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• Chinese government sentences a famed Uyghur scholar to life in prison, foundation says

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 79

  A prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people's folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a...

• India-Canada tensions shine light on complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora

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  The shocking accusation this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist...

• A month after Prigozhin's suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 60

  Why Yevgeny Prigozhin's private jet plummeted into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery. The Russian military leaders he tried to oust...

• Cracks in Western wall of support for Ukraine emerge as Eastern Europe, U.S. head toward elections

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 31

  Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its biggest backers for its fight against Russia is showing cracks.

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• Voice of America director resigns amid congressional corruption probe at broadcaster

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 53

  The acting director of the troubled Voice of America resigned abruptly this week amid a congressional investigation into corruption allegations at...

• Mexican president wants to meet with Biden on immigration, drug trafficking

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 26

  Mexico's top diplomat, Alicia Barcena, said Friday that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November...

• Abyss looms for besieged South Korean opposition leader

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 30

  South Koreans woke Friday to dramatic political circumstances: The firebrand leader of the country's leftist opposition party, already hospitalized...

• Catholic woman's silent prayer lawful, British police force admits; 'thoughtcrime' arrest dropped

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 26

  A Catholic woman in Britain who has twice been arrested for "praying silently in my head" near an abortion clinic had her latest charges dropped,...

• Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 25

  Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the...

• Giorgio Napolitano, former Italian president and first ex-Communist in that post, has died at 98

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 28

  Giorgio Napolitano, the first former Communist to rise to Italy's presidency and the first person to be elected twice to the mostly ceremonial...

• Yemen's southern leader renews calls for separate state at U.N.

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 24

  The head of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, an umbrella group of heavily armed and well-financed militias, said Friday that he will...

• U.S.-China rivalry reignites as new Thai government finds its footing

  23-9-2023 World Washington Times - World 25

  China's navy quietly sailed into the shallow, energy-rich Gulf of Thailand earlier this month for Blue Strike 2023, a joint naval exercise to...