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How India plans to count 1.4 billion people
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How India plans to count 1.4 billion people

India has kicked off a mammoth exercise to count its entire population – all 1.4 billion of them, give or…
Children make up half of Haiti’s gangs. They’re about to face a new foreign force.
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Children make up half of Haiti’s gangs. They’re about to face a new foreign force.

As a new multinational force musters in Haiti, its foreign police and soldiers could soon find themselves face-to-face with hundreds…
Assassination of top commanders will not deter Iran’s forces, supreme leader says
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Assassination of top commanders will not deter Iran’s forces, supreme leader says

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran’s forces are not be deterred by the assassinations of commanders, following the killing…
Oil prices climb after Trump threatens Iran over Strait of Hormuz
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Oil prices climb after Trump threatens Iran over Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices pushed higher Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian energy facilities if the Strait of Hormuz…
Strikes near Iranian power plant could cause “severe” radiological accident, IAEA says
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Strikes near Iranian power plant could cause “severe” radiological accident, IAEA says

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that ongoing military activity near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could cause…
Alleged explosives find near gas pipeline raises heat days before Hungary’s pivotal election
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Alleged explosives find near gas pipeline raises heat days before Hungary’s pivotal election

Hungary and Ukraine are again trading accusations after two backpacks containing explosives were allegedly found by a gas pipeline near…
Iran’s ‘new’ regime looks much the same, only harsher
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Iran’s ‘new’ regime looks much the same, only harsher

US President Donald Trump said this week that Iran’s new leadership is “less radical and much more reasonable.” Trump and…
As Taiwan steels its defenses against China, some are hatching escape plans
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As Taiwan steels its defenses against China, some are hatching escape plans

Taipei, Taiwan —  In the face of growing Chinese military aggression, Taiwan has increased defense spending, extended mandatory conscription and revamped…
Cuba to free more than 2,000 prisoners as economic crisis deepens under US pressure
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Cuba to free more than 2,000 prisoners as economic crisis deepens under US pressure

Havana —  Cuba’s government will free 2,010 prisoners in the largest such release in years, it announced Thursday, as the island…
Israel kills senior Iranian security official
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Israel kills senior Iranian security official

Another senior security official in Iran has been killed, according to both Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Israeli…
How filming your chores could train the android butlers of the future
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How filming your chores could train the android butlers of the future

The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are…
Fire season fears grow amid western heat wave
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Fire season fears grow amid western heat wave

Experts are warning that the unprecedented heat wave that has roasted the West during the past two weeks has also…
What we do – and don’t – know about the operation to rescue the US airman
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What we do – and don’t – know about the operation to rescue the US airman

The second US serviceman whose aircraft was shot down on Iranian soil has been rescued in a bold operation which…
Syria temporarily closes border crossing as Israel warns of upcoming airstrikes
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Syria temporarily closes border crossing as Israel warns of upcoming airstrikes

Syria temporarily closed the Masnaa crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order on Saturday…
Russia again claims to have taken an eastern Ukrainian region. The real picture is very different
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Russia again claims to have taken an eastern Ukrainian region. The real picture is very different

This week, for the third time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed it fully occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region.…
As the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain
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As the Iran war drags on, Israeli solidarity comes under strain

As Israelis prepared to mark Passover Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week delivered a defiant wartime address replete with…
Pope Leo focuses on retaining hope amid war and suffering in his first Easter Mass
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Pope Leo focuses on retaining hope amid war and suffering in his first Easter Mass

Rome —  Pope Leo XIV focused on retaining hope amid the violence of war, climate change and other suffering, in his…
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