Thu 07 July 2022: Countries must lessen their dependence on China’s production of solar panels and dramatically boost manufacturing capacity to reach net-zero emissions, the International Energy Agency has said. In a report released on Thursday, the IEA said that while China’s policies and innovation have made solar power more affordable, its domination of the […]
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Thu 07 July 2022: In Pakistan, a young goat with unusually long ears has gained considerable attention in the media after its owner claimed it set a world record. Simba, who was born in Karachi last month with unusually big ears that have now gotten even longer to reach 54 centimeters, is now leading a […]
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Thu 07 July 2022: U.S. President Joe Biden notified Congress on Wednesday of his intent to officially rescind Afghanistan‘s designation as a major non-NATO ally. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the President wrote: “In accordance with section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k), I am providing notice of my intent to […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: The 13th anniversary of the Urumqi massacre, which took place on July 5, 2009, in Xinjiang, when the Chinese government started a crackdown against Uyghurs protesting the killing of two Uyghurs, was observed by demonstrations in many areas of Bangladesh, according to local media. Several protests were held in cities like […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: Acclaimed artists are due to lead a protest against China’s policies against the minority Uyghur community on the 13th anniversary of the Urumqi Massacre tomorrow. Some 1,000 Muslim Uyghur were killed in the massacre and 5,000 more were arrested by Chines authorities. To commemorate the event, Stand4Uyghurs Campaign is coming together […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: South Korea witnessed another spike in COVID-19 cases as the country reported over 18,000 new cases in the past 24 hours, local media said on Tuesday. The new cases have risen to 18,147 from 6,253 on Monday, bringing the total caseload to over 18.41 million, Yonhap News Agency reported. South Korea’s COVID-19 cases have […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: It was no real surprise when Delhi police officers arrested Indian journalist Mohammed Zubair after he outed the media chief of Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Sadly, today’s political climate has made the business of speaking […]
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Sun 03 July 2022: Over 100 citizens in an open letter demanded the immediate release of Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair. The letter included signatures of writer and human rights activist Aakar Patel, independent journalist Ajit Sahi, Arjun Sheoran of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Kavita Krishnan of the All India Progressive […]
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Sun 03 July 2022: A Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist from Indian-administered Kashmir says she has been barred from travelling abroad by the Indian authorities who provided no valid reasons for their refusal. Sanna Irshad Mattoo told Al Jazeera she was scheduled to travel to Paris from New Delhi on Saturday for a book launch and photography […]
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Sun 03 July 2022: In an interview with the German news site Bild, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is worried about China’s lunar missions because he thinks Beijing intends to claim the moon for itself. Nelson said that everyone should be concerned about Chinese space development because one day Beijing is said to land […]
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