Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none…Tecumseh Introduction On 9 August each year, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed globally, a day designated by the United
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Israel’s security cabinet has approved a broad new military offensive aimed at the full reoccupation of Gaza, starting with the ruins of Gaza City and ultimately leading to the establishment of a
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On 21 November 1938, Hitler met with the South African defence minister Oswald Pirow and told him that the Jews would be killed if war broke out. The same month, an official
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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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Tokyo Electron, Japan’s leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer, has dismissed an employee over suspected involvement in the theft of trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker. The
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Last Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping extended a congratulatory message to the participants of the World Youth Conference for Peace, held in Beijing under the theme “Together for Peace”. The event, co-hosted
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August 5, 2019, stands as a dark milestone in the tumultuous history of Jammu and Kashmir region whose fate continues to oscillate between hope and despair under decades-long conflict. This date marks
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On July 30, 2025, National Citizens Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam declared, “Even if (former Prime Minister) Sheikh Hasina is hanged ten times, her crimes won’t be reduced. The people of Bangladesh
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament has voted to remove Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon from office — the first time in the country’s history that a sitting police chief has been ousted through
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Israel is preparing a new military offensive in central Gaza to free the remaining hostages, according to a report by The Times UK. The proposed expansion, led by Israel Defence Forces (IDF)
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