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The Ukrainian Family That Has Become An International Symbol Of Civilian Death.
The Perebyinis family The photograph has become a worldwide symbol of Russia’s brutality toward Ukrainian civilians. Four people lay near an intersection in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb, on Sunday. All were dead or soon would be, from the force of Russian mortars. There had...
A Warming World
In the past 60 years, every decade has been hotter than the last, and 2020 is on track to be among the hottest years yet. But the burden of extreme heat is not shared equally — it’s significantly worse for people at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. Extreme heat...
Townsville Mayoral Candidate Received $100k From Clive Palmer Despite Denials
The Townsville Bulletin reports that Townsville independent mayoral candidate Greg Dowling received $100,000 from one of Clive Palmer’s companies a day before he announced his candidacy. This strikes many in Townsville as odd, to say the least, because Dowling told...
UNESCO MGIEP discusses future of education, using core ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi to celebrate the International Day of Education
Father of the nation brought to life through 3D hologram New Delhi, January 27, 2020: In celebration of the International Day of Education, the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) hosted ‘A Dialogue with Gandhi’...
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US roll outs new export controls aimed at restricting China’s chip industry
US Commerce Department says curbs follow consultation with international partners.The United States has rolled out fresh export controls on quantum computers and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment amid concerns about the use of advanced technologies by rivals such...
Super Typhoon Yagi makes landfall on China’s Hainan as 400,000 evacuated
Transport links shuttered as Asia’s strongest storm this year drenches southern China and will affect Vietnam and Laos.Super Typhoon Yagi has made landfall on the Chinese island province of Hainan, state media reported, after more than 400,000 people were forced to...
Mapping Israeli protests since October 7
Large-scale antigovernment protests are continuing across Israel as pressure grows for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza.On Monday, Israel’s largest trade union called for a general strike after the military recovered the bodies of...
Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever
European climate monitor says extreme weather will become more ‘intense’ if countries don’t slash emissions.Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, according...
Has Hezbollah re-established deterrence with Israel?
The intensity of cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israel has lessened after a spectacular exchange of attacks on August 25.But after an eventful week in Israel, where news of six executed Israeli captives led to massive protests against Netanyahu’s...
At least 17 students killed in Kenya boarding school fire
President Ruto says those responsible will be ‘held to account’ for the blaze that also seriously injured 13 pupils.At least 17 students were killed while 13 more suffered serious burn injuries after a fire in a boarding school dormitory in central Kenya, police say....
China ends foreign adoptions leaving prospective families with questions
China is no longer allowing foreign adoptions, with the only exception being for blood relatives to adopt a child or a stepchild.China has announced the end of its intercountry adoption programme, a scheme that had allowed Chinese-born children to be adopted by...
Father of Georgia high school shooting suspect Colt Gray arrested
Two students and two teachers were killed and nine people injured in Wednesday’s high school shooting.The father of the 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting dead four people and injuring nine more in a Georgia school has been arrested. State officials said Colin Gray...
What killing of Hindu teen by India cow vigilantes tells us about Modi 3.0
At about 1am on August 24, Aryan Mishra, a 19-year-old 12th-grade student received a phone call.Two of his friends, both sons of Mishra’s landlord, wanted him to join them for a late-night snack – noodles, according to reports. Mishra soon joined them, grabbing the...
Israel will cease to exist if Harris becomes president, Trump claims
Republican presidential nominee tells Jewish donors that his Democratic rival would ‘totally abandon’ Israel.Israel will cease to exist if United States Vice President Kamala is elected to the White House in November, former President Donald Trump has claimed....
Fugitive former mayor Alice Guo back in the Philippines to face Senate
Guo fled the Philippines two months ago as the Senate investigated her alleged links to Chinese cyberscams.Alice Guo, a former mayor who went on the run after she was accused of links to Chinese organised crime, has arrived back in the Philippines, where she is...
Ukraine military chief says Kursk offensive working, Russia advance stalled
Oleksandr Syrskii admits Pokrovsk situation ‘most problematic’ but insists Kursk offensive having intended effect.Oleksandr Syrskii, Ukraine’s top military commander, has defended Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, saying the offensive was working because...