Thu 27 June 2024: UK-based human rights group Stop Uyghur Genocide has launched a legal campaign to block Shein’s potential London listing over concerns about its labour practices, a law firm representing the campaign group said on Wednesday. Human rights law firm Leigh Day has written to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to urge […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: Japanese authorities are “seriously concerned and on high alert” about the yen’s rapid decline, stated the top currency diplomat, Masato Kanda, as the currency reached its weakest level in almost 40 years. “It is generally accepted that the current weakness in the yen is not necessarily justified and is believed to […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: A year after Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder, court cases in Canada and US focusing on alleged Indian overseas murder plots is testing New Delhi’s ties with Ottawa and Washington. A year after Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed outside a community shrine near Vancouver, a series of diplomatic and […]
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Wed 26 June 2024: The third meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan will take place in Doha from June 30 – July 1, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday. “The meeting will discuss how to advance international engagement on Afghanistan in a more coherent, coordinated and structured manner,” Dujarric told the reporters. UN Under-Secretary-General for […]
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Tue 25 June 2024: As the European Union prepares to impose new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, economic tensions between Beijing and the EU are intensifying. In response, China’s Premier has called on nations to “oppose decoupling” amid these growing disputes. Geopolitical conflicts and the technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington have exacerbated tensions with […]
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Mon 24 June 2024: India has reportedly provided Israel with advanced Hermes 900 drones as well as other weaponry manufactured in the city of Hyderabad, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Sunday. The report said the factory, established by Israel to supply these drones to the Indian military, converted 20 of them specifically for the Israeli army […]
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Mon 24 June 2024: Narendra Modi has ruled India for a decade and will continue his reign following this month’s election, but he does not tolerate some critics. His government has been accused of foreign interference and assassinating dissidents overseas — and now Four Corners has uncovered the long arm of the Indian state here […]
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Sun 23 June 2024: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared that the country seeks peaceful resolutions but “will not be intimidated” following a violent clash between the Philippine Navy and the China Coast Guard in the South China Sea. Philippines releases dramatic new footage of clash at sea. Video shows Chinese coast guard sailors brandishing […]
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Sat 22 June 2024: The Central Asian nation of Tajikistan officially prohibited the wearing of hijabs and other “alien garments” this week, as the country’s parliament passed a new bill regulating Islamic clothing and Eid celebrations, Morocco News reported. The bill, approved by the upper house of parliament, Majlisi Milli, on June 19, comes after […]
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Fri 21 June 2024: Thousands of mosques have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islamic culture spreads, Beijing’s Doudian Mosque, with its striking domes and ornate minarets, was one of the grandest mosques in northern China. But earlier this year, its minarets were removed, its domes replaced with pagoda-style cones and its Arab-style […]
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