
2022: a year of living dangerously
From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the overturning of abortion laws in the United States, here is a roundup of the biggest events to mark 2022.
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From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the overturning of abortion laws in the United States, here is a roundup of the biggest events to mark 2022.
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India opened its G20 presidency on Thursday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for an end to war, implicitly rebuking longstanding ally Russia for its…
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China's top Covid official and multiple cities have signaled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide…
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New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed Thursday.
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China's western Xinjiang region eased some Covid restrictions in its capital Urumqi on Monday, after a deadly fire in the city blamed on virus controls sparked…
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China's security forces detained people Monday at the scene of a rare demonstration as authorities worked to extinguish protests that flared across the country…
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Six million people were on Friday under Covid lockdown in a Chinese city home to the world's largest iPhone factory, after clashes between police and workers…
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Images of maskless crowds at the World Cup in Qatar have sparked anger in China, where people worn out by harsh Covid-19 restrictions are questioning their…
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The world will not return to "business as usual" following the pandemic alongside rocketing gas prices and forced migration in the wake of the…
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China's capital Beijing posted a record number of new Covid cases on Tuesday, with the city hunkering down under a tightening chokehold of restrictions that…
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Donald Trump's notorious Twitter account was reinstated on 19 November after the platform's new owner, Elon Musk, ran a poll in which a narrow majority of…
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There was no escalator like last time, no offensive nicknames like always, and none of the awkward dancing that sometimes features, but supporters got exactly…
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Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-Covid measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in…
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Republicans and Democrats traded final blows Monday ahead of midterm elections that could upend Joe Biden's presidency, weaken Western support for Ukraine, and…
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China's exports shrank in October, the first such decline since mid-2020, customs authorities said Monday, as a domestic slowdown and the threat of global…
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Chinese authorities imposed lockdowns on 600,000 people in the area surrounding the world's largest iPhone factory on Wednesday after workers fled to avoid a…
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Whether they realized it or not, some 7.6 billion people — 96 percent of humanity — felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months,…
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Millions of people in China were under tight Covid restrictions on Wednesday as sporadic outbreaks across the country prompted business closures and disruption…
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