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Why a US military base became a centre for Chinese Covid conspiracies
A disinformation campaign claiming that the Covid-19 virus originated from an American military base in Maryland has gained popularity in China ahead of the release of a US intelligence report on the virus origins. ...
Africa's jihadists: What Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means
As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Islamist groups waging insurgencies in Africa were quick to celebrate. ...
Afghanistan: How the Taliban gained ground so quickly
The speed of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan appears to have taken many by surprise - regional capitals seem to be falling like dominoes. ...
Article 370: Why more locals in Kashmir are becoming militants
Every time Bashir Ahmad Bhat's gaze falls on the blood stains on the walls, he is reminded of the night his brother, a policeman in Indian administered Kashmir, was murdered. ...
Nigerian outrage at brazen bandit attacks
In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali, former editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper, says the shooting down of a military jet shows how organised crime is becoming more daring by the day. ...
Darfur conflict's latest surge in violence displaces thousands
Two years after the Sudanese revolution, hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced as violence in Darfur continues. Many hoped a hard-earned peace agreement would put an end to the decades-old conflict, but the region's bloody legacy continues. ...
Covid-19: Second doses run dry in Brazil's scramble to vaccinate
Vinicius Alexis da Cruz felt a wave of relief when his turn came to take the Covid-19 vaccine. ...
Cuba protests: Three key issues that explain the rare unrest
Cuba has been plunged into turmoil by the largest protests against its Communist government in decades. ...
Virgin Galactic: Richard Branson's long, winding path to space
For more than 15 years, Virgin Galactic has been working to begin carrying paying passengers to the edge of space and back. Here, we track the long, winding road to realising Sir Richard Branson's dream. ...
Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon boss
In 2004, Jeff Bezos and his technical adviser Colin Bryar drove together to the city of Tacoma, an hour south of Seattle in Washington State. ...
Theatrics or threat: How to handle China's Communist party at 100
As China's ruling Communist Party celebrates its auspicious anniversary, the debate is intensifying over how to deal with the renewed prominence of authoritarian values at the heart of the world's second largest economy. ...
Hong Kong: How life has changed under China's national security law
On 30 June 2020, China introduced the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in response to massive pro-democracy protests that had swept through the city the previous year. ...
A Pride symbol vandalised in Canada's 'prettiest little town'
It took one night for a Pride rainbow pedestrian crossing on the busiest street of Paris, a small Canadian town just over an hour's drive from Toronto, to be smeared with burnt rubber. Was a rainbow a bridge too far for the town, or is a new era of progressive politics forcing Paris to change its stripes? ...
A billion new trees might not turn Ukraine green
It was an ambitious signal of green intent when Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky declared this month that a billion extra trees would be planted within three years, and a million hectares would be reforested in a decade. ...
France's young voters turned off by key regional election
In an open space near Châtelet in central Paris, lanky young men - their knees and elbows folded around BMX bikes - dodge skateboarders out practising their moves. ...
Tracking change in Ethiopia and the challenges ahead
The AFP charts the dramatic changes in Ethiopia and the big challenges facing the country, as the nation prepares to vote in the first election since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018. ...
G7 summit: How significant are group's climate pledges?
The world's rich nations which caused the climate crisis know what's expected of them - but they consistently fail to deliver in full. ...
Tokyo Olympics: Why people are afraid to show support for the Games
Japan is not a country known for protests. So when people take to the streets in large numbers, it gets noticed. ...
Iraqis suffer as US-Iran shadow war shifts gear
The drone, packed with explosives, used the civilian flight path into Irbil airport to disguise its intent. It crashed into a CIA warehouse on the American airbase beside the civilian airport in April. ...
Myanmar: The mysterious deaths of the NLD party officials
The violence used by Myanmar's armed forces against unarmed opponents since the coup in February has shocked the world; more than 800 people have been killed, most by military gunfire. But the deaths in custody of two officials from the National League of Democracy - the party led by Aung San Suu Kyi - have cast an even grimmer light on the military's actions. ...
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