07-10-2022 GENEVA: The UN rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny. The defeat, 19 against, 17 for, 11 …
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07-10-2022 BANGKOK: Grief and anger have engulfed Thailand a day after the mass killing of children and adults at a preschool daycare centre by a former Thai police officer who went on a rampage of stabbing and shooting before he shot his wife, child, and himself. The country reeled as …
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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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