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Shoko Kawata, the mayor of the western Japanese city of Yawata, became the first sitting mayor in Japan to begin maternity leave on Monday, marking a milestone that has attracted widespread domestic
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Singapore’s Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim has resigned from office and stepped down from the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) following an investigation into his interactions with a woman, Prime
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Supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement clashed with police in New Delhi on Monday after authorities blocked a planned march to Parliament on the opening day of the monsoon
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the Kremlin on Sunday, using the meeting to thank Pyongyang for its support in what Moscow describes as its
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United Nations human rights experts have called on Indian authorities to release five Indigenous human rights defenders detained in Assam, expressing concern that the arrests could undermine efforts to protect Indigenous communities
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Israel’s parliament voted during the early hours of Friday to dissolve itself, formally launching the country’s next general election campaign, with voters set to head to the polls on 27 October. The
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Japan’s parliament approved a landmark reform of the country’s Imperial House Law on Friday, preserving the long-standing system of male-only succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne while excluding Princess Aiko, the only child
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Dozens of organisations representing Hong Kong, Tibetan, Uyghur, Taiwanese and other diaspora communities have launched a coordinated campaign opposing China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, arguing that the legislation threatens
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India is intensifying its efforts to secure uranium and critical mineral supplies through a series of international agreements as the government seeks to strengthen energy security, expand nuclear power generation and support
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Russia has offered India a proposal to jointly produce the T-90MS main battle tank, seeking to expand long-standing defence cooperation as New Delhi moves ahead with a major programme to modernise its
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China’s population will continue to age rapidly before 2050 even if birth rates recover significantly, according to a new report that describes the country’s demographic shift as unavoidable in the coming decades
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed allegations that China interfered in American elections have opened a new point of contention in U.S.-China relations, with analysts saying the claims elevate election security into a
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The European Union has formally accused China of seeking to reshape the global order in its own interests and identified Beijing, alongside Russia, as one of the principal powers challenging European security
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China’s global image has recovered from the lows recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic, with international perceptions of the country and confidence in President Xi Jinping improving as views of the United States
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A United Nations Human Rights Office report has warned that Sudan’s expanding war economy is helping sustain the country’s three-year conflict by generating revenue through the control of territory, trade routes and
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