Mon 14 February 2022: Hong Kong’s health facilities have been overloaded by an “onslaught” of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, as a rise in Omicron cases threatens to bring down the city’s “zero-Covid” policy. Authorities have adhered to mainland China’s policy of stamping out the smallest outbreak with mass quarantine, widespread tracking, and prolonged social […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: Karnataka schools (up to Class 10) re-opened today amid controversy over the state barring Muslim students from wearing a hijab during classes. Classes 11 and 12 are closed till Wednesday. Petitions against the ban are being heard by the High Court. “Schools up to Class 10 will re-open from Monday. I […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: India banned 54 Chinese apps that pose threat to the country’s security, the ministry of electronics and information technology said on Monday. “These 54 apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collects sensitive user data. These collected real-time data are being misused and transmitted to servers located in hostile country,” the […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: Afghanistan’s central bank on Saturday rejected US President Joe Biden’s executive order to seize half of $7 billion in assets held in US financial institutions, saying the money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, not any government or group. In a statement, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) stated that the decision to […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: Stores owned by multinational firms, including KIA, Hyundai and Pizza Hut, forced to close in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Stores owned by several multinational companies have been forced to shut down by hardline Hindu groups in the Indian state of Gujarat after their Pakistan-based subsidiaries posted messages on social […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: President Biden’s move to put aside Afghan funds for 9/11 victims sets ‘problematic precedent’, advocates say. President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively seize the Afghan central bank’s funds in the United States and repurpose half of the money as compensation to the victims of the 9/11 attacks has drawn rebuke and accusations of […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: A new UN report details a ‘widespread and systematic programme’ of abuse in Xinjiang as well as China’s vehement denial. China continues to carry out discriminatory work policies, such as forced labour, impossible production expectations and long working hours, against the Uighurs in its northwest province of Xinjiang, a United Nations committee […]
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Sat 12 February 2022: Pfizer’s COVID-19 medication Paxlovid has received “conditional” approval in China to treat adults with mild to moderate sickness and a high risk of developing severe disease. The medicine has been approved in around 40 nations so far, with the European Union allowing member states to use it as an emergency measure […]
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Sat 12 February 2022: United States government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom throughout the world has slammed Karnataka in the midst of a controversy over Muslim students’ choice to wear hijab on campus. The ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom (IRF), Rashad Hussain tweeted that “hijab bans in schools violate religious […]
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Sat 12 February 2022: The US government is seeking to free up half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on its soil to help the Afghan people, pending a judicial decision, while holding the rest to satisfy lawsuits against the Taliban from victims of terrorism, the White House said on Friday, Reuters reports. President […]
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