Wed 25 June 2025: The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences in Vietnamese law and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders. Vietnam will end capital punishment for eight categories of serious crime – including embezzlement, attempts to overthrow the government and sabotaging state infrastructure, state media has reported. The state-run Vietnam News Agency reported […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: More than 110 million people across Europe are exposed to harmful noise pollution, leading to an estimated 66,000 premature deaths annually, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) said Tuesday. According to the report, transport noise is one of Europe’s leading environmental health risks, following air pollution and temperature-related […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Tuesday to develop a national messaging app and ensure its widespread use, primarily in public institutions, according to media reports. The Digital Development Ministry announced it was working on the app for national use due to security vulnerabilities in WhatsApp and Telegram. The app, […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: While much of the world sees Iran and Türkiye as perennial rivals—one Persian, the other Turkic; one Shia-led, the other Sunni-rooted—a closer look reveals something far more nuanced. Especially under Erdoğan’s leadership, Türkiye has developed a non-aligned posture that, while never openly allied with Iran, has repeatedly shielded it from Western […]
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Wed 25 June 2025: An investigation by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) reveals systemic corruption, with unroadworthy vehicles receiving fraudulent certifications. A damning report by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has uncovered widespread, systemic fraud at vehicle testing centres across South Africa, revealing that unroadworthy vehicles are being illegally certified. The investigation found multiple instances […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced plans to terminate its business dealings with companies connected to Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank, following a sustained campaign by Palestinian activists and growing scrutiny over corporate complicity in war crimes. The move comes a month after the global shipping giant voted on halting […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: There’s a certain feeling I get in the pit of my stomach when I’m waiting for an important call to come through. You know the type – maybe a call from your boss, a potential new employer or news of a loved one who’s due to give birth. In these situations, […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: The Israeli occupation army announced Monday that a reserve soldier was moderately wounded in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of soldiers wounded to 6,000 since the beginning of the genocidal war on 7 October 2023. Israel Hayom newspaper quoted the Israeli army as saying that the Israeli reserve soldier […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: The UN refugee agency on Tuesday projected that 2.5 million refugees will need resettlement in 2026, according to its newly released report, amid shrinking quotas. While the figure remains substantial, it marks a decline from the 2.9 million estimated for 2025 — largely due to voluntary returns by Syrian refugees. “We are seeing […]
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Tue 24 June 2025: Dissenting justice warns court actions expose ‘thousands to the risk of torture or death’. A divided Supreme Court has allowed the administration of United States President Donald Trump to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homeland, lifting a court order that requires they get a chance to […]
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