ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US Army soldiers take part in the Ulchi Freedom Shield military drills in South Korea on August 27, 2025 [Chung Sung-Jun/AP] By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP, Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 17 Aug 202617 […]
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ListenListen (7 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo RSF soldiers secure the area as their commander attends a military-backed tribal rally in East Nile province, June 22, 2019 [Hussein Malla/AP] By Al Jazeera staff Published On 17 Aug 202617 Aug 2026 A delegation from […]
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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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