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Chun Ki-won: Hero pastor jailed for sexually abusing North Korea teenage escapees
A South Korean pastor once hailed as a hero for smuggling out hundreds of North Koreans has been jailed for…
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Greece legalises same-sex marriage
Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed…
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Ukraine Russia war: US warns Avdiivka could fall
The US has warned that Russia could seize Ukraine’s key eastern town of Avdiivka – the scene of some of…
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Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died, Russian authorities say
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died in prison, according to Russian authorities. The ardent critic of President Vladimir Putin…
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UK’s Rwanda plan ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with rights obligations
The plan of the United Kingdom’s government to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda goes against the country’s human rights obligations…
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Russia slaps sanctions on British officials, historians and academics
Russia has imposed sanctions on 18 British citizens including officials, academics and Russian experts for what Moscow says is an…
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Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages as airstrikes kill around 100 Palestinians in Rafah
Two Israeli-Argentinian men taken captive by Hamas on October 7 were rescued on Monday in an early morning raid in…
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Trump endorses Whatley as next RNC chair and backs daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley to succeed Ronna McDaniel as Republican National Committee chair. Alongside endorsing…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block ruling he lacks immunity in January 6 criminal case
Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step into the charged dispute over whether he may claim immunity…
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China gears up to ring in Year of the Dragon with expected record 9 billion trips
Travel across China ramped up in recent days as millions boarded trains and planes and braved heavily trafficked roads in what officials have…
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