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The rise and rise of GiveDirectly

Rory Stewart in 2019, as he formally launched his bid to become the new leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister of the United Kingdom in London, England. | Leon Neal/Getty Images The cash group is on track to

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Gorbachev had ‘huge impact on course of world history’, Putin says

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had a “huge impact on the course of world history” who found his “own solutions to urgent problems”, Vladimir Putin has said.

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China’s treatment of Uyghur community ‘may constitute crimes against humanity’, UN says

China’s treatment of its Uyghur population “may constitute crimes against humanity”, the United Nations’ Human Rights Office has said.

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In the trenches, a foreign fighter’s view of Ukraine’s offensive

Back home in South Carolina, “Rockstar” was doing a bit of gardening. Today he’s scrabbling around in the trenches with a handful of foreign fighters as Ukraine stages an offensive to retake Russian-held areas. Some 15 kilometers (nine miles) from

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