Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions?
Rising numbers of older people across the continent are straining budgets and making for some difficult political decisions...
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Rising numbers of older people across the continent are straining budgets and making for some difficult political decisions...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
US state sues Trump over ICE raids after fatal shooting of mother of three sparks nationwide protests....
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US sanctions have damaged Iran's economy, which was the reason the protests broke out in the first place....
Activists report that more than 2,400 people have been killed in Iranâs crackdown on nationwide protests, according to updated figures from the Human Rights Activist News Agency, which says most of th...
With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...