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A Julian Assange supporter holds a sign. London, Britain, March 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Who is Julian Assange, founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

Since Assange drew global attention in 2010 for his work with prominent news outlets to publish war logs and diplomatic cables that detailed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan, among...

A recent IIT-Delhi study found Kolkata to be the second cleanest city among the 11 metropolitan cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 concentration. Dhaka, as usual, came out as the worst. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, Rajib Dhar
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Photo: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
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Why Putin may visit North Korea

Russian and US state flags fly in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. Photo: Reuters
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What next after new US sanctions on Russia's financial system?

Palestinians put out a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, 3 January 2023. Atef Safadi/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Why ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrant against Netanyahu and what it means for Israel

People attend an anti-draft demonstration to protest the Vietnam War, in Central Park, New York City, US, in 1968. Library of Congress/Bernard Gotfryd/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
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How US campus protests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era

Shivaraj N, a sub-inspector in Tamil Nadu police signs his declaration form before casting his vote at a polling station a day ahead of the first phase of the election, in Tiruvannamalai, India, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
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India's Lok Sabha election 2024: What are the key issues?

Packages made from the cellulose film are broadly compostable. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
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Bioplastics: What they are, and are not

A female supporter smiles while holding a banner in support of the Senior Women for Climate Protection in front of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Emma Farge/File Photo
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How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden during a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (not pictured) during the trilateral summit at Camp David near Thurmont, Maryland, U.S., August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
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What US-Japan defense shakeup will involve and why

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks with the media accompanied by Yemen's Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi and Algeria's Representative to the United Nations Amar Bendjama following a meeting of the Security Council to vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Could the Palestinians become a full United Nations member?