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Australian aboriginal mother to take her son’s ‘death in custody’ case to UN
Leetona Dungay, and a team of high-profile lawyers, will take a claim over her son’s death in custody to the United Nations, reports the BBC.
10 June 2021, 10:31 AM
China passes law to counter foreign sanctions
China passed a law on Thursday to counter foreign sanctions, as it strives to diffuse U.S. and EU pressure over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
10 June 2021, 09:59 AM
Drug kingpin El Chapo's wife to plead guilty to U.S. charges
The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Emma Coronel Aispuro, is expected to plead guilty on Thursday in federal court in Washington, where she has been accused of helping her husband run the Sinaloa cartel of smugglers, court records show.
10 June 2021, 08:58 AM
Child labour swells for first time in two decades: UN
The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said Thursday.
10 June 2021, 08:52 AM
Allies hope to bond, look beyond virus at G-7 summit in UK
There will be roundtable meetings, one-on-one chats and a group photo against a picturesque backdrop. When leaders of some of the world’s richest nations meet Friday at the English seaside for a three-day Group of Seven summit, much of the choreography will be familiar.
10 June 2021, 07:52 AM
Biden brings a Brexit warning for Britain: Don’t imperil North Ireland peace
U.S. President Joe Biden brings a grave Brexit warning to his first meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Prevent a row with the European Union from imperiling the delicate peace in Northern Ireland.
10 June 2021, 07:12 AM
Canada will soon crack down on online hate in wake of fatal attack -minister
Canada will soon unveil measures to crack down on online extremism following the killing of a Muslim family, a crime that police said was inspired by hate, a government minister said on Wednesday.
9 June 2021, 20:28 PM
Auckland wins top spot as Covid shakes up rankings
Covid-19 has shaken up the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities, propelling Auckland to first place, replacing Vienna, which crashed out of the top 10 as the island nations of New Zealand, Australia and Japan fared best.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Don’t mess with IAEA’s work
The United States told Iran on Tuesday that it must let the UN atomic agency continue to monitor its activities, as laid out in an agreement that has been extended until June 24, or put wider talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal at risk.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Tiny worm comes back to life after 24,000 yrs
A microscopic organism has wriggled back to life and reproduced asexually after lying frozen in the vast permafrost lands of northeastern Siberia for 24,000 years.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
10 mine-clearing Afghan workers killed
Masked gunmen killed 10 people working for the HALO Trust mine-clearing organisation in northern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said yesterday, blaming the Taliban for the latest attack to rock the violence-wracked country.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes kill 11 Syria troops
Israeli air strikes in central Syria killed at least 11 government troops and militiamen late Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
EU pledges extra €250m famine aid
The European Commission will promise an extra 250 million euros ($304 million) in famine aid for Africa, Afghanistan and Venezuela ahead of the G7 summit, an EU official said yesterday.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
UN warns of ‘mass deaths’ from starvation, disease
The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has warned of “mass deaths” from starvation and disease in the wake of fighting between rebel groups and junta forces in the east of the coup-stricken country.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden leaves US to meet allies, Putin
Joe Biden yesterday departed Washington on the first foreign trip of his presidency, launching an intense series of summits with G7, European and Nato partners before a tense face-to-face with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘You are not alone’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday denounced the killing of four Muslim family members, run down by the driver of a pick-up truck, as a hate-driven “terrorist attack,” and urged the nation to stand up against intolerance.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Man held over Macron slap was medieval swordsmanship fan
The man alleged to have slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face ran a club for enthusiasts of medieval swordsmanship and had no previous criminal record, two sources familiar with the investigation said on Wednesday.
9 June 2021, 14:53 PM
Pakistan tells CIA chief won't host drone bases
Government officials have privately begun confirming a secret visit to Islamabad of CIA Director William Burns and are suggesting that he was firmly told that Pakistan would not host the spy agency’s drone bases on its territory.
9 June 2021, 07:38 AM
In vigil remembering Canadian Muslim family, a vow that ‘this is our city’
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau joined several thousand mourners in a vigil to remember three generations of a Canadian Muslim family killed in what police said was a premeditated hate crime, as a grieving community stood united in the midst of the crisis.
9 June 2021, 05:00 AM
Bosnia's Mladic orchestrated Europe's worst atrocities since World War Two
Ratko Mladic was dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia" for terrorising the capital Sarajevo with a 43-month siege and presiding over the 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims in a U.N.-designated “safe area”, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.
8 June 2021, 19:30 PM