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Post-war Japanese sterilisation scheme laid bare

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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