Tue 26 September 2023: Two decades on, the United States has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). An HRW report published on Monday said the New York-based group found no evidence that the US […]
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Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Viktor Sokolov. Tue 26 September 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Ireland’s gymnastics federation has apologised for the allegedly racist treatment of a young Black gymnast who was skipped by an official handing out medals to a row of girls last year. Footage posted on social media last week of an event in Dublin in 2022 showed the official appearing to snub […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you communicated with, what you bought, what you’re thinking of buying, and much more. This mass of data serves as a library of clues for personalized ads, which are sent to you by a sophisticated network – an […]
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Queen Camilla and King Charles III are welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron prior to a state dinner at the Chateau de Versailles on September 20, 2023. Tue 26 September 2023: France’s fanatical secularism hides behind a thin veil of privilege and elitism, while the country’s toxic Islamophobia which persecutes and oppresses […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Last week, massive pig culls were conducted in Italy in an effort to manage the African swine fever (ASF) virus outbreak, which endangered the whole pig-farming industry and was the country’s largest outbreak since the 1960s, The Guardian reported. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) states that ASF is lethal […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Mathura: Existing next to each other peacefully in Mathura are two religious structures – the Shahi Eidgah Masjid and the Shri Krishna Janmasthan temple. Between them is a police watchtower. Today, however, these markers of peace have turned into something less desirable. The lane that leads us to the Eidgah is guarded […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: New Delhi: After Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed on June 19 this year, officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned Sikh activists in the US about a potential threat to their lives, the Intercept reported. Pritpal Singh, a political activist and American citizen who is a coordinator for the […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: The world’s coldest region recorded the most intense heatwave ever last year, according to a study published last month. In March 2022, temperatures in Eastern Antarctica spiked about 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above the monthly average, said the study “The Largest Ever Recorded Heatwave – Characteristics and Attribution of the Antarctic […]
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A Saudi man carries his coffee pot as he walks past a banner showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, in February 2020. (Amr Nabil/AP) Mon 25 September 2023: Saudi Arabia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has surpassed $1 trillion (SR 4.155 trillion) for the first time, according […]
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