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

The film's maker claimed it to be a depiction of the "truth of Kashmir"; opposition parties in India, on the other hand, have dismissed the film as a "propaganda tool" of...

An armoured personnel carrier is seen during tactical exercises, which are conducted by the Ukrainian National Guard, Armed Forces, special operations units and simulate a crisis situation in an urban settlement, in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, 4 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Explainer: Why Russia and Ukraine are fighting for Chernobyl disaster site

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, near the town of Kingisepp, Leningrad region, Russia, June 5, 2019. REUTERS

Suspension, sanctions, lawsuits: Germany's Nord Stream 2 headache

A view shows a Russian rouble coin and a US dollar banknote in this picture. Photo :Reuters

Western sanctions on banks only scratch surface of Fortress Russia

Britain's Prince Andrew, who was accompanying Queen Elizabeth, visits The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn to open the new Ashworth Centre, and re-open the recently renovated Great Hall, in London, Britain, December 13, 2018. Photo :Reuters

What we know about Prince Andrew's settlement with Virginia Giuffre

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How the next Election Commission will be formed

An armoured personnel carrier is seen near the mayor's office during protests triggered by fuel price increase in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022. Photo :Reuters

Explainer: Why a niche fuel market reform triggered major Kazakh protests

Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister of the northeastern state of Nagaland, places a wreath on a coffin during a mass funeral of civilians who were mistakenly killed by security forces, in Mon district of Nagaland, India, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Killings expose special powers of Indian security forces

Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a statement after a final round of coalition talks to form a new government, in Berlin, Germany, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

What has to happen before Germany's new chancellor takes power?

FILE PHOTO: A police officer drives past a refinery in the industrial east end in Pasadena, Texas, US, September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

How a global carbon market could accelerate net-zero

A voter casts a ballot in the lower house election at a polling station, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan October 31, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Explainer: Why Japan's election is a bigger deal than it looks

A demonstrator holds up a sign as he attends a Fridays for Future climate strike in Milan, Italy ahead of Glasgow's COP26 meeting. Picture taken on October 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters

From Paris to Glasgow: cutting through climate jargon

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Factbox: What is happening in Sudan?