Sat 04 December 2021: Mount Semeru in Indonesia erupted on Saturday, killing at least one person, injuring dozens more, and forcing thousands of people to flee. Authorities said two more people were missing and eight were trapped in the debris. After their homes were destroyed by volcanic ash and lava, more than 300 families with […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: Representative Jim McGovern, the bill’s sponsor, said on Thursday that the US House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill that would prohibit imports from China’s Xinjiang region due to concerns about forced labor. If the Uyghur measures are implemented, they could lead to a “rebuttable presumption” […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: The Taliban-led interim government in Afghanistan banned forced marriages of women Friday. “Adult women’s consent is necessary during Nekah/marriage,” Taliban supreme commander Hibatullah Akhunzada said in a special decree, asserting genders “should be equal.” “No one can force women to marry by coercion or pressure,” he said. The decree said a […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: A group of right-wing activists and locals today again stopped Muslims from offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon despite heavy police presence on the ground. Around six people were detained, police sources told NDTV. WATCH | 🇮🇳Group of Right wing Hindus shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' as a small […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: The interim government of Afghanistan, on Thursday, protested a UN Committee’s decision not to allow its envoy to resume the Afghan seat at the UN, Anadolu News Agency reports. A nine-member Credentials Committee of the General Assembly on Wednesday decided to defer its decision on the applications by the Taliban-led interim government in […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: German academic, Adrian Zenz, revealed unpublished documents on linking China’s crackdown on Uyghur Muslims, the Twitter report says. According to the report, the documents show China’s racist policies against Uyghur Muslims, including mass internment in re-education camps, coercive labour transfers and optimising the ethnic population by increasing Han population shares. BREAKING: […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: St Petersburg (USA), Dec 2 (IANS) The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced with immediate effect suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong, till the country investigates the allegation of sexual assault made against a former senior politician by doubles player Peng Shuai in a full, fair and transparent […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest of a prominent Kashmiri rights activist under the stringent “anti-terror” law by the Indian authorities and has called for his release. “We are deeply concerned at the arrest of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez under Indian counter-terrorism legislation, […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: The World Association of News Publishers has given Jimmy Lai, a jailed Hong Kong media tycoon, and the staff of his now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper a prestigious press freedom award. Apple Daily, once Hong Kong’s most popular pro-democracy publication, went bankrupt in June when authorities froze its assets under a national […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: According to the UN World Food Program (WFP), there are around 23 million Afghans in need of immediate food assistance, and $2.6 billion is needed to reach them this year. “Humanitarian needs in (Afghanistan) have increased… with all 34 provinces facing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity. As a result, […]
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