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Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, had hoped for a landslide victory in the country’s six-week general election – the largest display…
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Amanda Knox reconvicted in Italy murder case slander
An Italian court on Wednesday reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander for accusing an innocent man of killing her British roommate…
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French charities decry ‘social cleansing’ ahead of Paris Olympics
A collective of French charities that has been a persistent critic of the Paris Olympics accused organisers on Monday of…
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France’s answer to Fox New, CNews, becomes top news channel
CNews, regularly accused of fostering far-right views, became France’s number one news channel for the first time last month, according…
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Price of victory: How Allied D-Day bombs killed French civilians
As the World War II victors celebrate the anniversary of the June 6, 1944, landings in Normandy, historians recall that…
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‘Time for this war to end’: Biden pushes Israeli plan for Gaza truce
U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday Israel had offered a new roadmap towards a permanent peace in Gaza, urging Hamas…
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Tens of thousands of South Koreans celebrate Pride despite backlash
Tens of thousands of LGBTQ South Koreans and their supporters gathered in central Seoul for annual Pride celebrations Saturday, despite…
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Four dead in Colombian bridge collapse
Two cars and a motorcycle plunged from a partially collapsed bridge in northern Colombia Friday, killing four people and wounding…
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One-third of world still criminalizes consensual same-sex acts: report
The LGBTQ community faces “relentless opposition” across the globe despite some progress, said a report published on Thursday by an…
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Whistles at dawn: birdsong duels enthral Afghans
Just after sunrise on the Afghan day of rest, two goldfinches puffed their chests and belted a song, surrounded by…
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