NEW ZEALAND DAIRY FIRM FINED OVER PRODUCTS USING INDIAN BUTTER

Photo Credit: Company Website Tue 27 August 2024: A New Zealand dairy company has been fined 420,000 New Zealand dollars ($261,452) for using imported Indian butter in products labelled as locally produced. New Zealand’s Commerce Commission said on Monday that Milkio Foods Limited misled customers about the origin of the butter used in its “100 […]

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INDIA CONSIDERS SOURCING CHEETAHS FROM SOMALIA AND SUDAN AMID BIORHYTHM CONCERNS

Tue 27 August 2024: India is exploring the possibility of sourcing cheetahs from countries such as Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania to avoid biorhythm complications that have affected big cats relocated from countries much further south such as South Africa and Namibia. Official records reveal that cheetahs imported from these southern countries have struggled to adjust to India’s […]

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EASIER MARRIAGES, TOUGHER DIVORCES: CHINA’S NEW STRATEGY TO TACKLE SHRINKING POPULATION

Mon 26 August 2024: As China grapples with a demographic crisis marked by declining marriage and birth rates, the government is introducing measures to simplify marriage while making divorce more challenging. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has proposed changes to the Regulation on Marriage Registration, which are currently open for public feedback until September 11. […]

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WEST NEEDS TO STOP TRYING TO CONTROL THE INT. MEDIA SAYS MALAYSIAN PM AMID GAZA WAR

Mon 26 August 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday that the Western world needs to stop trying to control the international media merely for the sake of highlighting “inaccurate narratives” about the ongoing war in Gaza. Inaugurating the All-Malaysian Mosque Summit for Al-Aqsa and Palestine in Kuala Lumpur, he stressed that the West […]

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56 KILLED IN MULTIPLE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN

Mon 26 August 2024: At least 56 people, including 12 terrorists, were killed in multiple clashes and attacks that lasted several hours in southwest and northwest Pakistan, officials and local media reported on Monday. Suspected militants killed 23 passengers in southwestern Balochistan province on Monday morning after forcing them to disembark from several vehicles, the […]

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ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH OBSERVE 7TH ‘GENOCIDE DAY’

Sun 25 August 2024: Rohingya refugees stranded in camps in southern Bangladesh observed the seventh “Rohingya Genocide Day” on Sunday. The commemoration took place as new refugees, fleeing escalating violence in Myanmar, continued to arrive at the border. Seven years ago, the majority of the Rohingya community was forced to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, an […]

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UAE ACCEPTS CREDENTIALS OF TALIBAN DIPLOMAT AS AFGHAN AMBASSADOR

 Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani in Abu Dhabi with the President of United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed during his official visit. on Jun 5, 2024 [FILE PHOTO] Sat 24 August 2024: The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of a Taliban-appointed diplomat as the ambassador of Afghanistan, a UAE official said yesterday, making the […]

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HASINA’S PIPLOMATIC PASSPORT REVOKED AS BANGLADESH SHIFTS POWER

Fri 23 August 2024: Bangladesh’s transitional government announced on Thursday the cancellation of diplomatic passports for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top officials from her administration. This decision follows Hasina’s resignation and escape to India on August 5 after weeks of intense student-led protests. The Home Ministry declared that Hasina, her former Cabinet […]

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118 CRIMINAL CASES, INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE, FILED AGAINST US SOLDIERS IN JAPAN LAST YEAR

Thu 22 August 2024: A growing number of criminal cases, ranging from drunk driving to rape, are being filed against US soldiers in Japan, raising serious concerns. There were 118 criminal cases involving US military personnel in Japan in 2023, and of those, 72, or 61%, were committed in Okinawa province, where US military-exclusive facilities […]

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