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China’s new baby policy sparks shift in stock market

Shares of companies making nappies, buggies and infant formula have seen a boost from China’s decision to scrap its decades-old one-child policy. Investors are betting...

Court hears of transgender woman’s ordeal in male prison

A transgender woman who headbutted a bar manager will remain behind bars – but a judge in the UK has said prison officials should...

June Steenkamp to attend Pistorius re-trial

June Steenkamp has said she will be in court for the appeal against Oscar Pistorius's manslaughter conviction for killing her daughter Reeva. At the hearing...

China abolishes one-child policy

China’s ruling Communist Party has decided to abolish the country’s one-child policy and allow all couples to have two children. In recent years the country...

Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU human rights prize

A Saudi blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Muslim clerics has won the European Union’s Sakharov Prize for...

Rescuers begin to reach quake-hit areas

Survivors of magnitude 7.5 earthquake centred in a remote part of Afghanistan are pulling belongings from the rubble of their homes as rescuers begin...

Boss of South Korean ferry operator jailed after sinking

The head of a ferry operator was sentenced to seven years in prison in South Korea’s highest court over a ship sinking that killed...

China accuses US Navy of ‘provocative’ manoeuvre

China has summoned the American ambassador after a US Navy warship sailed close to an artificial island in the South China Sea. Executive Vice Minister...

Iran to attend international talks on Syria’s future

Iran has said it will attend the upcoming international talks over Syria’s future in Vienna. Iranian state TV quoted a foreign ministry spokeswoman as saying...

Survivors in quake-hit Pakistan seek help to rebuild homes

Residents in a Pakistani town that was among the worst-affected by this week’s massive earthquake are seeking help to rebuild their damaged homes. Authorities said...

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