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Iran girls kick down social barriers with karate

As the referee's whistle signalled the start of the match, two five-year-old Iranian girls faced off, delivering a closely watched karate bout to a captivated audience -- a sign of the changing attitude toward martial arts in the Islamic Republic in recent years. The two young

Australia rules out co-hosting climate summit with Turkey

By Christine Chen and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that Australia would not co-host the COP31 climate summit with Turkey amid an ongoing stalemate between the two countries. Turkey has proposed jointly leading next year's U.N.

Ukraine seeking exchange of 1,200 prisoners with Russia

(Reuters) -Ukraine is working to resume the exchange of prisoners with Russia, hoping for the release of 1,200 Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Security Council chief said. "We are ... counting on the resumption of exchanges," Zelenskiy said in a video posted