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Hong Kong to further relax Covid-19 restrictions ‘soon’: city leader

Strict quarantine policies have weakened economy, increased brain drain

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Hackers breach Kiwi Farms website known for anti-trans campaigns

This follows dropping of forum by internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare

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New Iran protests over woman’s death after ‘morality police’ arrest

Protesters march down Hijab Street chanting slogans, removing headscarves

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Ecuadoran prosecutor known for probing hate crimes murdered

Report says Edgar Escobar shot outside his office, two suspects arrested

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UN chief warns education becoming ‘great divider’

Antonio Guterres appeals to Taliban to lift restrictions on girls’ access to secondary schooling

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Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty: state TV

Notoriously authoritarian nation passes law against capital punishment

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Politics back as UK’s new PM Truss makes debut trip to UN

She is set to reiterate support for Ukraine, push to end energy dependence on Russia

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Brazil reports more Amazon fires so far this year than all of 2021

Average annual deforestation sees 75% spike compared to previous decade

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China says Biden’s Taiwan remarks ‘severely violate’ US policy over island 

His comments send ‘seriously erroneous signal’ to separatist forces, says Beijing

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US, Taliban conduct prisoner swap

Group releases navy vet detained in 2020 for Afghan ally imprisoned for 17 years

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Kremlin says claims on mass graves in Ukraine are ‘lies’

Spokesman bins allegations of burial site with bodies showing signs of violent death

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Sources say US Navy fugitive Fat Leonard sighted in Venezuela: journalists

Project Brazen co-founders relay information saying he fled there with his son

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Britain, world bid adieu to Queen Elizabeth II

Funeral lasted just under an hour