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A ruling by an Egyptian court has cast a shadow over the future of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai — the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian monastic community — raising fears of
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The mountain dominates the western coast of New Zealand’s North Island, also known as Aotearoa. Its peak is like the center point of a sundial, the shadows on its slopes telling time. The
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The Western Cape High Court has handed down life sentences to the three individuals convicted in the kidnapping and human trafficking of six-year-old Joshlin Smith. While the verdict brings a degree of
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The CIA is confronting growing challenges in its efforts to recruit foreign informants, with current and former intelligence officials warning that the agency is in urgent need of more spies, according to
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Two major financial misconduct cases sent ripples through international institutions this week, as former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner was sentenced in the U.S. for his role in the 1MDB scandal, while
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Saudi Arabia will reassess its government spending and development priorities in response to a sharp drop in oil revenues, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview. Despite
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The world is now on track to surpass one of the most critical climate thresholds — 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures — by 2027, according to alarming new data released by
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