Thu 04 July 2024: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Wednesday that declarations of intervention filed by seven states in a genocide case brought by Gambia against Myanmar are admissible. The ICJ’s order unanimously accepted the interventions, allowing the states to contribute to the proceedings with their perspectives on the interpretation of the Genocide […]
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Dated rock art panel at Leang Karampuang. Thu 04 July 2024: Scientists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest artwork in a cave on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. The painting, depicting three people around a large red pig, is estimated to be around 51,200 years old, according to research published on Wednesday. “This […]
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Wed 03 July 2024: NATO has already made a mess in Europe, so the alliance should not harm the Asia-Pacific region either, the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Tuesday. “NATO has already made a mess in Europe, it should not harm the Asia-Pacific region either,” the ministry said. Stoltenberg openly stated that the alliance’s […]
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Wed 03 July 2024: A Malaysian court has rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s request to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest. The decision on Wednesday addressed a judicial review application filed by Najib on April 1, claiming he had reliable information that then-King Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah issued an “addendum order” […]
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Wed 03 July 2024: Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a United States asset manager to use nonpublic information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which if proven would breach the country’s rules. Hindenburg on Monday posted on its website a copy of […]
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Tue 02 July 2024: More than 100 people have died, and over a dozen others were injured in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India, authorities said. A large crowd had gathered on Tuesday in a village in Uttar Pradesh state’s Hathras district, about 200km (125 miles) southeast of New Delhi, for […]
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Tue 02 July 2024: A United Nations human rights working group says former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arbitrarily imprisoned in violation of international law. In an opinion issued on Monday, the Geneva-based UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said the “appropriate remedy would be to release Mr. Khan immediately and accord him […]
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Mon 01 July 2024: Pakistan is set to start the second phase of a controversial plan to send undocumented Afghan refugees back to their country. Beginning Sunday, authorities are likely to expel more than 800,000 Afghans from the country, after about 541,000 were forced to leave in the first phase in November last year. If they do […]
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Sun 30 June 2024: The Ministry of Public Health says more than 54,000 drug addicts have been treated since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s takeover in August 2021. Marking World Drug Day on Wednesday in Kabul, health officials said that addiction is a serious social problem and more effort should be made to prevent it. […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: The alcohol deaths rates of India are more than double that of China, a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. The WHO report predicts a sharp rise in India’s per capita alcohol consumption over the next six years, reported Deccan Herald. The number of alcohol-related deaths in India per […]
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