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Sudan security fires tear gas as anti-coup campaign starts
AFP, Published on 07/11/2021
» KHARTOUM - Sudanese security forces on Sunday fired tear gas at an anti-coup rally by a group of teacher at the start of a two-day civil disobedience call against last month's military takeover.
Koh Kong airport set for flight trials early next year
Published on 01/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province is set for flight trials earlier next year as the whole construction process is close to completion.
Tiananmen vigil organiser disbands in Hong Kong
Published on 25/09/2021
» HONG KONG: The pro-democracy group that for three decades organised vigils in Hong Kong commemorating the victims of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown voted to disband on Saturday in the face of China’s sweeping crackdown on dissent.
Hong Kong opposition trade union group to disband
Reuters, Published on 19/09/2021
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong opposition trade union coalition, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, said on Sunday it would disband, adding to several civil society organisations that have ceased operating in the financial hub this year.
HK unions urge caution as catering businesses prod staff to get Covid-19 jabs
Published on 15/09/2021
» HONG KONG: More Hong Kong businesses are making it compulsory for staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19, even as unions and the equality watchdog are warning employers to tread carefully or they could be at risk of breaching the city's anti-discrimination laws.
Hong Kong group behind huge democracy rallies disbands
AFP, Published on 15/08/2021
» HONG KONG: The Hong Kong protest coalition that organised record-breaking democracy rallies two years ago said Sunday it was disbanding in the face of China's sweeping clampdown on dissent in the city.
Hong Kong's biggest protest group disbanding
Published on 14/08/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s largest protest group, which drew upwards of two million of the city’s residents onto the streets in 2019, is preparing to disband, according to local media reports.
Norway decides against Qatar World Cup boycott
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» OSLO: Norway's football community on Sunday voted against boycotting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar despite pressure from its grassroots over alleged human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Gulf state.
The fight for equality continues
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/06/2021
» All eyes are set on the Constitutional Court who will soon decide whether to accept a watershed case in the battle for marriage equality. Permsap Sae-Ung and Puangphet Hengkham have lived together for over 10 years but their marriage registration request was rejected by the Phasi Charoen District Office. In response to this, they filed a complaint with the Central Juvenile and Family Court, which forwarded the case to the Constitutional Court for ruling on Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code that allows only heterosexual couples to tie the knot.
Norway's football clubs to vote on Qatar World Cup boycott
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» OSLO: Will Norwegian football star Erling Braut Haaland stay home or play on what fans have dubbed a "cemetery?" This Sunday, a meeting of Norway's football community will decide whether to boycott next year's World Cup in Qatar.