Sun 05 October 2023: Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik has announced a donation of RM 1.52 million ($320,000), he was awarded in defamation case, to Palestinians enduring Israel’s war on Gaza. The announcement was made after a court in Malaysia on Thursday, November 2, ordered former Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy to pay RM […]
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Thirteen-year-old Sunita died on November 2. Photo: Sravasti Dasgupta. Sat 04 October 2023: Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh): On November 2, 13-year-old Sunita from the Brehebeda village of Chhattisgarh died of typhoid at the district hospital in Narayanpur. When her body was brought home, a large number of villagers arrived and stopped the family from burying the teenager’s body […]
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Sat 04 October 2023: Malaysians are increasingly boycotting Western companies who have voiced their support for Israel in its ongoing war against Hamas. The Muslim-majority nation has held large rallies in favour of Palestine, with the last week being dubbed as Palestine Solidarity Week. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim himself has uttered strong words against Israel, […]
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Sat 04 October 2023: A massive pyramid concealed in an underground hillside in Indonesia is probably among the oldest megalithic structures ever built by humanity, predating both Egypt’s Giza Pyramids and England’s Stonehenge, the archaeologists said. Gunung Padang is the name of this megalithic site located in Indonesia. Locals on the Indonesian island of West […]
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The University of Edinburgh holds one of the largest and most historically significant collections of ancestral remains (Neil Hanna/PA) Sat 04 October 2023: The University of Edinburgh has returned the skulls of four Paiwan warriors to Taiwanese Indigenous leaders, nearly 150 years after their deaths. The repatriation is the first of its kind for […]
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Fri 03 October 2023: Schools across India’s capital New Delhi have been shuttered and construction activity halted as the city was declared the world’s most polluted. The closures were ordered on Friday as air pollution rose to dangerous levels, with Swiss air quality monitoring group IQAir putting the Indian city at the top of a […]
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Thu 02 October 2023: The World Bank has approved 210 million U.S. dollars for a Bangladeshi project to provide cash transfers and counseling services to improve nutrition and directly benefit about 1.7 million pregnant women and mothers of children under four years in vulnerable households. Under current education and health systems, a child born in […]
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Thu 02 October 2023: Islamabad, Pakistan – Thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants in Pakistan are heading to the border to return home a day before a government-imposed deadline to leave the country expires. Earlier this month, Pakistan’s interim interior minister, Sarfaraz Bugti, issued an October 31 deadline for all “illegal” refugees and migrants to leave, citing security concerns. […]
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Wed 01 October 2023: An elite Kenyan police unit is on trial on a charge of wrongful death following the killing of a Pakistani journalist in Nairobi last year. The case opened at the Kajiado High Court on the outskirts of Nairobi on Tuesday, with petitioners claiming that Arshad Sharif’s death was an “assassination” planned […]
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Tue 31 October 2023: Apple has warned several Indian opposition leaders and journalists that their iPhones may have been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers”. The technology giant on Tuesday sent messages to those likely hit, saying, “If your device is compromised by a state-sponsored attacker, they may be able to remotely access your sensitive data, communications, […]
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