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Biden cancels $7.7bn more in student debt for 160,000 borrowers

Posted by May 22, 2024

The move brings the total number of students benefitting from the president’s debt relief push to 4.75 million.United States President Joe Biden has announced

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Chad Prime Minister Masra resigns after disputed vote winner confirmed

Posted by May 22, 2024

The military government chief’s victory in the presidential polls prompts Succes Masra to resign from the transitional post.Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masr

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Why is Biden ratcheting up the trade war with China?

Posted by May 22, 2024

US slaps tariffs on Chinese goods, and Beijing launches an anti-dumping inquiry in response.Chinese imports have helped push down the cost of products like vide

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Germany’s AfD bans top candidate from EU poll events over…

Posted by May 22, 2024

Maximilian Krah recently said Nazi SS members ‘not all criminals’, prompting French far-right allies to shun party.The far-right Alternative for Germany (Af

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Vietnam’s security chief To Lam becomes new president

Posted by May 22, 2024

Lam’s appointment comes after a major anticorruption drive that analysts say he has weaponised for his benefit.Vietnam’s rubber-stamp parliament has approve

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Russia starts ‘tactical nuclear drills’ near Ukraine border

Posted by May 22, 2024

‘First stage’ of exercises involves Iskander and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and is seen as a warning to Ukraine’s Western allies.Russia has begun the fir

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As Malaysia faces CEDAW review, women refugees continue to struggle

Posted by May 22, 2024

Unlike the excitement felt by many women when they find out they are expecting a baby, Hanna* was filled with fear when she realised she was pregnant. The Myanm

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Kenya’s President Ruto visits US as police deployment to Haiti…

Posted by May 21, 2024

Kenyan President William Ruto is on a visit to the United States this week, amid efforts to deepen economic and security cooperation between the two countries,

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Macron heading to New Caledonia as France deploys more troops…

Posted by May 21, 2024

Noumea’s international airport remains closed as Australia and New Zealand say they will evacuate tourists on military aircraft.French President Emmanuel Macr

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Thousands mourn Iran’s Raisi in Tabriz procession after helicopter crash

Posted by May 21, 2024

Iranians are observing the second of five days of public mourning announced by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Iranians have gathered in Tabriz, the capit

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German ‘Reichsbuerger’ coup plotters go on trial: Is democracy at…

Posted by May 21, 2024

A high-profile trial of members of a far-right group accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the German government is set to begin in Frankfurt on May 21, amid

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‘Lone wolf’ or JI?: Jemaah Islamiyah confusion after Malaysia attack

Posted by May 21, 2024

Medan, Indonesia – Malaysia has been the target of a rare deadly attack after a man armed with a machete struck a police station in southern Johor state, kill

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