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Julie Bishop: Ex-contender for Australian PM to leave politicsJulie Bishop: Ex-contender for Australian PM to leave politics
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Julie Bishop has been a federal MP for two decades

Former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop, the highest-ranking woman to serve in the two-term government, has announced she is leaving politics.

Ms Bishop had faced months of speculation about her future after losing an

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Chawkbazar: The 400-year-old bustling heart of DhakaChawkbazar: The 400-year-old bustling heart of Dhaka
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Chawkbazar had already earned a reputation for itself as the heart of Dhaka

A deadly blaze has killed dozens of people in the historic district of Chawkbazar in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. But as TheIndianSubcontinent Bengali's Rakib Hasnet reports, it's not the

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Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic districtBangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district
Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district - TheIndianSubcontinent News
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Greater Bay Area: China's ambitious but vague economic planGreater Bay Area: China's ambitious but vague economic plan
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption China's Greater Bay Area plan aims to boost growth in the world's second largest economy

China's ambitious plan to develop the so-called Greater Bay Area is designed to spur the economy, but analysts question whether its lofty goals can be achieved, as the

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India Catholic Cardinal Oswald Gracias ‘failed abuse victims&India Catholic Cardinal Oswald Gracias ‘failed abuse victims’
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Cardinal Oswald Gracias told the TheIndianSubcontinent it pained him to hear accusations that he had neglected victims of alleged abuse

One of the Catholic Church's most senior cardinals has admitted that he could have better handled sexual abuse allegations that were

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Shamima Begum will not be allowed here, Bangladesh saysShamima Begum will not be allowed here, Bangladesh says
Image:Shamima Begum: 'I got tricked and I was hoping someone would have sympathy with me'

Shamima Begum is not a Bangladeshi citizen and there is "no question" of her being allowed into the country, Bangladesh's ministry of foreign affairs has said.

The UK has stripped the 19-year-old - who fled London to join Islamic State - of her British

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