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116Dalai Lama marks his 90th birthday as crowds throng his home-in-exile
Thousands of people gathered in India’s Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama – a key milestone...
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Calls are mounting to ban Germany’s far-right AfD party – despite it being more popular than ever
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it...
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Synagogue door set alight and restaurant stormed in latest antisemitic attacks in Australia
A man set the door of a synagogue alight and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday...
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Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that
As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past...
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At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing: his reincarnation
For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese...
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Russia becomes first nation to recognize Taliban government of Afghanistan since 2021 takeover
Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing on Thursday...
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Rescuers search rough seas for 38 missing after ferry sinks near Bali, Indonesia
Rescuers were searching Thursday for 38 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry sank near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali....
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Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets six-month prison sentence in absentia
Bangladesh’s ousted and self-exiled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to six months in prison by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal on...
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K-pop superstars BTS announce end of hiatus with a new album and world tour in 2026
Their reunion? It’s smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour....
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Qantas cyber hack could have stolen ‘significant’ amount of data from six million customers
Australian airline Qantas says a data hack on Monday exposed the personal information of six million customers and it expects the amount...
