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Demonstrators in Beijing hold blank pieces of paper

Blank paper becomes the symbol of rare demonstrations

As dusk fell on Shanghai on Sunday evening, some of those who gathered at a vigil to remember the victims of a fire that catalysed the demonstrations… Read more

 Officers charged after black man paralysed in van

Officers charged after black man paralysed in van

Randy Cox was being driven to a police station in New Haven when the driver braked hard, causing him to be flung headfirst against the van's rear… Read more

Symbols of the protests  like Urumqi Road  are being held outside overseas embassies in protest

How China's Covid protests are being silenced

Demonstrations erupted across the country at the weekend in response to strict anti-Covid measures that have been in place… Read more

Protesters have demanded justice for Shraddha Walkar

India gripped by gruesome 'fridge murder'

Police in the capital, Delhi, have arrested a young man - Aftab Poonawala - on allegations of murdering his live-in partner of three years.

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Some of the mothers present at the meeting with Vladimir Putin wore black headscarves - a symbol of mourning

Putin tells Russian soldiers' mothers he shares their pain

"Nothing can replace the loss of a son", he said in his opening remarks, shown on Russian state media.

Several… Read more

A Kosovan car with a Serbian sticker on its number plate

EU defuses tensions over Kosovo car number plates

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted "We have a deal!" and said both sides would strive to normalise relations. Kosovo declared… Read more

Fire and rescue workers attend a building hit by a missile in central Kyiv

Zelensky denounces Russian 'terror' in UN address

He told the UN Security Council via videolink that the Russian "formula of terror" had forced "millions of people to stay… Read more

Robert Mugabe was president

Zimbabwe without Robert Mugabe What has changed?

"I mind my own business," one street vendor tells the BBC, who does not want to be named. "People who speak their minds… Read more