‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches

‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches

Church leaders and members detained as government tightens controls on underground Christian gatheringsThe knocks came at 2am. Hiding out at a friend’s house in a Beijing suburb, Gao Yingjia and his...

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Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online

Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online

Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrationsRare footage of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) general who defied orders to lead his...

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Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad

Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad

Son of jailed former Brazilian president says spokesperson for ‘national symbol’ sandals is ‘openly left wing’Leaderless since its figurehead was jailed for attempting a coup, Brazil’s far right has...

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60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prisonA 60 Minutes episode investigating a brutal prison in El Salvador, which CBS News’s...

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Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending

Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending

Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out The notion of humanitarian aid being used to combat poverty...

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Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection

Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection

New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objectsIt’s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn’t know. But unanswered questions and...

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