Modi tries to get India’s railways back on track

India´s new government will next week roll out plans to overhaul its sprawling rail network, dubbed the “lifeline of the nation”, which analysts say needs hundreds of billions of dollars of investment.

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Over six million Syrian children in need of aid

More than six million children affected by the Syria conflict desperately need humanitarian aid, the UN's children's agency said Friday, with the number in need rising by a third in a year.

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Hong Kong democracy rally organisers arrested

Hong Kong police have arrested the organisers of the biggest pro-democracy rally since the city was handed back to China, sparking outrage from campaigners who denounced the arrests as “political suppression”.

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