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Jan 1, 2022 · The world this week. Jan 1st 2022. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a giant of the anti-apartheid struggle, died, aged 90. Archbishop Tutu’s moral leadership and his opposition to violence earned him ...
The biennial Zhuhai air show opened in China on Tuesday. The six-day event is an opportunity for the People’s Liberation Army to show off its kit in the 75th year of the People’s Republic of ...
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Jan 4, 2024 · Around 100 people were killed by two bomb explosions in Iran, in what state media and regional authorities described as a terrorist attack and which the government in Tehran later blamed on ...
Oct 19, 2024 · Starship will change what is possible beyond Earth. The successful test-flight of SpaceX’s massive new space vehicle promises a host of new projects, including the colonisation of Mars.
Oct 2, 2021 · The price of Brent crude crept up to $80 a barrel for the first time in three years. Evergrande, China’s second-biggest property developer, sold part of its stake in a bank to a publicly owned ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Governments in Britain and across the European Union rushed to approve a post-Brexit trade agreement before December 31st, the date on which Britain’s transition period ends. The deal, which was ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Zimbabwe introduced a new gold-backed currency in a bid to contain inflation after a collapse in the value of the Zimbabwean dollar, which was only reintroduced in 2019 after being scrapped during ...
Aug 12, 2021 · The Taliban continued their onslaught, capturing ten of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals in less than a week. They have murdered civil servants and ordered single women to “marry” their ...
