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What Makes a Good Mother?
It is only in the modern era that women’s own experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering begins to be widely recorded, and here,…
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How to Kill a Fish
A full week later, when I unwrapped the bonito fillets that Yamasaki had sent me home with, I was amazed to find the skin undiminished,…
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Who Are the AWFULs? Trump Hates Them, So They’re Doing Something Right
Nomenclature is potent. Donald Trump loves a nickname, and there is power in naming things. Once a thing has a name, it can be…
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A look at some of Europe’s deadliest train accidents in recent years
MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150, according to…
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Vietnam opens pivotal Communist Party meeting to pick top leaders
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party on Monday opened its National Congress, a closely watched political gathering that will determine the…
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Death toll rises to 39 after high-speed train crash in Spain
The death toll following a high-speed train crash in southern Spain has risen to at least 39, state broadcaster RTVE reported on Monday,…
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Thailand approves US$2 billion PCB manufacturing investment by joint venture
Thailand’s investment board said on Monday (Jan 19) it had approved an investment worth US$2.08 billion by a joint venture led by Taiwan’s…
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China's birth rate drops to record low
China recorded its lowest birth rate on record in 2025, the statistics office in Beijing reported on Monday. The rate fell to 5.63 births…
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How the high-speed train crash in southern Spain unfolded: ‘Felt like an earthquake’
At least 39 people were killed and dozens more injured after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday evening, in one of…
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Singapore bourse targets global macro funds in Japan rates push
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will introduce futures on longer-dated Japanese government bonds as trading in the world’s third-biggest debt…
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Arctic attack to start the week, another to finish and it may come with snow
A cold weekend is in the books. The weekend started with an arctic attack that generated snow flurries and kept highs below freezing…
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GKE to expand storage and logistics operations to Dubai by 2028
The new facility aims to serve MNCs from the chemical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries GKE Corporation is…
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China’s aluminium output hits record, steel below one billion tonnes
CHINESE aluminium output rose to an all-time high last year, climbing above the country’s capacity limit, while steel fell to a seven-year…
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Social media posts on deadly crane collapse in Thailand share AI-generated image
At least 32 people were killed by a crane that collapsed over a passenger train in Thailand in January 2026. An image spread online with a…
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My children were recruited in a trafficking scam. I joined a police hunt to find them
Foday Musa looked broken as he listened to the last voice message he received from his son. It is 76 seconds long and the young man sounds…
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Japan's looming election heightens chance of sales tax cut
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Japan's expected snap general election is increasingly likely to lead to a cut in the…
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British leader tells Trump that tariffs on Europe over Greenland are 'wrong'
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Trump on Sunday that it is "wrong" to impose tariffs on European nations that refuse to…
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Sovereign wealth funds join clamour for private credit in EMs
A record wave of private credit deals across emerging markets (EMs) looks set to extend this year, with a host of institutional and…
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Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body
Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi…
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IDF deploys soldiers, tank, attack helicopter to remove threat from Israel-Lebanon border
According to the military, activity in the area is currently ongoing and it is in contact with with the relevant authorities to provide…
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More than 60 Labour MPs urge PM to ban social media for under-16s
More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms. In a open letter…
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Gov’t tells High Court it lacks authority to order state inquiry into October 7 failures
The government told Israel’s High Court of Justice it has no authority to compel a state commission of inquiry into the October 7…
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Three new F-35 jets arrive in Israel, air force fleet grows to 48 aircraft
These three aircraft are part of a long-standing deal spread over a period of years to raise Israel's fleet from 25 to 50 F-35s. The IDF…
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Court jails Palestinian man for spitting on female IDF officer on bus, entering Israel illegaly
According to police, Muhammad sat on a bus beside a reservist officer in uniform, played loud music, and after she moved seats, he…