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Israel stepped up its offensive on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas, pounding neighbourhoods with airstrikes and expanding the mobilisation of reservists. The military said it had regained effective control over the Gaza border and areas Hamas attacked in the south of Israel.The war, which has claimed at […]

The construction of a major new dam on the Mekong River in Laos is causing widespread concern. The small country of 7.5 million inhabitants aspires to become the leading low-carbon energy producer in southeast Asia. Since the 2000s, some 80 hydroelectric power plants have been built along the Mekong and its tributaries. However, this new

 A dozen people were wounded, including a 27-year-old woman and her 9-month-old baby, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, its governor said on Sunday. According to the region’s administration, Russian forces have carried out 59 attacks over the past 24 hours on Kherson, including 19 instances of shelling of Kherson