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Millions Of Chinese Students Start Exams In Biggest 'Gaokao' Ever

Students exchange high-fives and hugs with parents, teachers and each other before entering testing centres
Mothers in crimson dresses and fathers clutching umbrellas huddled together in drizzly Beijing after sending their children into an exam hall on Friday, the first day of China's biggest "gaokao" tests that will shape the futures of millions of high school kids.
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The US trade deficit came in at $74.6 billion in April, widening from March's level, according to government data

US Trade Gap Widens To Largest In 18 Months

The US trade deficit expanded slightly less than analysts expected in April, to the widest since late 2022, as imports rose more quickly than exports, according to government data released Thursday.
AFP news Jun 07, 2024
It may be the last D-Day commemoration for some time

Western Leaders Remember D-Day Under Ukraine Shadow

Western leaders were Thursday to remember the 1944 World War II D-Day landings in northern France to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation, mindful of the over two-year war raging again in Europe after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Jun 06, 2024
The Australian and Aboriginal flags flew on Sydney Harbour Bridge

1 In 10 Aboriginal Children Placed Under State Care, Finds Report

While tabling the Holding on to Our Future report in the South Australia parliament, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People April Lawrie pointed to the "institutional racism" practiced by the state in separating Aboriginal children from their families and communities.
Vidhya CK Jun 05, 2024
On May 25, millions hit the streets to demand steps to limit overtourism

'It's Too Much': Spain's Balearic Isles Battle Overtourism

Every year, nearly 800,000 tourists wander through the alleys of Binibeca Vell, a tiny whitewashed village nicknamed "the Spanish Mykonos" for its resemblance to the famous Greek island which attracts huge crowds of visitors.
Jun 05, 2024
Sunak has faced an uphill battle since calling the election in the rain on May 22

UK Leaders Clash In TV Debate As Farage Enters Election Fray

The leaders of Britain's two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday, a month before voters go to the polls and with predictions of a record win for the main opposition Labour party.
Jun 05, 2024
US President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border in February

Biden Set For Mexican Border Curbs With Eye On Trump

President Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday that he will temporarily close the US-Mexican border to migrants whenever numbers of illegal crossings become excessive, in a dramatic bid to address one of his political weak spots in the reelection battle against Donald Trump.
AFP news Jun 04, 2024
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NSW Mental Health Care Services To Get Boost Of AU$111M

A parliamentary inquiry into mental health care across NSW has also recommended improved mental health training for police officers and exploring options of them to become second responders in such health crises.
Vidhya CK Jun 04, 2024
Polling officials carry electronic voting machines at a counting centre in Mumbai on June 4

Modi Eyes Victory As India Counts Epic Vote

Vote counting was underway in India's election Tuesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but assured victory for his Hindu nationalist agenda that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights.
Jun 04, 2024
Donald Trump has used aggressive rhetoric, including talk about 'the enemy within,' while campaigning for a second term as US president

'Enemy Within': Trump Rhetoric Rings Alarm Bells

The language sounds like something from an authoritarian state or the US anti-communist purges of the 1950s, but Donald Trump is increasingly focused on one target: "the enemy within."
Jun 04, 2024
Farage led the celebrations for pro-Brexit supporters when the UK left the EU in 2020

Nigel Farage: Eighth Time Lucky For Brexit Figurehead?

Nigel Farage, who announced on Monday an eighth bid to become a British MP, has risen from fringe eurosceptic rabble-rouser to an attention-grabbing figurehead who wants to "reshape" right-wing UK politics.
Jun 04, 2024
First Lady Jill Biden attends the trial of her son Hunter Biden in Delaware

Biden's Son Hunter Stands Trial On Gun Charge

Hunter Biden, the long-troubled son of Joe Biden, went on trial Monday on gun charges in a historic first prosecution of a sitting president's child -- and potential threat to his father's reelection.
Jun 04, 2024
The landings were the biggest naval operation ever undertaken

As War Again Shakes Europe, Leaders Mark 80 Years Since D-Day

Western leaders will this week mark on the beaches of northern France 80 years since Allied troops surged into Nazi occupied Europe in the World War II D-Day landings, haunted by the war again raging on the continent as Ukraine battles Russian invasion.
Jun 03, 2024

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