The British Museum boasts one of the biggest collections of Chinese antiquities in the west, but it has faced repeated calls to return them to
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At least 11 killed and dozens missing as Chinese bridge collapses amid floods
Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing, state media has said. The
Two Australians and three Indonesians survive helicopter crash in Bali, officials say
Two Australians and three Indonesians have survived a tourist helicopter crash in Bali after it became entangled in a kite string, officials say. The Bell
Haiti: 40 people killed after migrant boat catches fire at sea
At least 40 people have been killed at sea after a boat carrying Haitian migrants caught fire, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince
Vietnam’s Communist leader dies aged 80 creating power vacuum
Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died aged 80, creating a power vacuum.
Caribbean leaders call for ‘Marshall plan’ to help rebuild after Hurricane Beryl
Caribbean leaders struggling to raise hundreds of millions after Hurricane Beryl wiped out entire islands have asked the UK government to back a “Marshall plan”
Colombia gives assurances over UN biodiversity summit after rebels’ threat
Colombian authorities have insisted it will be safe to attend a UN biodiversity summit in Cali later this year, after a dissident rebel group threatened
Violence against women in Brazil reaches highest levels on record
Brazil has recorded unprecedented levels of rape and other forms of gender-based violence for the second year running, amid growing concerns over rightwing efforts to
Thursday briefing: How one controversial bill has Kenya on the brink of disorder
Good morning. Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for
‘People think they’ll smell but they don’t’: building homes from mushroom waste and weeds
“People think the house would smell because the blocks are made of all-natural products, but it doesn’t smell,” says Kristine Haukongo. “Sometimes, there is a