A natural disaster has been declared in New South Wales, Australia, as widespread flooding has prompted nearly 50,000 people to evacuate. Footage captured in the Mid North Coast shows cattle displaced on beaches and trapped residents being…
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War takes centre stage as Lebanon’s theatres are back
As Lebanon suffered a war last year, Ali Chahrour was determined to keep making art, creating a performance inspired by the plight of migrant workers caught up in the conflict.
Months after a ceasefire largely halted the fighting between Israel…
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Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught
Watch: ‘Turn the lights down’ – how the Trump-Ramaphosa meeting took an unexpected turn Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, foreign leaders should be aware that a coveted trip to the Oval Office comes with the risk of a very public…
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Ramaphosa survives Trump ambush over ‘white genocide’
AFP/Getty ImagesCyril Ramaphosa remained calm and brought in his delegation to counter Trump’s claims of white persecution Donald Trump has proved to be the political Rottweiler of right-wing Afrikaner groups, taking their fight to South Africa’s…
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Opinion The Return of Culture in Democracies
Ajay Gudavarthy
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May 22 2025
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In the last few decades, cultural politics has come back to the centre stage of democracy. The return of culture anddemocratic backslidinghave been somewhat simultaneous and…
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Xinhua world news summary at 0050 GMT, May 22
BEIJING — China and the ten ASEAN countries have fully completed negotiations on the Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.
The achievement was announced during a special online meeting of…
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Daily World Briefing, May 22
China, ASEAN fully complete negotiations on CAFTA 3.0
China and the ten ASEAN countries have fully completed negotiations on the Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.
The achievement was…
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Students chant ‘Free Mahmoud’ at Columbia University graduation
There was one notable — and loudly noted — absence on Wednesday at Columbia University’s graduation ceremony: detained pro-Palestinian student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil.
“Boo… Shame on you!” students chanted when Clare Shipman, interim…
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US Justice Department ends post-George Floyd police reform settlements | Donald Trump News
The administration of President Donald Trump has begun the process of ending the federal government’s involvement in reforming local police departments, a civil rights effort that gained steam after the deaths of unarmed Black people like
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Europe must bear consequences of forcing return of UN sanctions against Iran: FM
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cautioned the US’s European allies in a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran against invoking the so-called “snapback mechanism” to re-impose the United Nations sanctions against the…
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