Image source, NurPhoto via Getty ImagesImage caption, A vegetable vendor waits for customers at a market in Kolkata, with a QR code displayed for digital payments By Soutik Biswas India correspondent Published 32 minutes ago For most Indians, paying by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has become almost absurdly routine. Scan a QR code, tap a […]
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Image source, ReutersImage caption, Chalong Riewrang told reporters he had “not intended to shoot his friend” ByJonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Published 1 hour ago Just three days after a 14-year-old opened fire at his school, killing eight people before shooting himself, another incident in the same province illustrated even more starkly Thailand’s troubled […]
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ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Spanish soldiers patrol the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta [File: AFP] By Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026 Moroccan security forces have arrested […]
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play videoplay video Video Duration 27 minutes 30 seconds play-arrow27:30 Violence in the occupied West Bank has intensified under Israel’s far-right Netanyahu government. Read more Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are trapping Palestinian families in their homes. The violence is taking place as Israel’s far-right government faces elections in October. Why are […]
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Advertisement War and conflict OpinionWorld Opinion Opinion Robin Hu Chokepoints and the cost of cutting off access The most dangerous chokepoint may not be the narrowest strait or rarest tech but where the final decision rests with the fewest people 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Robin Hu Robin Hu is Asia chair emeritus at the Milken Institute. […]
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Why is Australia’s mushroom killer back in court this week? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Why is Australia’s mushroom killer back in court this week?Close Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty last year of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill […]
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Advertisement China-India relations ChinaDiplomacy ExclusiveNirupama Rao and Lin Minwang on the great India-China face-off Experts debate the deep fault lines in bilateral ties – from the long-running border dispute to trust and competing narratives 14-MIN READ14-MIN 3 Listen Khushboo Razdan Published: 6:00am, 17 Aug 2026Updated: 6:02am, 17 Aug 2026 Welcome to Open Dialogue, a series […]
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Advertisement Donald Trump WorldUnited States & Canada Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea After South Korea declined to help denuclearise Iran, Trump said the exercises are costly and send a ‘hostile’ signal to North Korea 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Associated Press Published: 6:29am, 17 Aug 2026 US President Donald Trump […]
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