Economy
Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison...
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Taiwan condemns Chinese military drills around island as ‘unreasonable provocation’
Taiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after Beijing...
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Hezbollah drone attack injures more than 60 in one of the bloodiest attacks on Israel since October 7
More than 60 people have been injured, several of them critically, in a drone attack in north-central Israel, according to...
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Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna dies in Russian detention, Kyiv says
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country, died in Russian detention last month,...
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Springfield Haitians weigh their future as Trump threatens deportations
It’s just past 4am. Daniel Aula is in his one room apartment praying, thankful he’s alive, and thankful he’s heading...
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Centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus’s true origins revealed in study
The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA...
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China’s censorship is among the toughest in the world. So why did it let Kanye West play?
It seemed like an unlikely stage for Kanye West to unveil his new music. But last month the American rapper...
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Toronto police open hate crime investigation after Jewish girls’ school hit with gunfire in 2nd incident this year
Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a...
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Alex Salmond, leading figure in Scottish independence movement, dies at age 69
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has died at 69, according to statements from Scotland’s main political parties and UK...
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The CIA, a Navy Seal and a $15m bounty. This alleged plot on Venezuela’s Maduro reads like a Hollywood script, for a reason
It was the perfect feel-good story, just in time for Christmas. On December 20 last year, the United States secured...
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