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China has rolled out its first-ever nationwide childcare subsidy in a bid to address its worsening demographic decline, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. The programme will provide
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Sean Davison, a 63-year-old New Zealander living in Dorset, has broken his silence after being arrested on suspicion of assisting suicides at the Pegasos clinic in Switzerland — a case that could
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In July, a few days after the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, I had lunch with his daughter, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France. When I commented that Fanon had died so young, at thirty-nine,
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Saudi Arabia has executed 17 individuals over a span of just three days, marking the fastest rate of capital punishment in the kingdom since 2022 and intensifying scrutiny of its human rights
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Most humans live their lives believing they have some purpose. They assume they must pursue power, fame, prestige, and wealth. In short, they aspire to be praised, treating such praise as the
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing mounting criticism after refusing to release key internal documents related to a March 2025 meeting between EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and high-profile fossil
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Boeing Co. is preparing for its first strike at its St. Louis-area defense plants in nearly 30 years, after 3,200 union machinists voted to reject the company’s latest contract offer, setting the
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This is a story of the Immortal Diamond, the Cherry on the Knickerbocker Glory of Anglicanism. The Anglican Church in Wales has just elected its new primate. This is the Bishop of
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On 16 June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy
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Each year, the first week of August is observed across the globe as World Breastfeeding Week, a gentle reminder of a truth known to humankind long before the formulation of public policy
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The UN’s top refugee official has warned that severe funding cuts to the agency tasked with protecting displaced people are already fuelling a rise in migration to Europe — and urged EU
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Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has reaffirmed his strong opposition to same-sex marriage while urging Sri Lankans to uphold and protect the traditional family structure based on the union between a
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In August 2019, when the state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two union territories and Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution were abrogated, there was understandable concern about how
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As breastfeeding rates rise across the United States, a growing number of American mothers are turning surplus breast milk into income—some earning up to $1,000 a month by selling it through unregulated
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Former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR head Kristin Cabot, caught in an intimate moment on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, present a striking case study in the complex and
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