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Australian museum recovers Egyptian artefacts after break-in

Australian museum recovers Egyptian artefacts after break-in

Australian police have recovered a trove of stolen Egyptian artefacts and charged a 52-year-old man with a nighttime smash-and-grab at a museum.

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India forced to defend US trade deal as doubts mount

India forced to defend US trade deal as doubts mount

India is scrambling to defend a new trade deal with the United States that critics have branded as a surrender to Washington, as countries navigate the fallout from President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

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Bitter pill: Taliban govt shakes up Afghan medicine market

Bitter pill: Taliban govt shakes up Afghan medicine market

Afghanistan's decision to overhaul its medicine market was meant to improve quality and boost domestic production, but industry specialists say the swift changes have led to a litany of problems.

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Crunch time for Real Madrid's Mbappe-Vinicius partnership

Crunch time for Real Madrid's Mbappe-Vinicius partnership

French superstar Kylian Mbappe is poised to return for Real Madrid's Champions League play-off clash at Benfica on Tuesday after resting at the weekend.

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Rio Carnival parades kick off with divisive ode to Lula in election year

Rio Carnival parades kick off with divisive ode to Lula in election year

A colossal metallic robot depicting Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva towered over Rio de Janeiro's famed Sambadrome avenue on Sunday night, in a Carnival parade that has drawn fire for its tribute to a sitting president in an election year.

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Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people

Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people

Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.

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Asian markets sluggish as Lunar New Year holiday looms

Asian markets sluggish as Lunar New Year holiday looms

Asian markets were subdued on Monday, as the extended Lunar New Year holiday approached and Japan reported lacklustre economic growth.

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'Pure extortion': foreign workers face violence and exploitation in Croatia

'Pure extortion': foreign workers face violence and exploitation in Croatia

When DD left his home in India for Croatia last year, he expected his food delivery work to be hard, with long hours and low pay. He did not expect to be spat at in the street.

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Nepal launches campaigns for first post-uprising polls

Nepal launches campaigns for first post-uprising polls

Nepali candidates launch their campaigns on Monday for next month's parliamentary elections, the first since deadly anti‑corruption protests toppled the previous government in 2025.

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Kim unveils homes for kin of N. Korean troops killed aiding Russia: KCNA

Kim unveils homes for kin of N. Korean troops killed aiding Russia: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touted a newly built street of flats for families of soldiers killed supporting Russia's war against Ukraine, state media reported Monday, with photos showing him accompanied by his daughter.

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