Russian president Vladimir Putin and Vietnamese president To Lam attend a reception at the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 20 2024.
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Russia and Vietnam pledge to strengthen ties as Vladimir Putin visits Hanoi.
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Spirit Houses are a part of daily life – and we can understand them as a form of Land Acknowledgement.
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Russia is increasingly trying to find common cause with the Global South, including countries that matter to the West, such as Vietnam.
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A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Leaders of the radical American student group the Weathermen march in Chicago in October 1969.
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Student-led protests in response to US engagement in the Vietnam War mounted in the 1960s and led to a group called the Weather Underground that believed in direct confrontation with the state.
Young Vietnamese people at a demonstration in London.
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Vietnamese migrants are protesting against what is happening in their home country, after years of not knowing what was happening.
Truong My Lan at her trial in Vietnam, April 2024.
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A recent corruption case in Vietnam has led to the owner of a bank being sentenced to death.
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Australia is expanding trade and investment with Southeast Asia to improve regional prosperity and global climate security. Here’s what to expect at the April 15-16 green economy summit in Vietnam.
Pangolins are the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal.
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Pangolins are among the most trafficked and poached mammals in the world.
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New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., center, leads an anti-Vietnam War demonstration on March 16, 1967, in New York City.
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. knew the political consequences of speaking out against the Vietnam War − and he did it anyway.
The aftermath of U.S. bombs in Neak Luong, Cambodia, on Aug. 7, 1973.
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A Cambodian scholar who fled the Khmer Rouge as a child writes about the legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100 on Nov 28, 2023.
United States and Chinese flags are set up before a July 8, 2023, meeting between officials of the two countries in Beijing.
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US foreign policy initiatives in the Indo-Pacific seem focused on containing China and its influence.
Harvey Keitel as Charlie in Scorsese’s seminal Mean Streets.
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From Mean Streets to The Exorcist and Badlands, 1973 was a year that showcased the audacious talent in Hollywood that was experimenting with darker themes and new film techniques.
Landmine contamination is a problem which has blighted many countries for decades after the conflict has ended.
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Landmines are killing thousands in Ukraine. Clearing the land and making it safe for people is likely to take decades.
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South Africa’s legal commercial lion industry is helping to act as a cover for the illegal international big cat bone trade.
Ancient starch grains of ginger (Zingiber officinale), cinnamon (Cinnamomum sp.) and nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) were identified on the surface of this footed sandstone grinding slab.
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The discovery is helping shed light on a vibrant ancient spice trade that spanned many thousands of kilometres.
Lilian Ngoyi, one of the leaders of the 1956 women’s march against apartheid, is immortalised on an abandoned building.
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The sites provide a rare tangible record of the international solidarity that existed during the Cold War.
Actor Margot Robbie blows out a candle on the cake to celebrate her birthday during the pink carpet event for the movie ‘Barbie’ in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2023.
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Once the context of cultural and territorial appropriation by China in Southeast Asia are understood, Vietnam’s ban of the Barbie movie isn’t surprising.
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Maps can be very touchy subjects. That’s why Vietnam has banned the Barbie movie.