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Pope ‘won’t say a word’ on charge he didn’t act on abuse, and mass grave in Sri Lanka

Another American aid cut for Palestinians, and a beloved politician passes away.

Once atheist, Russia now books people for religious jokes, and crises aplenty for Trump

Warming hits Arctic's 'last bastion', and a 'green' Haj. 

Aung San Suu Kyi’s silence on Rohingya costs her another honour, and Iran’s threat to US

Facebook has taken down 652 pages identified as misinformation threats, and Serena Williams is highest-earning female athlete.

Rockets attack Afganistan presidential palace, and Usain Bolt’s new career

Iran claims to have made its first indigenous fighter jet, and drones take on cocaine in Colombia.

Why Australia has detained 119 kids on an island, and ‘cyberbullying’ in the White House

Microsoft claims to have thwarted Russian bid to hack the US Senate, and Beijing defies Washington to continue Iran oil imports.

Afghan President seeks ceasefire with Taliban, and China’s talking sex dolls

A minister in New Zealand cycled to hospital to give birth, and emus are raiding a town in drought-hit Australia region.

Soul queen Aretha Franklin passes away at 76, US says press not ‘enemy of the people’

A reunion for families separated by the Korean war 68 years ago, and why Indonesia is hiding a river. 

The biggest political spender on Google ads, and why Nepal is gifting rhinos to China

China launches contest to name its latest lunar probe, and 12-month emergency in Italy region after deadly motorway collapse.

US media unites against Donald Trump attack, and another sex abuse ‘cover-up’

A migrant ship with pregnant women and children is stranded at sea, and a surprise discovery in Berlin.

Taliban wages deadly battle for Afghan city, and France set to ban phones in schools

Pope Francis' 'patchy' crackdown on sexual abuse, and Iran's Supreme Leader is not pleased with President Hassan Rouhani.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.