Fri 02 December 2022: One of India’s most popular TV journalists quits the network recently acquired by a billionaire tycoon considered close to the BJP. The resignation of one of India’s most popular TV journalists from a network recently acquired by a billionaire tycoon close to the ruling party has sparked concerns over press freedom […]
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Thu 01 December 2022: International Labour Organization says real wages declined 0.9 percent in the first half of 2022. Global wages fell in 2022 for the first time since the global financial crisis due to soaring living costs, threatening to worsen inequality and drive social unrest, the United Nations labour agency has warned. Monthly wages […]
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Wed 30 November 2022: In a report released on Tuesday, the World Health Organization claims that disadvantaged communities need greater access to healthcare services since injuries and violent crimes claim the lives of about 12,000 people every day across the globe, Anadolu Agency reported. The WHO report, Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, shows that […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: Top global media organizations have urged the US to drop its prosecution of Julian Assange, claiming that the US indictment of the Wikileaks founder threatens free expression and press freedom. Five major news organizations issued an open letter on Monday condemning the US prosecution of Assange, who is wanted on 18 […]
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Child laborers in the Ivory Coast. (BBC) Mon 21 November 2022: Child labor has increased in the supply chains of developed countries and blocs such as the European Union, the US, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, especially due to cruel and illegal business models of corporations, an expert said on the occasion of World Children’s Day. Speaking to […]
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Mon 07 November 2022: The level of violence being directed towards women journalists has reached a “crisis point”, according to researchers behind a new global report. Academics who conducted the three-year-long international study, covering 15 countries, urged policymakers to take action after it found the vast majority of journalists who took part had suffered from […]
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Sat 29 October 2022: The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said on Friday, that 103 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes in the first half of 2022, or one in every 77 people on Earth. This increase was caused by persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and seriously disturbing public order. According to […]
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Tue 18 October 2022: On November 15 of this year, the population of the world is expected to reach eight billion. According to projections from the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report, India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. The statistics shocked the world because persistent problems like the food […]
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Fri 14 October 2022: The global hunger situation is “undeniably grim” amid conflicts, climate issues and the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report said on Thursday. “The overlapping crises facing the world are exposing the weaknesses of food systems, from global to local, and highlighting the vulnerability of populations around the world […]
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Thu 13 October 2022: WWF calls for urgent action as landmark report on wildlife populations shows ‘terrifying’ decline across the world. The world’s wildlife populations have suffered a “devastating” decline in the past 50 years as humans have cleared forests and polluted the air, land and sea, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) latest Living […]
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