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China summons Japanese ambassador over Abe’s Taiwan comments (Al Jazeera)

China’s foreign ministry summoned Japan’s ambassador in Beijing for an “emergency meeting” on Wednesday evening after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said neither...

US defence secretary condemns China hypersonic missile tests (Al Jazeera)

The US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region”, promising that the United States would...

Bangladesh mayor arrested for refusing mural of PM’s father (Al Jazeera)

A Bangladesh mayor who has refused to permit a mural depicting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father on religious grounds has been arrested, police say. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was...

Why India is witnessing spike in attacks on Christians, churches (Neel Madhav, Alishan Jafri, Al Jazeera)

In late October, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and invited Pope Francis to India, the country with the second-largest Christian population in Asia. However, in a...

UN launches record humanitarian appeal for 2022 as needs soar (Al Jazeera)

The UN has warned that the need for humanitarian aid is skyrocketing worldwide and will reach an all-time high next year, as the pandemic,...

Turkey’s Erdogan replaces finance minister amid economic turmoil (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has replaced the country’s finance minister after weeks of economic turmoil in which inflation soared as the lira plummeted...

Why thousands of Iraqi Kurds risk their lives to reach Europe (Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera)

Asos Hassan is among thousands of people from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq who have risked their lives trying to reach Europe...

Autonomous trucks can drastically cut emissions (Here’s how) (Greg Nichols, ZDNet)

Can autonomous vehicles lower the carbon footprint of the transportation and shipping sector? According to a new environmental impact evaluation, the answer seems to...

Fiverr announces partnership with Stride Health to help US freelancers gain access to health insurance (Jonathan Greig, ZDNet)

Fiverr is partnering with Stride Health to help freelancers gain access to health, dental, and vision insurance. Stride said it will offer Fiverr users personalized...

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