Millions missing from population surveys, study says

Millions of people around the world are missing from official population surveys, leaving governments uninformed about the countries they rule, according to a new study.

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Why Russia&s imperial past shapes its present and haunts its neighbours

These days, empires rarely admit they are empires. They speak of civilisation, of security, of shared history & all while projecting power and extracting obedience. Most European empires disintegrated in the second half of the 20th century, and European nations quickly discarded much, if not quite all, of the imperialist mindset.

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Israeli attacks kill 44 Palestinians in Gaza as UN warns water shortage reaching crisis point

Israeli fire killed at least 44 Palestinians in Gaza on Friday, many who were seeking food aid, local officials said, while the United Nations' children's agency said the scarcity of drinking water was at a crisis point.

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Seven people injured as tram derails and crashes into pizzeria in Sweden

A tram derailed and crashed into a pizzeria in southwestern Sweden late on Thursday, injuring seven people including the driver.

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Pope Leo warns AI could put children&s intellectual and spiritual development at risk

Pope Leo XIV has warned that artificial intelligence could affect the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people as he pressed one of the priorities of his young pontificate.

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MANILA - China&s coast guard said it drove away a Philippine ship around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the latest friction in a longstanding rivalry in the strategic waterway.

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