Govt to re-measure Mount Everest height
The Indian government has announced it will measure the height of Mount Everest for the second time to assess whether it changed as a result of the 20
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Anti-Rhodes activist turns Rhodes scholar
A South African activist who campaigned to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes has been given a place at Oxford – as a Rhodes scholar. Joshua Nott,
Govt hits back at US over South China Sea claims
China has asserted its “indisputable sovereignty” over parts of the South China Sea after the Trump administration vowed to prevent China
Foreign powers back truce deal
Russia and regional powers Turkey and Iran backed a shaky truce between Syria’s warring parties on Tuesday and agreed to monitor its compliance,
2,500 more settler homes planned for W/Bank
Israel has announced plans to build 2,500 more homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Min