Year: 2019
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Will life imitate art? Steppe queen movie makes Kazakhs wonder
The idea of a female ruler could be a hard sell in a country where many still believe a woman's…
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Grey fingers: Ageing Singapore uses gardening to fight loneliness
It has hit on the idea of getting more elderly people out of the house and into gardens to reduce…
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Tasmania’s Aboriginal groups divided over new place naming policy
Tasmania's original dual-naming policy, first adopted in 2012, gives Aboriginal names to geographical features that already have European names, so…
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Britain’s May chairs emergency session on seized tanker
The meeting of security ministers and officials discussed how to secure shipping in Iran, which is vital to the world's…
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Iran says it arrested 17 CIA spies, some sentenced to death
Iran has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country's nuclear and…
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US notes advance in Mexican migration enforcement
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported a 28% drop last month in the number of migrants encountered by Customs…
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Hotels face battle over whether to help US house migrants
There's a new target in the clash over immigration: hotels
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Military studies ‘hyperfit’ women who pass grueling courses
The goal, said McClung, is to identify the attributes — whether mental, physical or psychological — that help the women…
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Manny Pacquiao beats Keith Thurman by split decision
From his first-round knockdown punches to his tenacious 12th-round finish, Manny Pacquiao gave yet another one-sided thrashing to Father Time
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Argentina appears to be choosing corrupt populism over tough needed changes
Macri depends on voters realizing they are not better off than when they first elected him, but that they are…
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