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Arrests over India policeman killed by 'cow slaughter' mobArrests over India policeman killed by 'cow slaughter' mob
Image copyrightCourtesy: Sumit SharmaImage caption Police officer Subodh Kumar Singh died in clashes over alleged cow slaughter

Three men have been held in connection with the killing of a police officer in mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in India's Uttar Pradesh state.

Police are looking for 24 others

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Arsalan Khawaja: Australia cricket star's brother 'framed' terror suspectArsalan Khawaja: Australia cricket star's brother 'framed' terror suspect
Image copyright Michael Dodge/Getty ImagesImage caption Usman Khawaja (right of centre) is pictured here with his brother Arsalan (left of centre) and other family members

The brother of Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has been arrested for allegedly framing another man over a fake terror plot.

Police in

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'I don't want to be a burden''I don't want to be a burden'
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For the elderly living in care homes, life is both calm and chaotic. Photographer Sayan Hazra spent more than a year chronicling the lives of residents at one such care home in southern India.

There are more than 100 million Indians over the age of 60, according to the 2011 census. And their future is uncertain as the

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Afghan women's football dream turns into nightmareAfghan women's football dream turns into nightmare
Image copyrightAFPImage caption The women's team was celebrated internationally as a symbol of a new, more liberal Afghanistan

In post-Taliban Afghanistan, the women's football team was hailed globally as a symbol of the new freedoms enjoyed by the country's women.

But now one of Afghanistan's top sports

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Tencent Music: Chinese firm to raise $1.2bn in New York listingTencent Music: Chinese firm to raise $1.2bn in New York listing
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China's Tencent Music has revived its plans to list in the US and raise up to $1.2bn (£940m).

It would be one of the largest listings by a Chinese company on the New York Stock Exchange this year.

The initial public offering, originally mooted in October, had been delayed by the turmoil sparked by the Chinese-US trade war.

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Australian defence lawyer named as police informantAustralian defence lawyer named as police informant
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The lawyer represented high-profile organised crime figures, such as Tony Mokbel (pictured)

The convictions of some of Australia's most high-profile criminals have been cast into doubt after a lawyer was revealed to be a police informant.

The defence barrister, who

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