India reintroduces cheetahs to wild after big cats airlifted from Namibia
PM Narendra Modi to welcome the eight animals amid fears that they may struggle with Kuno national park habitat or clash with leopards Eight Namibian...
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Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed
UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group The United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s...
Wild cheetahs to return to India for first time since 1952
Officials announce eight cats will be brought from Namibia in effort to reintroduce animal to its former habitat Cheetahs are to return to India’s forests...
Man acquitted of bombing 1985 Air India plane shot dead in Canada
Ripudaman Singh Malik, 70, was accused of being a part of the worst terror attack in Canadian history in which 329 people died A man...
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis Global hunger toll soars...
China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders’ home provinces
Schools, stadiums or airports help the presidents of countries that receive cash from Beijing tighten their grip on power China’s financing of overseas projects has...
Four killed by female suicide bomber near China institute in Pakistan
Baloch Liberation Army claims responsibility saying it was the first such attach by a female assailant A suicide bomber from a Pakistani separatist group has...
UK Foreign Office rushed £4.2bn of aid cuts, official audit finds
Support slashed despite warnings about impact, with offices told not to discuss plans with local partners, says National Audit Office report The British government forced...
Britain hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse and climate damage
UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures – despite its own review raising concerns The British government...
Eight UN peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash in DRC
Six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb victims of fatal reconnaissance mission, officials say Eight UN peacekeepers – six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb...
