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Video shows Israeli destruction of Gaza’s Rafah crossing
A video released by an Israeli journalist shows Gaza’s Rafah crossing burnt and destroyed.
Categories: South Asia
Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations
Videos circulating on social media show a large crowd chanting religious slogans and surrounding a burning body.
Categories: South Asia
UK general election 2024: What are the key issues shaping the vote?
Candidates promise to fix Britain's domestic woes as the top two parties look set to lose votes over Gaza positions.
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Niger revokes French nuclear group’s licence at major uranium mine
Removal of Orano licence highlights tensions with France, with Russia said to be eyeing the major site.
Categories: South Asia
Thousands across the world participate in International Yoga Day
First proclaimed by the UN in 2014 in recognition of its universal appeal, the event is marked every June 21.
Categories: South Asia
At least 200 injured, 100 arrested in Kenya tax protests: Rights groups
Local media reported an unidentified man died from a gunshot wound to his thigh during riot police crackdown in Nairobi.
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At least 11 killed in southeast Turkey wildfires
Blaze on farmland was spread by winds to nearby villages, and is one of several to hit the country this week.
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Is Burkina Faso on the cusp of another coup?
Worsening insecurity in the country is fuelling rumours of dissent against Burkina Faso's military government.
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Childhood trauma damages society – why aren’t our leaders recognising it?
Prioritising child protection is both the right and smart thing to do.
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Fragments of Gaza: My journey of memory and loss
All that is left from my favourite places in Gaza are my memories, and the photographs in which I tried to capture them.
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South Korea fires warning shots as North Korean soldiers cross border again
Incident is the third this month and took place as Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting Pyongyang.
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Millions of students at risk: India’s elite exams hit by corruption ‘scam’
More than 3 million aspirants took India's top tests for medical and research schools. Their future is now uncertain.
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Japan sanctions China-based firms accused of supporting war in Ukraine
Measures mark the first time Tokyo has targeted China-based companies over their alleged support for Russia's war.
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Once the pride of Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific becomes government’s punchbag
Flag carrier has become a regular target of government criticism as it struggles to recover from the COVID pandemic.
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Donald Sutherland, whose career spanned MASH to Hunger Games, dies aged 88
Son Kiefer Sutherland pays tribute to a father who 'loved what he did and did what he loved'.
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Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: Turning Point—The Bomb and The Cold War
The Netflix series Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is an exploration of the decades-long conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union framed by current events that reveal the Cold War continues and the world remains on the precipice of nuclear war. Join us for a special screening of episode nine of the series, followed by a discussion on the ongoing danger posed by nuclear weapons amidst present-day conflicts and how recent advancements, including artificial intelligence, influence the risks related to nuclear warfare.
The full series of Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is out on Netflix now.Â
The Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security was established in 2002 and is endowed by a number of Council members and the family and friends of Paul C. Warnke. The lecture commemorates his legacy of courageous service to the nation and international peace.
Categories: Defense Policy
Trump says he would give green cards to foreign graduates of US colleges
Republican contender known for his hardline stance on immigration says graduates should be able to stay in the country.
Categories: South Asia
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 847
As the war enters its 847th day, these are the main developments.
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Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in long-troubled state.
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Johnson & Hancock awarded Nobel prize for work on ‘not following the science’
The thorny question of whether or not the UK government was really following the science has been solved by this year’s Nobel Laureates.
Johnson and Hancock’s valuable research over the last 18 months hypothesised what would happen if senior members of a government told everyone they were following the science but, in fact, were ‘not following the science at all.’
A spokesperson for the Nobel medicine Committee said the UK team’s ‘doing the exact opposite’ research project allowed us to make sense for the first time the government thinking behind such policies as:
– The ‘delay in taking any action whatsoever’ strategy
– The ‘not stopping flights coming to the UK from Wuhan until the day before the Chinese locked down the city; strategy
– The ‘Boris Johnson still shaking hands despite warnings from the Spi-behavioural group’ strategy
– The ‘let’s go for herd immunity’ strategy
– The ‘don’t bother with facemasks’ strategy
– The ‘we’re not listening to the WHO’ strategy
– The ;send PPE to China even though we might need it’ strategy
– The ‘abandoning the idea of a circuit-break lockdown’ strategy
– The ‘let massive sporting events with massive crowds go ahead’ strategy
The spokesperson also praised the Johnson & Hancock team for investigating what caused some cabinet ministers such as Rishi Sunak to go completely rogue, although they didn’t have time to come to any firm conclusions. He set up his EAT OUT TO HELP OUT strategy without asking any scientists or any advice whatsoever.
‘This is understandable as it would have detracted from the already excellent hypothesis that the team had on their main subject’, said the spokseperson. ‘However, they’ve not ruled out further explorations into the ‘I’m a minister, I’ll do what I f*cking well want if it means getting the cash tills of business ringing,’ strategy.’
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