07-10-2022 OSLO: Jailed human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights group Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to document human rights abuses. The announcement was made on Friday at the Norwegian …
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06-10-2022 ATHENS: Dozens of people seeking new lives in Europe by crossing the Mediterranean have died in a pair of unrelated boat accidents, according to Greek officials. One boat sank off the island of Lesbos after encountering strong winds. There were 40 people on board, reportedly all women. By Thursday …
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06-10-2022 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. As the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang’s Tuesday launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile …
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06-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ NEW DELHI: The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that …
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06-10-2022 BANGKOK: A former police officer armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, shooting dead 34 people including children before killing himself and his family, police said. The attacker, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and a knife, opened fire on the …
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06-10-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia’s east on Thursday, with more heavy downpours expected to fall over the next three days. With almost three months of 2022 still to go, Australia’s largest city has recorded …
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05-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out talks with Pakistan today and indicated that the elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held soon. Speaking to a huge crowd in Kashmir’s Baramulla, Shah said, “I assure you that once revision of revision of …
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05-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ ISLAMABAD: Julien Harneis, Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan, told journalists in Geneva on Monday that there would be an increase in child morbidity, disease outbreaks such as malaria, dengue fever, and increased malnutrition, unless assistance was forthcoming. The Government needs support to bolster health, nutrition, …
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05-10-2022 OTTAWA/ TEHRAN: Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who died while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police,” the Canadian government said. “These sanctions are in response to gross human rights …
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05-10-2022 BOGOTA: Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group have announced that they will reestablish peace talks that were suspended in 2018. Delegations of Colombia’s government and the ELN will restart negotiations after the first week of November, the parties said in a statement on Tuesday …
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