Wed 15 December 2021: Hundreds of people are trapped in Hong Kong’s World Trade Centre following a fire on Wednesday, according to media reports. The South China Morning Post said more than 300 people were trapped on the building’s rooftop, and at least four people have been injured. It said the fire broke out at […]
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Wed 15 December 2021: Rohingya refugees and victims are suing Facebook for $150 billion. They allege that Facebook played a key role in the brutal crackdown against Muslims in Myanmar by promoting anti-Rohingya posts. This online hate turned into real-world violence, according to the lawsuit. As stated by Noam Chomsky, author of Manufacturing Consent, in this […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Leaders of the Tablighi Jamaat movement in India have responded with anger to Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban the movement and describe it as “aberrant and perverse” and a “gateway to terrorism”. According to the Times of India, the group’s Shura (Consultative) Council said that the Saudi decision has to be viewed in the […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: According to a court document, India’s western state of Gujarat has acknowledged that there were more COVID-19 deaths than its official tally, lending credence to fears that the country’s actual toll is much higher than reported. Many media reports said that during India’s record second wave of cases between April and […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday withdrew his candidacy for the 2022 Senate race, the government elections monitor said, a month after he made a last-minute entry into the contest. In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, James Jimenez said: “The president has filed his withdrawal from the senatorial elections.” Duterte, […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has decided against disciplining any members of the United States military for an August drone attack in Kabul that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, the New York Times and several US news outlets reported on Monday. An internal Pentagon review concluded last month that the August 29 bombing in […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Saudi Arabia has banned the Tablighi Jamaat, a transnational Islamic revivalist movement that originated in India, over concerns that it poses a “danger to society” and that it is “one of the gates of terrorism”. The move comes as the kingdom’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs called upon its network of mosques […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: China is willing to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the people affected by tornadoes in the United States according to their needs, China International Development Cooperation Agency spokesperson Xu Wei said on Monday. At least 30 tornadoes swept through six states overnight in the central parts of the United States, which […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: According to Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban will discuss with Islamic scholars on women’s rights, including the prospect of their involvement in the country’s governance. Theologians will offer their perspectives on disputed matters, and the Taliban will continue to govern Afghanistan based on their decisions on women’s rights, Mujahid stated […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: Sri Lankan authorities displayed what they claimed was the world’s largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms and discovered in a gem pit three months ago. Local gemologists who examined the sapphire said it was one of the world’s rarest gems, weighing more than 300 kilograms. The precious stone has […]
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