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Post-war Japanese sterilisation scheme laid bare
Children as young as nine were among the 25 000 people forcibly sterilised in Japan in terms of a eugenics law that was in place
Tories to face four by-elections in coming months
Britain’s Conservative Party (or Tories, as they are also known) could be facing up to four by-elections in the coming months, as a number of
Switzerland backs carbon cuts as glaciers melt
As glaciers melt rapidly in the Swiss Alps, voters have backed a new climate bill designed to cut fossil fuel use and reach net-zero carbon
Battleship Graf Spee’s bronze eagle saved from smelting
The bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi battleship Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled off Montevideo during the Second World War, has been saved from smelting,
Thousands march in Warsaw in defence of LGBT rights
An LGBT Pride march in Warsaw on Saturday drew tens of thousands participants. The Polish government has in recent years been relatively hostile to LGBT
Earthquake rattles France
An earthquake, measured at between 5.2 and 5.8 on the Richter scale, hit France on Friday. It was felt in a number of French cities
Biden’s New Iran Nuclear Courtship
The deal being offered by President Joe Biden to Iran, according to press reports in the U.S. and Israel, isn’t the “longer and stronger” agreement
Parliament to study Francophone models
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament is to undertake a study tour to France and Belgium. This is intended to learn
Diplomatic wobbles in Warsaw
The African peace initiative for the Russia-Ukraine war has hit an early snag, as Polish authorities denied permission for South African presidential security team, and
Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame dies in US
Daniel Ellsberg, the former US military analyst whose 1971 Pentagon Papers leak shifted public perceptions of the Vietnam War and set a vital precedent for