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Russian FM Lavrov gave a Very Tough interview to a BBC journalist

The 2022 Gaokao or college entrance exams, lasted 4 days and ended on June 10th. A record number of students attended the exam and many students and parents are confused as to why this year’s exams are so difficult.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the West, saying the days of a unipolar world led by the United States were over. In a speech full of grievances at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said what he called the West's economic...

For the most part of the 21st century, Israel and Gaza have been at war with each other; full with abductions, nationwide blockades, hunger strikes, and over 10,000 missiles shot across borders into both military bases as much as civilian settings. Still,...

With the launch of the Fujian on June 17, 2022, China unveiled its first home-designed aircraft carrier – a hi-tech vessel meant to counter the new Gerald R Ford-class of American aircraft carriers currently in operations.

Protesters in India have clashed with police during rallies against a new military recruitment scheme. Dozens of people were detained on June 19, 2022, as police used batons and tear gas to disperse protesters who had taken to the streets and damaged gove...

North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal disease, state media reported on Sunday.

What Thailand’s legalization of marijuana means for Southeast Asia's war on drugs

It will take a lot of work to repair this damage and, in many places, the river has permanently moved meaning new roads will have to be built using new routes.

Joe Biden falls off bike while cycling in Delaware

Japan’s parliament has passed a bill imposing tougher penalties for online insults. The amendment of the penal code will take effect in late 2022, with offenders subject to prison time of up to a year, or a 300,000 yen (US$2,228) fine.

India is under massive pressure to break relations with Russia over the war in Ukraine. But can it afford to do so – and does it even want to? In Part 1 of “India’s Choice,” a special series on India’s geopolitical dilemmas, DW’s Richard Walker explain...

Why Sri Lanka is Collapsing: the Coming Global Food Crisis

What Turkey's New Gas Discovery Really Means

Millions of consumers and small business owners in Indonesia have been rattled for months by surging cooking oil prices. Soaring prices have been triggered by a jump in demand for palm oil, particularly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two European...