Thu 17 October 2024: According to a Refugee Council analysis, nearly 63,000 asylum seekers are expected to be granted refuge under the Labour government. After scrapping the controversial Rwanda deportation plan, Labour has accelerated the processing of claims, addressing the UK’s substantial asylum backlog, which stood at 118,882 cases by June 2024. The Refugee Council […]
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Thu 17 October 2024: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to an $880 million settlement with more than 1,300 survivors of childhood sexual abuse, making it the largest settlement reached with a Catholic archdiocese in US history. The agreement addresses allegations that clergy and other church personnel engaged in sexual misconduct with minors, a […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: Global conflicts driving up to 21,000 deaths daily from hunger: Report Hunger caused by conflicts around the world has reached record high levels, a new report by Oxfam has found, which accuses warring parties of weaponising food and blocking aid. Between 7,000 to as many as 21,000 people are likely dying […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: NATO on Monday launched its annual nuclear exercise, Steadfast Noon, involving 2,000 military personnel from eight airbases and over 60 aircraft, including fighter jets capable of carrying U.S. nuclear warheads. The exercise is scheduled to continue for two weeks, according to a statement from the alliance. “Nuclear deterrence is the cornerstone […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: The 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony took place Monday in Geneva, honoring five trailblazing women for their advocacy on behalf of refugees. Opening the ceremony, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi emphasized the critical need for collective efforts in supporting refugees. Grandi thanked countries such as Türkiye and Egypt […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: Your hands reveal a lot about the state of your health. This is something that has been recognised since at least the time of Hippocrates – the father of modern medicine. The ancient Greek physician first described “clubbing” in a patient with empyema (where pus fills the space between the lungs and the […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: India had recalled its top envoy to Canada after it said diplomats were falsely accused over killing of Sikh dissident. Canada has expelled six Indian diplomats after a police investigation into “criminal activity” uncovered a “campaign of violence” against dissidents. The move had initially been reported by several media outlets on […]
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Mon 14 October 2024: Most finance ministers and Central Bank chiefs from the BRICS group of countries did not attend a high-level meeting in Moscow on Friday ahead of a BRICS summit later this month, sending more junior officials instead, official documents showed, Reuters reports. Finance ministers from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates and the […]
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Mon 14 October 2024: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Sunday that due to North Korea’s arms and people transfers to Russian forces in Ukraine, his country’s defense ties with its allies would need to change. On Thursday, the South Korean claims that North Korea might have sent some military forces to support Russia […]
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Mon 14 October 2024: Kamala Harris is losing ground to Donald Trump with less than a month to go until the election for president of the United States, a series of polls suggest. Harris’s lead over Trump has narrowed or vanished outright as the race for the White House approaches the final stretch, according to […]
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