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Iran braces for new demos after Mahsa Amini death
Iran braces for new demos after Mahsa Amini death

Demonstrators are expected to take to streets across Iran again Saturday over Mahsa Amini despite internet cuts, as the protest movement sparked by outrage over her death in custody enters a fifth week. Online monitor NetBlocks on Saturday reported a "new major disruption to internet traffic in #Iran" from around 10:00 am (0630 GMT).

UK's new finance minister admits taxes to rise as PM reels
UK's new finance minister admits taxes to rise as PM reels

Britain's new finance minister Saturday warned of looming tax hikes as he admitted to "mistakes" made in a disastrous budget that still threatens to bring down Prime Minister Liz Truss. Tax cuts were the centrepiece of the ill-starred budget announced by Kwarteng and Truss.

Ex-PM Khan says Pakistan by-election 'a referendum' on his popularity
Ex-PM Khan says Pakistan by-election 'a referendum' on his popularity

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is a candidate for seven of eight national assembly seats up for grabs in a key by-election Sunday, a vote he says is "a referendum" on his popularity. It is rare, however, for a candidate to stand for as many seats as Khan is doing Sunday, and his disruptive move is clearly to gauge his popularity.

Thugs and tolls burden beekeepers in war-scarred C.Africa
Thugs and tolls burden beekeepers in war-scarred C.Africa

Guided by the broad beam of a torch light, four beekeepers softly tread towards a wooden hive atop a mango tree in Bossangoa, a town in northwestern Central African Republic. "In Bossangoa, there are many shea trees, mango trees, papaya trees, grapefruit trees, banana trees...

China's economy slows as Xi plans for historic third term
China's economy slows as Xi plans for historic third term

As China's leaders gather for a crucial party congress, the country is expected on Tuesday to announce some of its weakest quarterly growth figures since 2020, its economy hobbled by Covid restrictions and a real estate crisis. That would be China's weakest growth rate in four decades, excluding 2020 when the global economy was hammered by the emergence of the coronavirus.