World
Omicron fuels record weekly COVID-19 cases, but deaths ‘stable’
Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on Wednesday.
World
Holding $9 billion, US offers $300 million as Afghan starve
The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will contribute roughly $308 million to humanitarian assistance efforts in Afghanistan, where millions are on the brink of starvation and at risk of freezing to death in...
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India
Bulli Bai: “Prosecute soon,” says UN special rapporteur on minority issues
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Dr Fernand de Varennes, on Tuesday, condemned the harassment of Muslim women through the Github app where doctored photographs were held...
Opinion
Novak Djokovic: the legal problem of having one rule for some, another for everyone else
Joshua Jowitt, Newcastle University
Since the start of the pandemic, anyone wishing to enter Australia has had to contend with one of the strictest immigration and quarantine regimes in the...
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World
Close the Prison at Guantánamo Now: Ilhan Omar
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in a new op-ed that Tuesday—the 20th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. offshore prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base—should be "a day...
World
Rights experts condemn ‘unrelenting human rights violations’ at Guantánamo
The detention camp, sited within a US naval base on the island, was set up in 2002 to house prisoners captured in Afghanistan, and at its peak housed some 780 people, most of whom were detained without trial.
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World
Kazakhstan: 164 killed, 5,000 arrested during riots
At least 164 people were killed and 5,000 arrested in Kazakhstan after the riots that shook Central Asia’s largest country over the past week.
World
US: Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison without parole
Three white men who murdered 25-year-old black jogger, Ahmaud Arbery last year in Georgia were sentenced Friday to life in prison.
Georgia Judge Timothy Walmsley denied parole to the father and...
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World
Kazakhstan unrest: another regional headache for Vladimir Putin
Liana Semchuk, University of Oxford
The violence that engulfed Kazakhstan following demonstrations over rising fuel prices has abated for the time being. According to reports emerging from the turbulence, it...
COVID19 Updates
Omicron overwhelming health systems around the world: WHO chief
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned the world not to take the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as"mild" reminding the global leaders that the highest number...
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World
Multiracism: why we need to pay attention to the world’s many racisms
Alastair Bonnett, Newcastle University
Racism is being called out across the world – and not just in the usual places. The word “racism” has been taken up by Yazidis in...
World
2021 deadliest year for Palestinians since 2014: Report
A Jerusalem-based human rights group on Tuesday released new statistics revealing that Israeli security forces and armed settlers' violence against Palestinians in the illegally occupied territories escalated in 2021 to the highest levels...
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