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Men who have fled the war in Sudan line up during a cash assistance programme at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, South Sudan [File: Luis Tato/AFP]
03/21/2024 08:58:24

Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns

03/21/2024 07:53:33

Eastward Bound: Is an India-Japan-South Korea Trilateral in the Making?

John Lee, chief executive (front center) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), applauds with lawmakers at the Legislative Council of the HKSAR on March 19, 2024, following the passing of a safeguarding national security bill, a milestone in completing the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law of the HKSAR on the same day. Photo: VCG
03/21/2024 06:49:42

China hits back at West's 'double-standards' smear against Article 23

Two UN agencies have warned of an electronic waste 'catastrophe'
03/21/2024 05:46:43

UN warns of e-waste 'catastrophe'

Three-year-old Manasek is suffering from severe malnutrition - her mother Ikram says food prices have soared
03/20/2024 11:27:30

Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze on the roof of a damaged building hit by shelling in Belgorod, Russia, March 17, 2024 [Governor of Belgorod Region/Vyacheslav Gladkov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters]
03/20/2024 10:22:29

Russia says it will evacuate children from Belgorod after Ukraine shelling

Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang poses for photos with lawmakers as they hold drafts of the Safeguarding National Security Bill, also referred to as Basic Law Article 23, before the second reading at Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, in Hong Kong, China March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Joyce Zhou
03/20/2024 09:18:45

European Union, UN criticise new Hong Kong security law

03/20/2024 08:13:42

Three years of India-Pakistan border ceasefire: Stable and unsteady

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
03/19/2024 09:36:50

Erdogan offers to host Ukraine-Russia peace summit after meeting Zelenskiy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards an airplane to depart for the Philippines from Osan Air Base, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, March 18, 2024. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN (REUTERS)
03/19/2024 08:34:39

Blinken tells democracy summit that technology must sustain democratic values

03/19/2024 06:32:22

Elections in Russia: What’s new this time?

An aerial drone photo shows a view of Guangyang Isle in southwest China's Chongqing, March 16, 2024. Guangyang Isle, the most extensive green island in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, has been turned into an ecological restoration and protection "classroom" for ecotourists and school children. The local ecosystem and biodiversity were once seriously threatened due to real-estate projects in the area. However, the local government brought harmful projects of this sort to a halt in 2017, s
03/19/2024 05:30:25

China commits to establishing region-specific environmental management system by 2025