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Ukraine sets Moscow refinery ablaze in biggest attack in years
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Oil prices sink further as Trump signs deal to reopen Hormuz
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South Korean lawmakers launch probe into ballot paper shortages
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Starmer rival seeks win in UK poll pivotal to PM's fate
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Taiwan president says hopes for $14 bn US arms sale 'as soon as possible'
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Why are Kenyan kids burning schools and killing their classmates?
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New wave of anti-LGBTQ laws sweeps Africa
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Ukraine hopes renewables can Russia-proof power grid
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What we learned after the first round of World Cup games
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Drastic restrictions on public transport take effect in Cuba
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Pain-riddled South Korean man fights for right to die
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India learns to live with hotter summers
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'Retired' Wallaby Slipper, 37, set for shock international comeback
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EU wrestles over how to tackle China export flood
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Tartan Army takes over Boston as Scotland fans relish World Cup return
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Comedian Jordan Klepper wishes satire was harder in age of Trump
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Robots pour cocktails and run marathons, but still can't multitask
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Birthright citizenship helps spark US World Cup run
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Ghana beat Panama 1-0 in World Cup opener after injury-time winner
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Castro gives crucial backing to Cuba reforms
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Frontier Specialty Chemicals Sees Increased Website Engagement Following Bioz Badge Addition
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Announces Transaction in Own Shares - June 18
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Tuchel team talk transformed 'nervy' England in World Cup win
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Historic World Cup goal brings rare joy to DR Congo Ebola epicentre
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Korea coach slams 'unfortunate' drone incident at training
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Trump, Iran's president sign deal to end Mideast war
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Kane double fires England World Cup bid as Ronaldo's Portugal stumble
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Casemiro, Ancelotti's lieutenant and symbol of Brazil troubles
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Qantas to launch non-stop Sydney-London flights in October 2027
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Kane scores twice as England beat Croatia to launch World Cup charge
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Danilo backs Brazil to get over World Cup 'fright'
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Iran to dilute its enriched uranium under accord with US to end Mideast war
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South Africa's Broos hits out at 'trash' talk, targets World Cup redemption
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US Fed chair Warsh vows reforms as central bank signals rate hikes on horizon
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US stocks fall, dollar rallies as Fed raises inflation forecast
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No split loyalties for US star 'Jedi' Robinson
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Czechs eye World Cup liftoff against South Africa
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Lula jokes he is thinking of 'signing Messi' for Brazil
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Ronaldo makes history before England enter World Cup fray
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No.1 Scheffler chases US Open win and career Slam at windy Shinnecock
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Rose: reduced green speeds vital as US Open winds howl
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Ronaldo fails to shine as DR Congo earn historic World Cup point
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US Olympic athlete Simpson receiving treatment after 'medical incident'
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Cuba's communists meet to fast-track liberal reforms
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Gakpo says Christian prayer group unites Dutch World Cup squad
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US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, raises inflation expectations
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Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting to AFP that new cases had declined.
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Hazara girl wounded in deadly Afghan attack triumphs in exams
A month after losing her eye in a deadly suicide bomb attack on her academy, a young Hazara woman has finished among the top candidates in Afghanistan's tough university entrance exams.
Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school
With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to attend class again.
US Supreme Court's right-wing skeptical of using race in college admissions
The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised on Monday to ban the use of race as a factor in deciding who gets into America's elite universities.
After dark, Iran security forces take aim at protest buildings
Iranian security forces targeted a hospital and a student dormitory overnight, a rights group said Saturday, as a protest movement that flared over Mahsa Amini's death entered a seventh week.
Iran tensions rise in protests ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death.
11 pupils die in blaze at Ugandan school for blind
Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday.
Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school
Eleven people, mostly children, have been killed in a blaze that tore through a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday, police and a government minister said.
Thousand join Hungary teacher rebellion over 'humiliating' pay
Hungary's failing schools are becoming the focus of swelling protests, with pupils and parents backing teachers sacked for rebelling over "humiliating" low pay and years of government neglect.
In conservative Florida, LGBT community fights to make its voice heard
A Beyonce hit thumped in the background as Pride parade participants marched on Saturday through the streets of Orlando, transforming the Florida city into a rainbow island in a US state more and more associated with the conservative politics of its governor.
Afghan girls take university exams two weeks after classroom attack
Thousands of Afghan girls and women sat university entrance exams on Thursday under the guard of Taliban snipers, two weeks after a bomber killed dozens of students preparing for the tests.
Ukraine schools battered by Russian onslaught in south
Just a handful of kilometres from the frontline, a shattered village school in the southern Mykolaiv region is a stark sign of the war damage inflicted by Russia on Ukrainian education.
UN condemns 'shameful' year-long ban on Afghan girls' education
The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as "tragic and shameful".
Romania's plagiarism hunter becomes the hunted
Romanian journalist Emilia Sercan has made it her mission to expose plagiarism at the country’s highest levels.
School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children
Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce -- but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.
Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes
Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example -- and a warning.
'Submit or quit': Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools
As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit.
Ukraine students brace for underground school year
Five metres beneath a Kyiv classroom, headmaster Mykhaylo Aliokhin puts the finishing touches on the bunker where his students will spend much of their time once Ukraine's school term starts later this week.
Haiti pushes back school year start as economic crisis bites
Haitian authorities are postponing the start of the school year by one month, as the Caribbean nation grapples with an economic crisis that has caused a fuel shortage and soaring prices.
Biden announces relief for university debts
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most Americans trying to pay off university loans will get $10,000 forgiven in a bid to address the decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.
Biden announces relief for indebted US university grads
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most US university graduates still trying to pay off student loans will each get $10,000 in relief, addressing a decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.
Philippine classrooms reopen after more than two years
Millions of children in the Philippines returned to school as the academic year started on Monday, with many taking their seats in classrooms for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
Ex-boxer Frampton fights for integrated schools in Northern Ireland
Carl Frampton enjoyed many memorable moments during his boxing career but the retired two-weight world champion has now switched his focus to campaigning for integrated schools in divided Northern Ireland.
Taliban torn over reforms one year after seizing power
One year on from the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, some cracks are opening within their ranks over the crucial question of just how much reform their leaders can tolerate.
Canada Indigenous schools abuse: a timeline
For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a failed policy of assimilation.
Report finds 'lackadaisical' police response to Texas school shooting
Texas state lawmakers on Sunday slammed law enforcement's slow response to the shooting in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, saying more decisive action could have saved lives.
Beijing delays school reopenings after new Covid outbreak
Most children in Beijing will not return to school next week as originally planned, Chinese officials said on Saturday, after an emerging Covid-19 outbreak prompted authorities to partly reverse a decision to resume in-person teaching.
English-language students swerve UK post Brexit
At the top of Calton Hill overlooking Edinburgh and the North Sea, a visiting English language student from France is in no doubt about the view: "Amazing!" he exclaims.
University tragedy brings to light 'dinosaur' student issue
After four people died in a Bolivian university stampede, an investigation into the role of a 52-year-old student has relaunched the debate over "dinosaur" students who never graduate.
Myanmar classrooms become latest battleground as junta opens schools
Myanmar students began a new school year on Thursday, with classrooms becoming the latest battleground in the polarised country -- the junta is desperate to project normalcy and opponents want teachers and students to stay away.
Brazil bagpipe band channels sound of Scotland
It's a gorgeous day at the beach in Brazil: the bright blue ocean sparkles in the sun, the palm trees sway in the breeze and the peaceful sound of... er, bagpipes?