Millions of overseas Brits now eligible to vote in UK general elections

    London (AFP): An estimated 3.5 million Britons living overseas will from Tuesday be eligible to vote in UK general elections, in one of the biggest ...

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First Saudi at Paris Fashion Week underlines dramatic changes

Paris (AFP): Saudi Arabia is continuing its multi-billion-dollar entry into all aspects of global culture, hitting a new milestone on Thursday with the first Saudi designer ...

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German climate activists pledge new wave of blockades

FILE: Activists of the "Last Generation" stick themselves on a street during snowfall in Dresden, Germany, and want to draw attention to the compliance with the ...

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Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts

A trove of documents from I-Soon, a private contractor that competed for Chinese government contracts, shows that its hackers compromised more than a dozen governments,

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Quit medicine for farming? South Korean doctors speak out

Seoul (AFP): From the outside, Seoul's main hospitals seem unchanged: ambulances pull up, patients walk in, staff in white coats walk..

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OECD education survey shows 'unprecedented' drop in student performance

Asian countries dominated the top spots in a keenly watched survey of education capabilities published Tuesday, while levels in Europe slipped at a record pace..

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Billion-light-year-wide 'bubble of galaxies' discovered

Paris (AFP): Astronomers have discovered the first "bubble of galaxies," an almost unimaginably huge cosmic structure thought to be a fossilised remnant from just after the..

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Spanish farmers stage fresh protests in Madrid

    Madrid (AFP): Hundreds of farmers paraded through the Spanish capital on foot and by tractor on Sunday in the latest..

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