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A view shows a building on fire, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, in this handout picture released on July 31, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv Region/Handout via REUTERS

Blood, treasure and chaos: the cost of Russia's war in Ukraine

Since the war began, 5,587 civilians have been recorded as killed and 7,890 as injured, though the actual casualties are much higher, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/File

What charges might Trump face for having classified documents?

An exterior view of China Evergrande Centre in Hong Kong, China March 26, 2018. Photo :Reuters

Explainer: What's next for China Evergrande after a restructuring proposal?

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Monkeypox: How concerned should we be?

Explainer: Why the US stock market is tumbling in 2022

Explainer: Why the US stock market is tumbling in 2022

A voter has a finger inked after casting a ballot at a polling precinct during the national elections in Manila, Philippines, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

What's at stake in the Philippines election?

Representational image. Picture: Collected

Soaring gold and black gold: How Russo-Ukraine war affects gold, oil prices

Demonstrators apply a sticker on a passing car during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Sri Lanka's reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss

A health worker prepares a booster dose of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, as vaccinations jump in Italy after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers, in Rome, Italy. Photo: Reuters

Why we can’t ‘boost’ our way out of the Covid-19 pandemic for the long term

A Ukrainian flag, a larger flag planted amid 500 smaller Ukrainian flags in a park, flies in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, US, March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Why did the United States resettle only 12 Ukrainian refugees in March?

A combination picture shows portraits of the two candidates running for the second round in the 2022 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election. Pictures taken February 5, 2022 (L) and April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West

A shopkeeper tunes a television screen to watch the speech of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, at his shop in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

What political upheaval in Pakistan means for rest of the world

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Why many Indian states declared ‘The Kashmir Files’ tax-free