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India’s West Bengal state will bring back eggs to free school meals after a backlash against a decision by its Hindu nationalist government to replace them with vegetarian alternatives, officials have said. The reversal follows criticism from teachers, nutritionists and parents who argued that removing eggs from school lunches could deprive children from poor families of a key source of protein. The issue erupted last month after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, elected for the first...

East Timor has become an unlikely venue for a case alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity by Myanmar’s military leadership, as it moves deeper into Dili’s courts and tests Asean’s uneasy approach to the country’s junta. Brought by the Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO), the case is expected to shed light on whether a small, newly admitted Asean member with its own history of occupation and atrocity can use its courts to examine grave allegations against a fellow state’s military...

A man who gave his son the gun used in a deadly school shooting in Georgia is set to be sentenced Thursday

Wrexham's tour of the USA is demonstrating that the Championship club's already-high stock is continuing to rise.

It is clear from Tottenham's summer transfer business that they have big ambitions in the Women's Super League next season.

It is clear from Tottenham's summer transfer business that they have big ambitions in the Women's Super League next season.

It is clear from Tottenham's summer transfer business that they have big ambitions in the Women's Super League next season.

It is clear from Tottenham's summer transfer business that they have big ambitions in the Women's Super League next season.

A Taiwanese man has been jailed for more than 12 years for trafficking cocaine into Hong Kong seven years ago – a case that marks an embattled judge’s final public appearance as a member of the bench. Judge Wilson Chan Ka-shun delivered the sentence at the High Court on Thursday, his last working day after he was told to retire early in light of public concern sparked by his repeated judicial plagiarism. The defendant, Miao Chi-hung, had admitted bringing two bottles of red wine containing a...

Disruption to global supplies of oil and liquid natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices.

Disruption to global supplies of oil and liquid natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices.

Many Americans believe tariffs have pushed prices higher and the war in Iran has also increased gasoline prices, hurting consumer confidence in the economy