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Deal lays out way forward for negotiators to move on to more substantive issues, including talks on a ceasefire.
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Russian president calls Pashinyan’s decisions surrounding the ending of the conflict ‘necessary’ but ‘painful’.
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About 75,000 people evacuated from the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi is expected to make...
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Changes to land usage, new neighbourhoods and deforestation are driving wild animals into populated...
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Increasingly in recent years, internet laws have been used to target journalists and rights activists who voice dissent.
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India was the key buyer of Iranian and Venezuelan oil before President Trump imposed sanctions on the two OPEC members.
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India accuses Justin Trudeau of interfering in its internal affairs after Canadian PM commented on farmers’ protests.
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Officials say India needs to vaccinate a critical mass of people weeks after Modi promised vaccine for every citizen.
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Indian official says dam in Arunachal Pradesh is aimed at mitigating adverse effect of Chinese dam projects upstream.
Farmers demand the repeal of agricultural laws they say will benefit only private players as they protest in New Delhi.
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Pakistan’s new commuter train has eased rush hour for workers, but has also upended communities and ancestral homes.
![Farmers from the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, angry at recently enacted farm laws, have been trying to stage protests in the capital, New Delhi [FIle: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Indiafarmersprotest6.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
SHORT ANSWER
Why are thousands of Indian farmers protesting?
India’s PM says new farm laws will free farmers from bullying middlemen; farmers say they fear big corporations.
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Lachin is the last of three regions around Nagorno-Karabakh handed over by Armenia to Azerbaijan under truce.
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