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Attacks on Papua New Guinea kill 26, including 16 children
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2024
» SYDNEY - Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) north has likely killed 26 people, including 16 children, while several people were forced to flee after attackers set fire to their homes, the United Nations (UN) said.
Bangladesh deadly protests escalate, PM cancels overseas trips
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/07/2024
» DHAKA - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shelved her overseas travel plans that were to start Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported, amid escalating protests that have killed dozens and triggered a nationwide internet blackout.
Bangladesh TV news off air, communications disrupted as student protests spike
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2024
» DHAKA - Television news channels in Bangladesh were off the air and telecommunications were widely disrupted on Friday amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in which nearly two dozen people have been killed this week.
Bangladesh protest death toll reaches 32
Published on 18/07/2024
» DHAKA - Thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka on Thursday as Bangladesh authorities cut some mobile internet services to quell anti-job quota protests that have killed at least 32 people this week.
End wars, restore Olympic peace
Oped, Published on 18/07/2024
» There are at least 55 ongoing wars around the world. Politicians have consistently failed to end the armed conflicts that are ravaging their societies, and the dangers have been multiplied by the fact that local wars no longer remain local.
More than 60 are missing in Nepal after landslide sweeps buses into river
New York Times, Published on 13/07/2024
» KATHMANDU — More than 60 people are missing after a landslide swept two moving passenger buses into a river swollen by monsoon rains in central Nepal in the early hours of Friday, officials said.
Women, children trampled in Indian religious stampede
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2024
» HATHRAS, India - The death toll in the stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India has risen to 121, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday, as police said the venue was greatly overcrowded at triple its permitted capacity.
Taiwan president lauds freedom after singer says 'don't forget Tiananmen'
Published on 30/06/2024
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's president praised artistic freedom in Taiwan after singer and activist Panai called on Saturday at one of the most prestigious entertainment events in the Chinese-speaking world for people not to forget China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square.
Years later, Philippines reckons with Duterte’s brutal drug war
Published on 30/06/2024
» MANILA, Philippines — When Rodrigo Duterte was running for president eight years ago, he vowed to order the police and the military to find drug users and traffickers to kill them, promising immunity for such killings. In the months after, police officers and vigilantes mercilessly gunned down tens of thousands of people in summary executions.
CEO apologises for deadly Korean factory fire
Published on 25/06/2024
» HWASEONG, South Korea - The CEO of a lithium battery manufacturer apologised on Tuesday following a massive factory fire that killed 23 workers, but said the company had complied with all required safety precautions and training.