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April 18, 2026
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A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.
They grew up amid olive groves in southern Lebanon. The son of one married the other's daughter. Now they're living temporarily in a vacant building in central Beirut, displaced many times.
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.
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Protests, courts, rights, migration, media freedom, and civic life.
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A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.
They grew up amid olive groves in southern Lebanon. The son of one married the other's daughter. Now they're living temporarily in a vacant building in central Beirut, displaced many times.
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.
Experts who spent months negotiating a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say mutual mistrust, starkly different negotiating styles, and the complexity of the issues make a quick deal unlikely.
The tragic incident took place on April 8 at about 10.30am during a practical examination.
The study indicates that the river, around 6.6 million years ago, began to flow into a large depression in the Earth's surface, called a basin, forming a wide and shallow lake east of where the Grand Canyon later took sh...
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BBC World
Public broadcaster
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BBC Asia
Regional desk
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Reuters World
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Al Jazeera English
International broadcaster
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The Guardian World
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National daily
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Dawn
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Rappler
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National daily
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China Daily World
State-backed daily
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Radio Free Asia
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Deutsche Welle Asia
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France 24 Asia-Pacific
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