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UNFPA appeals for $1.2 bn to support crisis-affected women, girls
United Nations: The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has appealed for $1.2 billion in 2023 to reach some 66 million women, girls and young people facing crisis in 65 countries. The funding needs,…
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Forest fire destroys 46 homes in Chile, kills one person
Santiago: A forest fire in Chile’s Metropolitan region has left one person dead, five people injured and 46 homes destroyed after razing at least 659 hectares of land, authorities said. The Interior…
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Report reveals sexual abuse of female inmates in US prisons
Washington: The US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report which revealed sexual abuse of female inmates in federal prisons. The report released on Tuesday uncovered that Federal Bureau of Prisons…
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Indian lecturer wins discrimination case against UK university
London: An Indian lecturer has won a discrimination case against a UK university whose selection process, according to an employment tribunal, was “tainted by race discrimination”. The University of Portsmouth failed to…
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UK: Pig’s head placed on Mosque’s roof in Manchester
In an incident reported from manchester on Tuesday, a pig’s head was reportedly placed on the roof of a mosque. The police are investigating the matter as a hate crime. The incident…
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British-Pakistani cricketer forced to leave UK over racist abuse
London: Azeem Rafiq, a 31-year-old British-Pakistani former Yorkshire cricketer, has been forced to leave the UK after his allegations about institutional racism at the Yorkshire County Cricket Club (CCC) last year created…
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Peru’s new President seeks early polls amid intensified protests
Lima: Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte said she plans to meet the Congressional Constitution Committee to “shorten the timeframe” for holding the early general elections as deadly protests have intensified across the…
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Additional H-2B visas for FY 2023: USCIS
New York: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) are issuing a temporary final rule that makes 64,716 additional H-2B visas available for fiscal year 2023.…
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Zelensky calls for 50mn LED lightbulbs to cope with energy crisis
Kiev: In the wake of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s fragile energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for 50 million LED lightbulbs which would save around one gigawatt of power and reduce…
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High-level ministerial meeting to take up UNSC reforms
United Nations: Indias External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will preside over a high-level ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday to push for reforming the body to take on…
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US charges 7 with military tech plot on Russian govt orders
Washington: The US has charged five Russian nationals, including a suspected Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, and two Americans for allegedly conspiring to obtain military-grade and dual-use technologies from US companies for…
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Biden signs bill on same-sex marriage
Washington: US President Joe Biden signed a bill codifying federal protections for same-sex marriage. The move, on Tuesday, came days after the Respect for Marriage Act went through the US Congress, Xinhua…
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Pakistan’s brain drain situation aggravates; 765K youths moved overseas in 2022: Official data
Islamabad: Pakistan’s brain drain situation has aggravated with more than 7,60,000 educated youth seeking employment overseas this year mainly because of the uncertain economic and political situation in the country, according to…
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India’s Chief of Naval Staff in Sri Lanka on 4-day visit
Colombo: India’s Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral R. Hari Kumar is on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka during which he is scheduled to call on President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime…
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India’s Chief of Naval Staff in Sri Lanka on 4-day visit
Colombo: India’s Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral R. Hari Kumar is on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka during which he is scheduled to call on President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime…
