Against all odds, Diana Shams was planning to celebrate her daughter Rose’s third birthday at home.
After they had been displaced seven times in two years by the war in Gaza, the prospect of an impending ceasefire in early October offered a…
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Pig organ transplants could one day be superior to human ones, says expert | Medical research
A leading surgeon behind a clinical trial of transplanting pig kidneys into living humans has said they could one day be superior to those from human donors.
Dr Robert Montgomery, the director of NYU Langone’s Transplant Institute, said the…
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China opens world’s longest expressway tunnel at 9,842 feet altitude
The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, a 13.75-mile (22 km) long tunnel at the center of the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway, and the world’s longest, is now open in China.
Constructed over five years using innovative approaches, the tunnel halves the travel…
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Tajikistan-Taliban border clashes: What’s behind them, why it affects China | Explainer News
Tensions are flaring along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border in Central Asia with the Tajik government reporting multiple armed incursions this month, straining its fragile relationship with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders.
More than a dozen…
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Deadly explosion during Friday prayers inside Syrian mosque
An explosion has killed at least eight people and injured 18 others during Friday prayers inside a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs, the health ministry has said.
Pictures from Syria’s state-run news agency, Sana, show the inside of the Imam Ali…
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From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India – The New York Times
- From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India The New York Times
- Reflections on 100 years of RSS financialexpress.com
- Inside Hindu Nationalism: The Ideology Changing India The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
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Japan on track to become world’s third-largest defence spender
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Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defence…
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Video. Banksy’s hotel in Bethlehem reopens after two years
A guest house filled with artwork by the elusive British artist Banksy has reopened in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The nine-room Walled Off Hotel welcomed visitors again on December 13 after nearly two years of closure linked…
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