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A new government scheme will give 120 million 'small and marginal' farmers direct annual handouts of around 6,000 rupees
World
10.08.2024
Indian election budget helps farmers, middle class and 'mother cow'
Hong Kong customs seized 8,300 kilos of pangolin scales, the latest huge haul to underscore the city's central role in the lucrative and booming illegal wildlife trade
World
10.08.2024
Hong Kong seizes record eight tonnes of pangolin scales
Frenchman Felix Dorfin is still on the lam after escaping from police custody on Lombok island, Indonesia
World
10.08.2024
Indonesian cop charged over French drug suspect's jailbreak
An Afghan camerawoman films for the Zan TV (Women's TV) station in Kabul. Under the Taliban women were barred from almost all employment and television was banned
World
10.08.2024
Afghan women fear cost of peace will be their freedom
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(L-R): Guy Michelier, Consul Honoraire de France-Sacramento; Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, French Consul General in San Francisco; Americans Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alex Skarlatos pose for a photo following an honorary French naturalization ceremo...
World 10.08.2024
Americans who thwarted train attack become French citizens
Myanmar police officer Moe Yan Naing was sentenced to a year in jail after giving testimony in support of two journalists
World 10.08.2024
Jailed Reuters reporters to launch last appeal to Myanmar court
A coalition of Israeli diplomats, programmers and hackers have joined forces to stave off threats by identifying bot networks on social media and getting them removed
World 10.08.2024
Israel seeks to beat election cyber bots
Uighur Muslims in China have experienced a huge security crackdown
World 10.08.2024
Erik Prince's FSG inks Xinjiang training deal
Gaming employs 20,000 people across the UK
World 10.08.2024
Game over for gamers? UK studios count Brexit costs
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo remains behind bars while prosecutors challenge a January 15 decision by the ICC to acquit him
World 10.08.2024
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo to fight detention at Hague court
Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to visit the Arabian Peninsula with his trip to the UAE
World 10.08.2024
Pope Francis in historic Arabian Peninsula visit
Facebook has amassed more than 2.3 billion active users -- but it has also been battered by criticism that it has been more focused on growth than protecting users
World 10.08.2024
Facebook at 15: a titan with grown-up woes
Experts say the real long-term effects of the collapse of a dam at a mine near the Brazilian town of Brumadinho may not be evident for years
World 10.08.2024
Deadly Brazil dam collapse raises fears of environmental woes
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