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A group of Indigenous islanders from Australia’s Torres Strait has launched a world-first legal battle in a bid to protect

A young Asif Sultani (centre) training with friends at home in his backyard dojo “We were stopped by thieves and

This comes a day after more than three million Hindus visited the festival as India’s cases soar. BBC News Amazon

The victim was used as a replacement for another corpse, whose family wanted to avoid a burial ban. BBC News

Sharon Johal says she faced taunts and mockery of her Indian background from other castmates. BBC News Amazon Auto Links:

US envoy John Kerry will hold talks in Shanghai ahead of a climate summit hosted by President Biden. BBC News

The greater one-horned rhino came close to extinction, but its population has risen by more than 100. BBC News Amazon

Most experts say it’s a normal and safe practice but environmentalists and locals are not happy. BBC News Amazon Auto

Taiwan and Somaliland are basically fully functioning territories but neither is recognised internationally. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No products

Hundreds have been killed since February. Now, their families are telling their stories. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No products

As Britain grieves his death, so do some Pacific tribespeople who revere him as a spiritual figure. BBC News Amazon

Tropical cyclone Seroja slammed Western Australia, leaving homes destroyed and many without power before it weakened into a tropical storm.

However he later appeared to backtrack, saying his comments were a “complete misunderstanding”. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No products

The moment Hideki Matsuyama becomes first Japanese men’s major winner -10 H Matsuyama (Jpn); -9 W Zalatoris (US); -7 J

“Government planners usually think about forests just as carbon sinks. They often forget forest fires, and how they can become

Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in international aid spent, only three former Khmer Rouge have ever been sentenced –

An elephant calf has been rescued from the bottom of a dug well in India’s Odisha state. BBC News Amazon

Officials warn of a threat to lives as the tropical storm approaches Western Australia. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No

The e-commerce company Alibaba Group is fined $2.75bn for violating anti-monopoly rules. BBC News Amazon Auto Links: No products found.Amazon

The 42-year-old, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, fled her home in Myanmar, in the border district