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A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday. Workers had erected barricades around the monument late Wednesday. (Image credit: Lam Chun Tung/AP)

Investigative report on former spy chief revealing secrets to a woman with whom he was having an affair and her husband draws criticism, but also support from pro-Netanyahu pundits

The new series ‘Passports to Freedom,’ as well as Yad Vashem, credit Aracy de Carvalho with saving Jews during the Holocaust — but historians suggest otherwise

COVID cases in Japan fell more than 99% from the last peak. Unlike previous infection waves, and countries in similar situations, it’s largely staying there. Experts are struggling to explain why.

Piñatas are a common element in parties across different countries, but especially in Mexico around Christmas time, and the story of their origin combines cultures, traditions and religions. (Image credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

South Korea’s largest private gas provider SK E&S Co. is facing legal action from a climate activist group alleging that it falsely advertised the green credentials of a project in Australia. Solutions for Our Climate said it’s bringing a claim

University of Washington research predicts the omicron wave will infect more than 400,000 people a day in the U.S. when it crests in about six weeks. (Image credit: Marta Lavandier/AP)

US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 20, during the lead up to the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan 10

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that “blanket” COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes were “likely to prolong the pandemic”.

A former US senator and his wife have been taken to hospital after their $5.5m mansion was destroyed in a fire.