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Philippines braces to evacuate its workers in Iraq, Iran

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy its aircraft and ships “at any moment’s notice” to evacuate thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq and Iran, reflecting Asia’s growing fears for its citizens amid a potential outbreak of violence in the Middle East. Other Asian nations with large populations of expatriate labour […]
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For Afghan Sikhs, it’s between violence and exodus

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A brutal attack on Wednesday targeting a 400-year-old gurdwara in Kabul claimed 25 lives, including two minors and three women, further terrorising Afghanistan’s already dwindling minority Sikh community. “They had gathered for the morning prayers organised specifically for the nation that was hit by the coronavirus outbreak. They made mannat from god to help the […]
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Google Doodle celebrates Junko Tabei, first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest

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Google is celebrating today the birth anniversary of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who was the first woman to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. The Google page opened to an animated figure jumping across seven mountains, highlighting the fact that Tabei was the first woman to complete the “Seven Summits,” scaling the highest peak […]

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