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Austrian centre-right poster boy Sebastian Kurz looks set to lead the next government
World
26.05.2024
Centre-right favourites in Austria poll despite ex-allies' scandals
Pro-life and pro-choice activists staged several protests before the bill on abortion was passed
World
26.05.2024
Last Australian state decriminalises abortion
Kate Webb, who was born in New Zealand, earned a reputation for bravery while covering the Vietnam War and other historic events in Asia during a career spanning four decades
World
26.05.2024
AFP launches 2019 Kate Webb Prize for Asian journalists
'We have swallowed our shame': Belen Boureima, 74, and members of his family
World
26.05.2024
Flee or die: The cruel choice in jihad-hit Burkina Faso
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Previously, abortion up until 12 weeks has only been legal in Mexico City
World 26.05.2024
Oaxaca becomes second Mexican state to decriminalize abortion
Mexico is still haunted by "the 43," a case that drew international condemnation and stained the government of ex-president Enrique Pena Nieto
World 26.05.2024
Five years on, 43 missing students still haunt Mexico
This picture shows an Airbus A-320 of the Iberia airline during take-off on September 24, 2019 at the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany.
World 26.05.2024
Airbus hit by series of cyber attacks on suppliers
Both Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Beijing have ruled out any further concessions to protesters
World 26.05.2024
Embattled Hong Kong leader set for town hall meeting
A building goes up in flames in Jakarta as a protester hurls rocks at police during violent demonstrations against the government's proposed change to the criminal code
World 26.05.2024
Indonesia braces for more violence after law-change protests
US director of National Drug Control Policy Jim Carroll says he is 'convinced' China wants to combat opioid trafficking
World 26.05.2024
US says China agrees 'full cooperation' against fentanyl
Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (left) and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar take part in a presidential debate at Tolo News TV station in Kabul. Current President Ashraf Ghani faced derision when he declined to particpate
World 26.05.2024
Little hope for peace as Afghans prepare for weekend vote
Strongman Khalifa Haftar, field marshal of the self-styled Libyan National Army, has rejected repeated calls by the United Nations for resumed peace talks
World 26.05.2024
Libyan strongman Haftar says open to dialogue
The first gay pride event in Beirut was held in 2017 but consisted mostly of conferences and workshops, whereas the opening of this year's edition had been due to be a concert at on of the capital's best known venues
World 26.05.2024
Clerics force cancellation of Beirut gay pride opening
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