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Bangladesh: Deforestation leaves Rohingya refugees vulnerable
Experts say indiscriminate deforestation and hill cutting are to blame. Arafatul Islam Deutsche Welle Days of heavy rainfall have pelted…
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Hong Kong court sentences Tong Ying-kit to nine years in jail for breaking national security law
Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was accused of driving his motorcycle into three riot police last year while carrying a…
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Turkey does not bluff; what do we do, however?
Let us stop going blind voluntarily to believing that Turkey can become prudent and accept that its own interests can…
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‘No arbitration’ occurred, says Duterte despite PCA ruling favoring PH
“What will I do with a document that does not bind China because they were never a part of that…
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José Ramos-Horta talks Timorese independence and Nobel Prize win, 25 years on
During that time, future president and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta navigated Cold War dynamics as he travelled the…
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The Olympics’ refugee team is a ‘symbol of hope’ in Tokyo.
Twenty-nine stateless athletes are hoping to raise awareness of the more than 80 million forcibly displaced people around the world…
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What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
Events during the intervening days will likewise occur in silent arenas missing the hundreds of thousands of spectators who paid…
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Myanmar doctors in hiding and hunted by the junta as Covid crisis ravages the country
Images from the biggest city, Yangon, show families of the sick waiting at oxygen plants in the hopes of refilling…
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A Hindu married a Muslim for love. Her parents called the police
A Sikh by birth, Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man, Shahid Nazir Bhat. Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall…
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China Has New Man for Afghanistan and Plan to Avoid Civil War Across Border
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced during a press conference Wednesday that senior diplomat Yue Xiaoyong will replace Liu…
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Despite Risks, Biden Sticks to Military Exit from Afghanistan
The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is progressing ahead of schedule and should conclude by the end of August. Jim…
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Israel threatens legal action over Ben & Jerry’s boycott
Israel warned the consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday that it was considering a legal response against one of its…
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North Korea’s Plan to Save Itself: Make Kim-Style Socialism Great Again?
Of all the communist nations, which one supposedly doesn’t claim to be communist? Doug Bandow The National Interest Of all these countries,…
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Turkey’s Mobgate Reveals the Islamist Deep State
The revelations of Turkey’s most notorious mob boss, Sedat Peker, have made Ankara’s open secrets even more open: bribery, murder,…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan
Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border…
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Iran’s uranium gambit is a dangerous negotiating tactic
While Tehran maintains that there is little for the international community to be concerned about—its ambassador to the IAEA pointed to…
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