Fri 12 June 2020: The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) named Masrat Zahra as the winner of this year’s Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award on Thursday. The freelance photojournalist’s images depicting conflict in Indian-controlled Kashmir and its toll on local communities were praised by the jury for their “humanity” and her particular focus on […]
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Fri 12 June 2020: The Indonesian capital of Jakarta will officially implement a ban on single-use plastic bags effective on July 1. “The managers or administrators should require all tenants and business owners in shopping centers, supermarkets and traditional market to provide environmentally friendly shopping bags,” said the Head of Environmental Agency of Jakarta Province […]
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Fri 12 June 2020: The killing of unarmed black citizens by the police and the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on black communities have underscored that America extracts the labour of black bodies even as it devalues black lives. There are parallels with India: the police viciously beating down already oppressed populations and their allies; […]
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Thu 11 June 2020: Shehbaz Sharif, President of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a party spokesperson confirmed on Thursday (11 June). Sharif, 69, a cancer survivor, was currently isolating at home, Geo News quoted spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb as saying, adding that the Leader of Opposition was following his doctors’ […]
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Wed 10 June 2020: (AFP) The World Health Organization has told Pakistan it should implement “intermittent” lockdowns to counter a surge in coronavirus infections that has come as the country loosens restrictions, an official said Tuesday. Since the start of Pakistan’s outbreak in March, Prime Minister Imran Khan opposed a nationwide lockdown of the sort […]
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Tue 09 June 2020: Pakistan recorded more than 100 deaths in a single day from COVID-19 for the first time since keeping statistics in mid-March, when the country first imposed a lock down that has never been total. As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections, with 4,646 new cases and a death toll that […]
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FILE PHOTO Mon 08 June 2020: Anti-India protests have continued for a second day on Monday in Indian-administered Kashmir after the Indian forces killed at least nine rebels in the disputed region. The rebels, including three commanders, were killed in separate gunfights with the security forces in Shopian district, some 70km (43 miles) south of […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: Much-needed medical assistance delivered in line with longstanding close ties between two countries, says Turkish envoy Turkey’s state-run aid agency on Sunday delivered medical supplies to Bangladesh in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “TIKA [Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency] provided one thousand N95 masks, one thousand PPE suits, two ventilators […]
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Sun 07 June 2020: (Reuters) – Malaysia on Sunday said it would reopen nearly all economic activity and allow interstate travel starting June 10, lifting coronavirus restrictions imposed nearly three months ago as it moves to revive an economy battered by the pandemic. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced in a televised address the novel coranvirus […]
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Sat 06 June 2020: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckeberg’s reference to the threat issued by Delhi BJP leader Kapil Mishra against anti-government protesters as an example of hate speech that incites violence is likely to revive the debate over the Delhi Police’s refusal to act against ruling party politicians for their role in the communal disturbances […]
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