Thu 16 May 2024: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has decided to exclude Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd from its portfolio due to “unacceptable” risks linked to human rights violations in war and conflict zones, Bloomberg reported. The decision, announced by Norges Bank Investment Management, follows recommendations from Norway’s Council on Ethics, the report said. The […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has made a virtual appearance before the Supreme Court through a videolink from prison in connection with a case regarding amendments to the country’s anticorruption law. Thursday’s hearing was the first time Khan, imprisoned since August 2023 in several cases, made an […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early Thursday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Kremlin released a video showing Putin’s arrival in the Chinese capital, where he was welcomed by a ceremonial guard and received a red-carpet reception. This visit marks Putin’s […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Malaysia’s communications minister expressed outrage at Meta Platforms META.O on Tuesday, demanding it explain why it had taken down Facebook posts by local media covering the prime minister’s meeting this week with a Hamas leader. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Qatar on Monday and later stressed […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: India has signed a 10-year contract with Iran to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, in a move that New Delhi hopes will open its path to Central Asia. Signed yesterday in the Iranian town of Chabahar by India’s Shipping Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Iran’s Urban Development Minister, Mehrdad […]
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim meets with Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar on 13 May 2024 [@anwaribrahimX] Tue 14 May 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar yesterday. Anwar said he met a Hamas delegation in “line with Malaysia’s stance and commitment to continue to […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to embark on a two-day journey to China this week, responding to an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping, as announced by Beijing’s foreign ministry on Tuesday (May 14). Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying confirmed that President Putin will be in Beijing from Thursday to […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Supporters of McBride have long expressed his concern that the Australian government was more interested in punishing him for revealing information about war crimes rather than […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said on Monday that the US wants Malaysia “to stop sending humanitarian aid” to Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Americans think humanitarian aid should not be given to Gaza. It is because it may help Hamas to survive,” Mahathir wrote on X. “The proper thing to do, […]
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A tribal leader sits behind a marijuana plant in Quetta, Pakistan. File photo/Reuters Mon 13 May 2024: A new regulator aims to legalise hemp growth, while crushing a black market. But is Pakistan too late to the global cannabis party? Islamabad, Pakistan – When Aamir Dhedhi took his mother to India in 2014 to get treatment […]
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