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Harry attacks lack of royal defence for Meghan

Shawdesh desk: Prince Harry has accused the Royal Family of failing to defend his wife Meghan in the controversy over a Jeremy Clarkson newspaper column. In an ITV interview, the

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Sri Lanka crisis forcing children out of school

Ten-year-old Malki is too excited to stay in bed. She’s up an hour before her two sisters and two brothers so that she can scrape some bright red gloss off

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North Korea: What we can expect from Kim Jong-un in 2023

Shawdesh Desk: North Korea had a record-busting 2022. It fired more missiles than ever before in a single year. In fact, a quarter of all missiles North Korea has ever

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World steps into 2023 after turbulent year

Shawdesh Desk; The world’s eight billion people have been ushering in 2023, bidding farewell to a turbulent year marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi’s World Cup

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Benedict: The pope who resigned from the papacy

Benedict XVI was already 78 when he became Pope in 2005. Age and ill health quickly took their toll, prompting his resignation less than eight years later. No other pope

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Kerala: The sweet story of India’s ‘first’ Christmas cake

Shawdesh Desk; Prakash Mambally has a story to tell about the first Christmas cake made in India. In November 1883, a merchant named Murdock Brown went to the Royal Biscuit

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What the Queen’s English revealed about a changing world

Shawdesh desk: Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign meant that she saw many changes in the world around her, from rationing and pea-soupers to social media and a global pandemic. As

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‘Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj tells AFP: ‘I feel great’

Shawdesh Desk: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj told AFP on Friday that he feels “great” after being released from jail in Nepal where he served almost 20 years for murder.

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