CHINESE CITIES OFFER SUBSIDIES TO COUPLES TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN

Thu 12 January 2023: South China Morning Post said that cities across China are planning incentives to encourage couples to have more children as China approaches experiencing its first population decrease in decades (SCMP). A paper published by the Shenzhen health commission in China was quoted in the news report. According to the paper, which […]

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TALIBAN REJOICE 1ST SPORTS CAR DESIGNED BY AFGHAN ENGINEER (VIDEOS+PHOTOS)

Wed 11 January 2023: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan Wednesday celebrated the unveiling of first sports car designed by Muhammed Reza Ahmadi, an Afghan automobile engineer. “Unveiling ceremony of a car made by an Afghan Engineer M. Raza Mohammadi”, Suhail Shaheen, IEA Permanent Rep-designate to the United Nations wrote on Twitter. Shaheen also tagged a […]

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CO-EDUCATION LEADING TO ‘APOSTASY’ IN MUSLIM GIRLS: MADANI

Wed 11 January 2023: Jamiat-Ulema-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani in the national executive has said that co-education was leading to ‘apostasy’ in Muslim girls and to curb this more educational institutions should be opened. Describing the temptation of apostasy spreading rapidly in the country as a danger, Maulana Madani said on Sunday, “It has been […]

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BANGLADESH: REPRESSIVE REGIME IS HOOKED ON ISRAELI SPYWARE

Wed 11 January 2023: Israeli spy firms have sold advanced surveillance equipment to Bangladesh in clandestine transactions over several years, an investigation by Haaretz has revealed. Firms under the control of the former commander of Israel’s intelligence technology unit are amongst several Israeli companies named in the investigation. Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel and trade […]

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MYANMAR JAILS 112 ROHINGYAS WHO ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE COUNTRY

Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia on Sunday 08/01/2023 in latest boat arrival. (FILE PHOTO) Tue 10 January 2023: Myanmar has jailed 112 people, including 12 children, from the minority Rohingya after they were caught attempting to leave the country. The court in Bogale in the southern Ayeyarwady region of Myanmar sentenced the group […]

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CHINA SENDS 3 SATELLITES INTO ORBIT IN FIRST LAUNCH OF 2023

Mon 09 January 2023: China on Monday morning launched three satellites into space, the country’s first space launch of the new year. Three satellites named Shijian-23, Shiyan-22A, and Shiyan-22B were blasted off at 6 a.m. Beijing time (2200GMT Sunday) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan using a Long […]

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U.S. TO GIVE EXTRA $100 MILLION TO PAKISTAN FLOODS RECOVERY

Mon 09 January 2023: A senior official from the U.S. development agency USAID said on Monday that Washington would provide an additional $100 million in funding for Pakistan’s recovery from devastating floods last year. “I am delighted to announce that the United States is making an additional 100-million-dollar commitment to Pakistan to help it recover […]

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UN CHIEF CALLS FOR ‘MASSIVE INVESTMENTS’ TO HELP PAKISTAN RECOVER

Mon 09 January 2023: In the aftermath of disastrous floods, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed for widespread assistance to aid Pakistan with a $16 billion rebuilding effort. He claimed that the country had been a victim of both the global financial system and climatic catastrophe, Reuters reported Officials from more than 40 countries, […]

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CHINA SAYS IT CARRIED OUT MORE MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN AGAINST “PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS OF EXTERNAL FORCES”

  The self-ruled island of Taiwan was the target of military maneuvers focused on land and sea assaults, according to China’s military. This was the second such exercise in less than a month. 57 Chinese military aircraft and four naval ships were spotted flying over Taiwan in the last 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s defense […]

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BOAT WITH NEARLY 200 ROHINGYA REFUGEES LANDS IN INDONESIA AFTER A MONTH AT SEA

Sun 08 January 2023: Approximately 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, arrived on Indonesia’s western coast on a wooden boat on Sunday, according to authorities. This is the fifth boat transporting Rohingya migrants to arrive in Indonesia since November, according to the authorities. Each year, thousands of the severely persecuted Rohingya, who are primarily […]

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