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North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence – harshly punishing anyone caught with foreign films, clothing or even
There are fresh calls for the UK to show “historic leadership” and start sharing its vaccine doses with the world right now. The country is hosting this year’s G7 summit,
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When Denmark became the first European country last month to revoke residence status for more than 200 Syrian refugees, it faced condemnation from EU lawmakers, the UN refugee agency and
After the ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza, who had stayed inside as much as they could while there was a chance of getting killed outside, walked round their neighbourhoods to get
Last week, Myanmar’s military stormed into the town of Mindat, where a local militia group had put up tenacious resistance to the armed forces. Much of the population fled into