Sat 08 October 2022: Schoolgirls chanted protest songs, workers went on strike, and street brawls broke out all over Iran as Mahsa Amini’s death protests entered their fourth week in defiance of a brutal crackdown. The death of the Iranian-Kurd, 22, on September 16, three days after she had been detained by “morality police” for […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: Pakistan is on the verge of a public health disaster after the devastating floods, the UN secretary-general warned on Friday, as the world body now seeks $816 million to help the South Asian nation, a surge of $656 million from the initial appeal. The devastation caused by unprecedented rains and floods in Pakistan […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: A poll released on Saturday revealed that the opposition Labour Party in Britain continues to enjoy a significant lead over the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Liz Truss, which has struggled to recover since its annual conference this week, Reuters reported. The YouGov poll, conducted on Thursday and Friday for The […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: FIFA will not penalize Indonesia for the use of tear gas by the police inside a crowded soccer stadium, which caused a crush and stampede that claimed 131 lives, including 17 children. The Under-20 World Cup, which will feature 24 nations from five continents, will continue to be held in Indonesia, […]
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Sat 08 October 2022: The Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea – a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular – has been hit by a massive explosion on the span that carries railway traffic. The Kerch Bridge — a pair of parallel bridges, one road and one railroad — is a key […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: The United States has accused OPEC oil-producing nations of siding with Russia after a decision to cut oil output. A decision by the OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries to sharply cut production and boost crude prices has dealt a blow to consuming nations, prompting accusations that Gulf producers are siding with […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs has launched a diplomatic and political campaign, in coordination with the Arab ambassadors in Britain, to prevent the transfer of the British embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied city of Jerusalem. Arab ambassadors in London have sent a letter to British Prime […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: US President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the world is on the verge of nuclear “Armageddon,” warning that Vladimir Putin may use his nuclear arsenal as Russian troops struggle against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Following Russia’s invasion eight months ago, Putin has made thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons if he […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: The UN Human Rights Council has voted not to debate the treatment of the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang even after the UN’s human rights office concluded the scale of the alleged abuses there may amount to “crimes against humanity“. The motion for a […]
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Fri 07 October 2022: Most victims of religious hate crimes in England and Wales were Muslims and Jews in the year to March 2022, according to official government data. The Home Office reported on Thursday that the overall number of hate crimes rose 26 percent from 2021 until 2022, to 155,841. Some 8,307 were religious hate […]
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