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China and Laos open $6 billion high-speed rail link

(Reuters) – A $6 billion high-speed rail line connecting China with its Southeast Asian neighbour

Facebook whistleblower says transparency needed to fix social media ills

(Reuters) – A deeper investigation into Facebook’s lack of controls to prevent misinformation and abuse

Global food prices are at their highest in a decade: UN

The price of food staples continued to grow in November amid a global environment of

WHO says measures against delta work for omicron variant too

(AP) — World Health Organization officials in the Western Pacific say border closures adopted by

Fiji Reopens To Tourism

(CNN): Fiji reopened its border to international travellers for the first time in nearly two

‘It’s like hell in here’: The struggle to save Afghanistan’s starving babies

Doctors in Afghanistan’s crisis-hit hospitals, many of whom are now working without pay, spoke to

First Omicron case in U.S. adds to global alarm over virus variant

(Reuters) – Fears over the impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rose on

EXCLUSIVE World Bank backs using $280 mln in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan

(Reuters) – The World Bank’s board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust

Train kills 2 elephants walking on track in northeast India

(AP) — A passenger train has hit and killed two wild elephants in northeastern India’s

Austrian lockdown extended through Dec 11 as planned

(AP) — Austria’s lockdown has officially been extended until Dec. 11 as planned amid signs