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The US stands out among democracies for incomplete legislation for the recognition of human rights and for their protection.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Our research shows what we have long suspected and feared, namely that the destructive secondary impacts of this pandemic have damaged the fabric of our society and will be felt for years, if not decades, to come.”
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Australia to welcome 200,000 vaccinated international students, workers
The Australian government expects 200,000 vaccinated foreign students and skilled workers will soon return without quarantining when the country further relaxes pandemic restrictions next week.
22 November 2021, 06:06 AM
Australia, US, UK ink first key agreement on nuclear submarines since AUKUS formed
Australia formally embarked Monday on a hotly-contested programme to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines in a new defence alliance with Britain and the United States.
22 November 2021, 04:47 AM
Kremlin slams US ‘hysteria’ over Ukraine conflict
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov yesterday slammed the United States for driving “hysteria” over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, after Western countries accused Moscow of a troop build-up near the ex-Soviet country.
21 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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1926 - Imperial Conference ends, giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth.
21 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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China has officially downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania in protest, the foreign ministry in Beijing said yesterday, after Taiwan established a de facto embassy in Vilnius.
21 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on the migrant crisis at Poland-Belarus border as European governments and the United States accuse Minsk and Russia of artificially creating the crisis by bringing in people from abroad
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Blood Moon’ dazzles night skies
The longest partial lunar eclipse in a millennium dazzled night skies around the world on Friday, in an event dubbed the ‘Blood Moon’ due to its red haze.
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Of course the climate crisis isn’t caused by private jets but it is a bit hypocritical ... that world leaders (who) live very close by, for instance Boris Johnson, arrived in Glasgow by private jet while trying to solve the climate crisis. That doesn’t send the right message.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation hits 15yr high
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22% in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government’s annual report showed on Thursday, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Greece car chase kills 7 migrants: police
Seven migrants were killed and eight injured in northern Greece after their car overturned as they tried to evade a police roadblock near the Turkish border, police said yesterday.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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1815 - Second Treaty of Paris: France and her allies agree France will pay indemnities after Battle of Waterloo, ending the Napoleonic Wars.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Google has said it had agreed a “milestone” deal with a number of German media outlets to pay for the use of their content online.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
UN explains $6 bn plan to Elon Musk to end world hunger
The United Nations' World Food Programme chief presented a plan on how they would spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger as a response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan only if the WFP could describe how it would work.
18 November 2021, 19:15 PM
Google agrees 5-year deal to pay AFP for online content
Google and Agence France-Presse on Wednesday said they had signed a “pioneering” five-year deal under which the world’s
18 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Taiwan commissions advanced new F-16s
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen yesterday lauded military cooperation with Washington as she commissioned the first combat wing
18 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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The Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin after Chinese coast guard vessels used water cannon on Filipino resupply boats in the South China Sea" layout="left"]China has no law enforcement rights in and around these areas. They must take heed and back off.”
18 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Risk of extremism’ rising Warns UN envoy, says IS now appears present in all Afghan provinces
The UN envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now appears present in nearly all 34 provinces.
18 November 2021, 18:00 PM