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Category: WORLD

Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada
WORLD

Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada

The Philippines has sent tonnes of rubbish back to Canada, after a weeks-long diplomatic spat that saw President Rodrigo Duterte…

byFaraz Shauketaly31/05/2019
Trump announces tariffs on all Mexico goods in latest anti-immigration measure
WORLD

Trump announces tariffs on all Mexico goods in latest anti-immigration measure

US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico in a bid to curb illegal immigration.…

byFaraz Shauketaly31/05/2019
Miss India contest: Why do all the finalists ‘look the same’?
WORLD

Miss India contest: Why do all the finalists ‘look the same’?

It is the contest that kick-started Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra’s career, so it is unsurprising that this year’s Miss India…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/05/2019
Nusrat Jahan Rafi: 16 charged in Bangladesh for burning girl alive
WORLD

Nusrat Jahan Rafi: 16 charged in Bangladesh for burning girl alive

Sixteen people have been charged in Bangladesh over the shocking murder of a teenager who was burned to death after…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/05/2019
Hungary: Seven dead and many missing after boat capsizes in Budapest
WORLD

Hungary: Seven dead and many missing after boat capsizes in Budapest

At least seven people have died and 19 are missing after a boat capsized on the Danube river in Hungary’s…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/05/2019
Are rare earth minerals China’s trump card in its trade war with US?
WORLD

Are rare earth minerals China’s trump card in its trade war with US?

China has been signalling that it may restrict the export of rare earth minerals to the United States as the…

byFaraz Shauketaly29/05/2019
Photographer ‘overwhelmed’ by response to bald eagle picture
WORLD

Photographer ‘overwhelmed’ by response to bald eagle picture

A Canadian amateur photographer says he is “overwhelmed” by the worldwide response to a photograph he took of a bald…

byFaraz Shauketaly29/05/2019
Huawei: US blacklist will harm billions of consumers
WORLD

Huawei: US blacklist will harm billions of consumers

A US move to put Huawei on a trade blacklist “sets a dangerous precedent” that will harm billions of consumers,…

byFaraz Shauketaly29/05/2019
New Zealand budget: National party denies hacking Treasury
WORLD

New Zealand budget: National party denies hacking Treasury

New Zealand’s main opposition party has denied hacking into the government’s computer systems to steal documents relating to the country’s…

byFaraz Shauketaly29/05/2019
Australia’s ‘Egg Boy’ gives donations to NZ attack survivors
WORLD

Australia’s ‘Egg Boy’ gives donations to NZ attack survivors

An Australian teenager who broke an egg on a controversial far-right senator’s head says he has given almost A$100,000 (£55,000;…

byFaraz Shauketaly29/05/2019

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