leading nowhere: Lake…
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Supermarket shelves go bare as Omicron disrupts US
As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 sweeps the United States, empty supermarket shelves have become the…
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US says only ‘a few weeks left’ to save Iran nuclear deal
There are only “a few weeks left” to save the Iran nuclear deal, and the United States is…
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UK authorities suspect Chinese spy active in parliament
British security services have warned MPs that a suspected Chinese agent “knowingly engaged in…
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