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Anti-abortion activists look to Supreme Court at annual march
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Afghan NGO women 'threatened with shooting' for not wearing burqa
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Ghana probes massive blast after 13 killed
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Total, Chevron to exit Myanmar amid rights abuses
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China incensed by French parliament's genocide declaration
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Taiwan woman faces execution over fire that killed 46
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UN says Philippine typhoon destruction 'badly underestimated'
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Mexico sees drop in murders in 2021
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South Korean plant poacher jailed in US
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US charges 2nd man in Haitian president's murder
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Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in German abuse cases
Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich in the 1980s, according to a damning independent report published Thursday that risks shattering the ex-pontiff's reputation.
Release Breivik? Norway court hears closing arguments
Prosecution and defence lawyers presented their closing arguments on Thursday to a Norwegian court which will now decide whether to parole Anders Behring Breivik, just 10 years after the neo-Nazi committed the country's deadliest peacetime attack.
No more politics for Hong Kong barristers, says new Bar chief
The newly elected leader of Hong Kong barristers said Thursday that his profession should avoid politics and build closer ties to mainland China, as concerns grow about rule of law in the financial hub.
Liberian stampede kills 29 people
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Beijing Olympics organisers say app security flaws 'fixed'
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Afghan women activists go into hiding after Taliban crackdown
Several Afghan women's rights activists said Thursday they are going into hiding to escape a Taliban crackdown, just days after the hardline Islamists used pepper spray to break up a rally in the capital.
Texas synagogue hostage-taker 'prayed for two years' for attack: reports
A British man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue told his family he had prayed for two years to carry out the attack, media reported Thursday, as police made two arrests.
First foreign aid flights reach Tonga
The first humanitarian flights arrived in volcano and tsunami-stricken Tonga Thursday, five days after the dual disaster cut the Pacific kingdom off from the rest of the world.
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Thailand to restart quarantine-free travel from February 1
Thailand will resume its quarantine-free travel scheme from February 1, officials said Thursday, after the programme was suspended due to the fast-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant.
Ex-pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child abuse probe
A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday be published in Germany, with former pope Benedict XVI among those in the spotlight.
Police deploy in Rio to retake gang-controlled favelas
Some 1,200 heavily armed military police launched an operation Wednesday to wrench control of Rio de Janeiro's slums from drug gangs, starting with the notorious Jacarezinho favela where residents took cover.
Justices seek to downplay Covid mask rift at US Supreme Court
Three US Supreme Court justices on Wednesday dismissed a report of a rift over the wearing of Covid face masks during hearings before the nation's highest court.
Israel police demolish Palestinian home in east Jerusalem eviction
Israeli police demolished a Palestinian family's home and arrested at least 18 people as they carried out a controversial eviction order in the sensitive east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah early Wednesday.