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9 Apr
Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completed his run across the entire length of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after traveling over 9,900 miles through 16 countries, becoming the first person to do so.
23 Dec
Beijing’s narrative pushes Taiwan to rethink its own history
23 Dec
Reporting in Gaza has been severely restricted under intense Israeli bombardment, with repeated communications blackouts and a lack of food, fuel and housing, said CPJ, adding that foreign journalists have not been able to independently access the strip for most of the war.
31 Oct
South Africa hold off New Zealand to win record fourth Rugby World Cup. Defending champions kick their way to 12-11 win after All Blacks captain Sam Cane became first player to be red-carded in a final.
10 Oct 2023
American Simone Biles won the balance beam and floor events on the final day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Sunday, increasing her record world and Olympics medals tally to 37, including 23 world golds.
9 Oct 2023
Portugal claim a first ever tournament victory, Ireland show their class with a demolition of Scotland and France win their group to set up a mouthwatering quarter-final against South Africa. Leo McGuinn is joined in the studio by Laurent Bellet to discuss all the weekend's rugby action.
9 Sep 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has extensively revised secondary school curricula, removing all mention of the country's Mughal and Muslim history, which spanned some six centuries, as well as the identity of the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi and even Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
16 Aug 2023
As Japan marks 78 years since its World War II surrender, the country is forced to reconcile the history of wartime atrocities with remembering fallen soldiers. A memorial at the Yasukuni Shrine often draws controversy.
31 May 2023
Art curator Yuliia Berdiiarova is among over one million people who have fled to Germany from Ukraine. She's now working to ensure that Ukrainian art gets its proper place in history.