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UK Supreme Court rules against gender-neutral passports

Romanian minister resigns following plagiarism reports

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  • Thursday, 16 Dec, 2021

Romania’s minister of innovation and digitalisation resigned on Wednesday following an investigation by journalists who reported they found significant…

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Queensland border reopens to other Australian states

Queensland border reopens to other Australian states

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  • Tuesday, 14 Dec, 2021

Australians are celebrating seeing loved ones again in Queensland, after the state lifted a five-month border closure with its biggest neighbours.

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Apology to US teachers over dash for cash charity stunt

Apology to US teachers over dash for cash charity stunt

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  • Tuesday, 14 Dec, 2021

A hockey team and bank have apologised after a charity event for South Dakota teachers went viral and was condemned online as demeaning and "dystopian".

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Russia faces consequences if Ukraine invaded - Truss

Russia faces consequences if Ukraine invaded - Truss

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  • Saturday, 11 Dec, 2021

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned Russia it will face "severe economic consequences" if it invades Ukraine.

She said G7 foreign ministers…

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Spiral of violence shuts schools in Cameroons anglophone region

Spiral of violence shuts schools in Cameroons anglophone region

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  • Saturday, 11 Dec, 2021

There are no students in the playground of the high school in the Bomaka district of Buea – just the odd goat grazing on overgrown grass.

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Lebanon: Blast rocks Palestinian camp

Lebanon: Blast rocks Palestinian camp causes casualties

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  • Saturday, 11 Dec, 2021

A large explosion has rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, causing a number of casualties.

A Palestinian source…

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Signs of life after Indonesias polluted Citarum river gets a clean up - but for how long

Signs of life after Indonesias polluted Citarum river gets a clean up - but for how long

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  • Saturday, 11 Dec, 2021

BANDUNG, Indonesia: As Rahmat Sutrisno descended the slope of the Citarum riverbank, he could not help but grin. 

For decades, the 71-year-old…

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Dealing with COVID-19 offences: More than 1000 cases prosecuted in court in 18 months

Dealing with COVID-19 offences: More than 1000 cases prosecuted in court in 18 months

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  • Saturday, 11 Dec, 2021

SINGAPORE: A teenager went fishing illegally at a park with a group of friends at 3am in June this year and did not wear a mask.

The 17-year-old pleaded…

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