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North Korean defector Kim Eun-joo / Courtesy of Kim Eun-joo Kim Eun-joo was 9 years old when her teacher stopped their lesson and told the class to follow her outside. The children were marched to a public execution…
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A judge has condemned calls to legalise cannabis after a son killed his estranged mother during a severe mental health episode when he developed paranoid schizophrenia following his habitual smoking of the drug. Judge…
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SINGAPORE – A woman was in a flat when she allegedly shared with her husband obscene videos and pictures of two boys who were one and four years old. The 29-year-old Indonesian woman, who appeared in a district court on…
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Police have clashed with demonstrators during a protest in the Italian city of Bologna after a Moroccan-born man died pleading for help under police restraint. Human rights campaigners and Italy’s opposition parties…
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The 46 children and teachers that were abducted on May 15th in southwestern state of Oyo were rescued and reunited with their families on July 10th. Since the dramatic abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014,…
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Labour TD Duncan Smith has expressed grave concerns about the right to a fair trial and due process for 32-year-old Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally and four Berlin-based activists charged with trespassing and an…
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Human rights campaigners and Italy's opposition parties are demanding answers regarding the death of a man who died under police restraint as he pleaded for help. The incident was likened to George Floyd's murder in the…
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A white separatist group is openly planning a network of whites-only settlements across rural America that aim to withstand legal challenges by operating essentially as private clubs.Why it matters: The communities are…
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Protesters and police clashed in Bologna, Italy on Monday after Moroccan-born entrepreneur Abderrahim Fakir died while being forcibly restrained by police. Widely shared footage of Fakir's death show police holding the…
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Outback priest allegedly smuggled alcohol on church-owned plane, abused Aboriginal boys Updated July 21, 2026 — 6:49pm,first published 4:10pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…
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VIDEO MANILA, Philippines – Senator-judge Robin Padilla rose to voice his objection to the ruling of presiding officer Francis Escudero to have the financial records of the vice president subpoenaed during the seventh…
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With less than four months to go until the 2026 South African municipal elections, Mzansi made all the wrong headlines across the continent this June and July with a series of xenophobic protest marches in our city…
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Dr Asif Mahmood, a physician of Pakistani origin, has been elected as the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The commission is a bipartisan body of the US federal…
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Big firms hired 13,500 refugees and asylum seekers last year July 21, 2026 Photo: Depositphotos.com See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results Add…
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The legal team representing the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has threatened legal action against a television guest, Chigozie Nnabugwu, and News Central Television over what it…
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'Why is it so difficult to prove we really are poor?' Some lucky to be in on welfare scheme, others more deserving rejected Sa-ard Nakchaturas sits in front of her ancient motorcycle at her house in Muang district,…
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SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- A woman who staged a solo blockade of a Seoul vote counting center last month amid protests calling for a rerun of the June 3 local elections attended her arrest warrant hearing Tuesday. The…
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Graduate student Kang Eui-young stages a one-person protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Seoul’s Jongno District, July 15, holding a sign that reads, “Stop the genocide of Palestinians.” Korea Times photo by Yoon…
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Basque police arrest four for assaulting Spanish football fans, Barcelona crime levels fall in first half of the year, Spain's conservatives call on government to change Grandchildren's Citizenship Law and more news…
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JAKARTA/BANDUNG: An Indonesian court on Tuesday (Jul 21) convicted members of a baby trafficking syndicate of selling babies under the guise of adoption to couples in Indonesia and Singapore, and meted out jail…
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Controversial social media influencers Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the two are accused of rape and sex trafficking, their lawyer said Monday. The brothers…
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An official document obtained by Al Jazeera shows how Israel collected information on charities in 2013, singling out some of the world’s most well-known humanitarian organisations for their perceived positions on the…
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Outback priest allegedly plied young boys with alcohol, abused them at Catholic Church-owned properties Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA One of…
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A rise in antisemitism across Australia has “disturbing parallels” with the social climate of Nazi Germany, the president of the Australian Holocaust survivors association says. George Foster, the president of the…
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‘We should never allow this to become normal’: School leaders tell of armed guards and threats Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The head of the…
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A composite image of the Kapatid statement and Sens. Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada from INQUIRER FILE MANILA, Philippines — A support group for families and friends of political prisoners rejected Sen. Alan…
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Surrogates, parents and children are being failed by the UK’s archaic laws, which are “creaking at the seams” as demand for surrogacy grows rapidly, experts have said. Figures obtained by the Guardian show there were…
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The Senate resumes the Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial at 2 p.m. today. The trial, in context and in real time: Follow the live blog here. Can't view the live blog below? Click here.
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