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Austrian Muslims to sue government over ‘Islam map’

30-05-2021 VIENNA: A leading Muslim group in Austria has said it plans to file a lawsuit against the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for unveiling a controversial “Islam map”, according to Austrian media reports. Muslim Youth Austria lambasted the government for publishing a “political Islam map”, which identifies the locations …

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Boko Haram frees 14 Shia students abducted in Nigeria

30-05-2021 ABUJA: Boko Haram has released the remaining 14 Shia students who had been held captive after being abducted last month from a northern Nigerian university, officials said. Armed groups of Boko Haram (an anti-Shia terrorist organization) have repeatedly attacked schools and universities in northwest Nigeria in the last few …

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We should unite against China: Ex-Australian PM

29-05-2021 Bureau Report + BBC CANBERRA/ BEIJING: Countries should unite against China’s growing economic and geopolitical coercion or risk being singled out and punished by Beijing, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told the BBC. Rudd said governments in the West should not be afraid to challenge China on …

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COVID won’t be over until 70% are vaccinated: WHO

29-05-2021 COPENHAGEN: The WHO’s European director slammed the region for its slow vaccine rollout warned on Friday and warned that the coronavirus pandemic won’t end until at least 70% of people are inoculated. The World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said countries and their populations must not …

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‘India’s COVID rate falling below’

28-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: With the Covid-19 positivity rate falling below 2 per cent in Delhi, the city government has decided to begin the unlock process. Addressing the media after meeting L-G Anil Baijal, Kejriwal said that relaxations will be given to businesses from May 31. He said that …

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Germany recognizes colonial-era Namibia genocide

28-05-2021 BERLIN/ WINDHOEK: Germany has recognized for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago and promised financial support worth more than one billion Euros ($1.2bn) to fund infrastructure projects in the African nation. German settlers killed thousands of Herero …

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