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The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for all government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers…

A week of fierce demonstrations in Georgia has seen special forces violently handling protesters who are challenging the government’s controversial decision to…

A Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia has come under the control of alleged pirates, a European Union anti-piracy force…

An American man abducted in the Philippines is presumed dead after a witness claimed he was shot during a struggle with his…

Ghanaians will go to the polls on Saturday to elect their next president, as the West African country grapples with its worst…

Five sets of ancestral remains from Australia that had been in German museum collections since the 19th century were handed back at…

Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds…

Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the first round of the country’s 2024 presidential election process, which was narrowly won by far-right ultranationalist…

Hundreds of people appear to have fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight into Friday, as anti-regime rebels push further south…

Catherine, Princess of Wales has penned a moving letter about love and empathy to those attending her “Together At Christmas” carol service…