Thu 21 July 2022: According to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and corroborated by diplomats from three different nations who received it, China is requesting that the UN human rights chief bury a highly anticipated report on human rights crimes in Xinjiang. After receiving harsh criticism from the general public for being too lenient […]
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Wed 20 July 2022: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was released from Tihar on Wednesday night, hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against him for alleged hate speech, prison officials said. Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting […]
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Wed 20 July 2022: In the midst of its worst financial crisis, Sri Lanka’s current acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe was chosen to lead the island nation. Wickremesinghe received 134 votes in the 225-member parliament, according to the secretary-general of the house, making him the new president. The parliament chose a new president in a vote […]
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Tue 19 July 2022: If they don’t register with the country’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics, the Indonesian government will soon block social media apps and websites like Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The tech behemoths have until Wednesday to finish the licensing registration process. If not, the ministry will declare them to be illegal and […]
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Tue 19 July 2022: Due to the rapid spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant, coronavirus infections are once again on the rise in South Korea, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Yonhap News Agency, a total of 73,528 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, more than doubling the number from […]
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Tue 19 July 2022: In the midst of tensions over the conflict in Ukraine, the treatment of Muslims who are an ethnic minority in Xinjiang, and an unratified investment agreement, China and the European Union will hold high-level economic and trade negotiations. On Tuesday afternoon, Beijing time, the virtual meeting between economic representatives from the […]
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Mon 18 July 2022: Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook, among other major tech companies, will soon have to start paying a price to the Indian publishers and digital publishers for using their original content. The Indian government is adopting a position that has already been taken in Australia and to some extent within the European […]
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Mon 18 July 2022: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has again called for an early national election after his party seized control of the state assembly in Punjab, the country’s most populous province. Twenty seats were up for grabs in the Punjab by-election, which was seen as a popularity test for the former international cricket star dismissed by […]
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Mon 18 July 2022: Martial arts movie legend Jackie Chan is to co-produce a Chinese movie partially filmed in Syria inspired by events surrounding Beijing’s 2015 naval evacuation of Chinese and other foreign citizens from Yemen as the joint Saudi and UAE-led coalition launched its on-going war against the country, targeting the Houthi-allied armed forces […]
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Sun 17 July 2022: Imran Khan, the deposed prime minister, has urged the powerful generals to reconsider their decision, warning them that any mistake would widen the gap between the population and the establishment. Imran Khan has said that the Pakistani military should reverse its support for the “failed” government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz […]
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