Sun 26 May 2024: A fire at a children’s hospital in New Delhi has resulted in the deaths of at least seven infants, according to a fire service official. Twelve newborns were rescued from the hospital and transferred to another facility, but five succumbed to smoke inhalation, reported fire officer Atul Garg on Sunday. Five […]
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Sun 26 May 2024: After radical modification and what is being called as “sinicisation”, China’s last major mosque – which once had Arabic-style architectural features – has now lost its domes and minarets, according to a report published in The Guardian. China’s grandest mosque, the Grand Mosque of Shadian, is located in a small town in southwestern Yunnan province. Till last […]
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Sat 25 May 2024: The death toll from a massive landslide in northern Papua New Guinea has exceeded 300, according to lawmaker Aimos Akem. The landslide, which struck the Maip-Mulitaka region early Friday, also destroyed 1,182 houses in the Rural LLG area, as reported by the PNG Post Courier. Akem confirmed that over 300 people […]
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A Palestinian child carries bottles to collect water in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 22, 2024. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters Sat 25 May 2024: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has released an update on the deteriorating situation in Gaza as communicable diseases rise and displaced people are desperately […]
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Sat 25 May 2024: Iranian military investigators have so far found no evidence of criminal activity in the helicopter crash that killed late President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, according to state media. A preliminary report on the crash by the general staff of the armed forces said the craft had “caught fire after hitting an elevated […]
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Sat 25 May 2024: The UN human rights office on Friday said that an estimated 45,000 Rohingya reportedly fled to areas near the Bangladesh border amid the ongoing fighting. “We are receiving frightening and disturbing reports from northern Rakhine State in Myanmar of the impacts of the conflict on civilian lives and property. Some of […]
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Fri 24 May 2024: Head of the Russian Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov on Friday accused Ukraine of direct involvement in the April 22 terrorist attack on Crocus City concert hall in the Moscow region. “The investigation is underway, but it is already safe to say that the military intelligence of Ukraine is directly involved […]
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Fri 24 May 2024: Japan, France, Germany, the United States and other wealthy nations are reaping billions of dollars in economic rewards from a global programme meant to help the developing world grapple with the effects of climate crisis, a Reuters review of UN and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development data shows. The financial gains happen […]
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Fri 24 May 2024: Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will run as an independent candidate in the upcoming UK general election on July 4, posing a potential challenge for Labour in his long-held north London seat. Corbyn, who has represented Islington North for over four decades, stated he aims to be […]
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Fri 24 May 2024: The UN on Thursday passed a resolution to designate July 11 as Srebrenica genocide remembrance day, with overwhelming support from the General Assembly. The resolution, spearheaded by Germany with co-sponsorship from more than 40 countries, calls for July 11 to be declared “International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 […]
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