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At least 31 killed, 100 injured as passenger trains collide in Pakistan
At least 31 people were killed while more than 100 were injured on Monday after two passenger trains collided in Pakistan's Ghotki district, reported Dawn.
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Israeli police briefly detains and assaults Al Jazeera journalist
Givara Budeiri, a veteran journalist who works with Al Jazeera Arabic has been released from custody several hours after she was arrested by Israeli police while covering a protest Sheikh Jarrah in Palestine on Saturday.
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European regulators to probe Into Facebook’s ad data collection
European regulators on Friday announced two separate antitrust investigations into Facebook regarding its use of advertising data.
The probes, one from the European Commission and the other from the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),...
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Sheikh Jarrah: After Muna, Israel arrests her twin Mohammed al-Kurd
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested the outspoken twins from Sheikh Jarrah activists, Muna al-Kurd and Mohammed al-Kurd. Muna and Muhammed, who is forced to share their house with Israeli...
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Israel arrests 23 year old Muna al-Kurd, iconic leader of Sheikh Jarrah protest
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested the 23 year old activist and journalist Muna al-Kurd from her home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in Jerusalem, Palestine News Agency Wafa reported.
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One million Palestinians arrested by Israel since 1967, 226 died inside prisons: Report
Around one million Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces since the 1967 Middle East war, according to a local NGO, Commission on Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
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‘Digital rights’ key to inclusive post-pandemic recovery: UN experts
Upholding human rights online must be part of global efforts to recover better following the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of United Nations independent experts said on Friday.
Opinion
Rwanda genocide: Macron forgiveness plea resets historic ties
Jonathan Beloff, SOAS, University of London
French president Emmanuel Macron has just paid his first state visit to Rwanda. While many world leaders have visited the central African nation of...
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Still time to reverse damage to ravaged ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking World Environment Day
Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched “an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth”, on the eve of World Environment Day.
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WHO urges wealthy nations to donate their surplus vaccines
WHO is urging wealthy countries to donate their surplus doses to poorer countries instead of giving them to less vulnerable groups, such as children, and they have so far donated 150 million doses via the COVAX sharing scheme.
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Kids risk generational catastrophe from COVID-19 virus: Report
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected children's rights worldwide, with young people risking a generational catastrophe if governments do not act, a rights group said in an annual survey.
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Corona pandemic to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said on Wednesday.
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