International
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Malala celebrates completion of Oxford degree
Islamabad– Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Friday took to social media to celebrate her recent graduation…
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UN rights body holds urgent debate on systemic racism, police brutality
United Nations– The UN Human Rights Council held an urgent debate on the current racially inspired human rights violations, systemic…
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‘Human development on course to decline after 30 yrs’
United Nations– Global human development, which can be measured as a combination of the world’s education, health and living standards,…
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Pompeo hailed for asking China to release Tibetan holy monk
Dharamsala– Tibet’s self-declared government-in-exile President Lobsang Sangay on Tuesday thanked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for making a strong…
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Swamy asks for source after UN official criticises his Muslim ‘comment’
By Arul Louis United Nations– After a UN human rights official criticised BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, saying that…
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India calls for reform of global bodies at BRICS summit
By Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi– India on Tuesday, at the BRICS foreign ministers web summit amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
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Unemployed Nepali sherpas to be hired for cleaning up trekking trails
Kathmandu– The Nepal government has planned to create jobs for sherpas who were put out of work after the COVID-19…
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16 killed in Canada shooting rampage
Ottawa– A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in Canada’s Nova Scotia province, killing 16…
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Now is ‘not a time to cut’ funding to WHO : UN chief to Trump
Washington– United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that now was “not the time” to cut off funds…
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African countries accuse China of racial discrimination
BY AARTI TIKOO SINGH New Delhi/Beijing–African countries have accused China of racial discrimination against African nationals in its drive to…
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