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Beijing recently pulled the plug on a planned initial public by Ant Group Co, an Alibaba affiliate also founded by Ma.

Driven higher by rising food and home prices, the consumer price index rose 4.4% last month compared to a year earlier.

There are clear measures that can be taken to dismantle financial secrecy. All that is needed is political will.

UEFA's head urges FIFA not to push for vote on a biennial World Cup, saying the idea is detrimental to clubs' existence.

Past winners of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought include Mandela, Venezuela's opposition, and Malala Yousafzai.

Surgeons successfully attach a pig's kidney to a human body in a potentially key advance for medicine.

London-based Guernica 37 legal team argues key figures in Saudi Arabia, UAE were complicit in crimes against humanity.

Campaigners seek ban on PR that distorts oil industry's true impact on the environment.

A Samaritan community in the occupied West Bank has more men than women so hopes Ukraine can solve its marriage crisis.

More reopenings are being planned as people continue to get vaccinated, but authorities expect a new surge in cases.

An exclusive investigation exposes how US gun laws have failed to prevent domestic abusers from killing their partners.

Air raids hit Mekelle for the second time this week amid sharp escalation in near yearlong conflict.

Throughout his career, Powell did a swell job of rallying and maintaining bipartisan support for imperial killing.

President Duterte under UN pressure to investigate allegations of systematic murders of drug suspects amid ICC probe.

Moscow welcomes the Taliban for international talks on Afghanistan but stops short of officially recognising the group.

Several school children reportedly among the victims of shelling on the city in rebel-held region of northwestern Syria.

The #EndSARS protests were a true revolutionary moment for young Nigerians. But can they keep the revolution going?

Female Nigerians arrested during protests against police brutality remain traumatised while waiting for justice.

UNEP's Production Gap report finds countries plan to produce some 110 percent more fossil fuels in 2030.

A look at Hungary and Myanmar and how they expose some of democracy’s different vulnerabilities.

How Radio Alhara is taking a grassroots approach to shaping a new landscape for protest, culture and local journalism.

Bankers have slashed Ant's valuation from $280bn to as low as $78bn as it is slammed with myriad restrictions.

No immediate reports of casualties, damage after the volcano spewed plumes of ash 3.5km high.

Several days of enormous flooding and devastating landslides sweep away roads and houses in the two nations.

Government backs down from ambitious plans to become world's first completely organic farming nation.

Oil hit multi-year highs on the back of a global coal and gas crunch that drove a switch to oil for power generation.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at its annual conference on October 28, but it could be sooner.

Spate of suspected rebel attacks and crackdown by Indian forces since early October leaves 33 people dead in the region.

Australian think tank urges probe in China's Xinjiang following allegations of Uighur repression.

The flame travelled to the Chinese capital in a red lantern designed in the likeness of a Han Dynasty tomb artefact.

Awami League plans series of rallies over next two weeks after one of the country's worst bouts of religious violence.

Draft report says president was 'principally responsible' for errors over pandemic that cost thousands of lives.

State media says the test, the eighth this year, was 'successful' as US urges Pyongyang to refrain from 'provocations'.

The streaming giant topped projections, adding 4.38 million subscribers from July to September.

Israel moving towards 'over-policing and surveillance' under pretext of curbing high crime rate, Palestinians say.

In the latest milestone for the industry, an easy-to-trade fund tied to Bitcoin began trading on Tuesday.

The social media titan will pay as much as $14.3 million in separate settlement agreements, the US government said.

Ankara blasts the European Commission report as based on 'unfair criticisms and baseless claims'.

Nisreen Abu Kmail was denied the permit to enter Gaza because she holds Israeli identification.

Violence, looting, road blockades, armed gangs pose increasing obstacles to humanitarian aid for impoverished nation.

Meanwhile, United States benchmark crude closed at a fresh seven-year high.

The unvaccinated in the United States face potential job loss as inoculation mandates sweep the land.

Moscow has broken off diplomatic ties with the security alliance after spying allegations.

Deputy United States Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said it is essential to maintain US sanctions against the Taliban.

Beirut blast judge continues to pursue political leaders despite Lebanese politicians trying to remove him.

The UN secretary-general's proposal for a 2023 summit of the future merits the world's highest consideration.

Hundreds of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi supporters protest against 'fraud' and call for a recount of the October 10 vote.

At least 41 killed and dozens missing after heavy rains triggered landslides and flash flooding.

Aid groups say poor water infrastructure and climate change exacerbating existing humanitarian crisis in Syria.