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Latest Australia News
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Latest Bangladesh News
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Crackdown in East Jerusalem
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In boon for region, bridge linking Botswana, Zambia inaugurated
The Kazungula bridge is expected to ‘open avenues’ for increased trade across the southern Africa region.
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China posts slowest population growth in decades
China’s population increased 5.38 percent to 1.41 billion in 2020, according to results from an official census.
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Opinion
Two plead guilty in case highlighting China’s online control
Chen Mei and Cai Wei had created an archive that stored articles censored from the Chinese internet.
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Leena Ghani, Lala Rukh and Pakistan’s #MeToo movement
One of the leading voices in Pakistan’s #MeToo movement discusses the feminist icon who inspired her.