26-07-2022 AMSTERDAM/ BERLIN: In a study published in European Sociological Review, researchers conducted a field experiment proving veiled Muslim women face public backlash from clients and customers when job-hunting in Netherlands and Germany. To conduct the study, the researchers picked a set of candidates and filed two job applications for …
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25-07-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: The number of Australians admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 has hit a record of about 5,450 on Monday, official data showed, as the spread of highly contagious new Omicron sub-variants stretches the healthcare system nationwide. The figure has grown since late June, as the BA.4 and …
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25-07-2022 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military government has executed four anti-coup activists, including a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing widespread condemnation and outrage. The four men were executed over their involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar …
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25-07-2022 NEW YORK: Tesla boss Elon Musk said late on Sunday on Twitter that he and Google co-founder Sergey Brin remain friends and denied a report that he had been involved in an affair with Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan. Musk’s tweets came after a Wall Street Journal report that cited …
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25-07-2022 NASSAU: Seventeen people died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants capsized off the coast of The Bahamas, authorities said on Sunday, as more Haitians attempt to reach the United States to flee gang violence and poverty at home. Rescue teams recovered the bodies of 17 people, including …
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25-07-2022 BEIJING: China’s population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official. Birth data released late on Sunday showed that the number of new births in 2021 was the lowest in decades in several …
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24-07-2022 TEHRAN: The founder of WhatsApp made a record $2 million donation to the pro-Israel lobby group American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) campaign in the Democratic primaries in the US last month. Ukrainian-born Jewish inventor, Jan Koum, made the donation to help defeat pro-Palestinian candidates. Details uncovered by Israel’s …
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24-07-2022 OTTAWA: Pope Francis will arrive in Canada on Sunday to commence a cross-country trip to seek penance for the devastation the Catholic Church inflicted upon Indigenous peoples who attended abusive Indian Residential Schools. Following a historic apology given by the pontiff to Indigenous delegates and survivors of the notorious …
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24-07-2022 BAMAKO: An armed group in Mali affiliated with al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the country’s main military base near the capital, which it said was a response to governmental collaboration with Russian mercenaries. The Katiba Macina claimed the attack in the strategic garrison town near …
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24-07-2022 TEHRAN: Iran’s intelligence ministry has announced the arrest of a network of agents linked to Israel’s Mossad who entered Iran to carry out attacks against “sensitive” sites, state media reported. The suspects entered Iran from northern Iraq, but were arrested before they were able to carry out sabotage and …
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