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Half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need: WFP

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving.

After Columbia, Pro-Palestine protests expand to major US universities

Students of major universities in the United States have launched pro-Palestinian protests demanding divestment from companies involved in...

Leicester Ram Navami procession: Muslim groups seek police action against Hindutva mob for Islamophobic chants

Multiple Muslim organisations lodged complaints with Leicestershire police seeking action against a Hindutva mob for their Islamophobic chants raised during Ram Navami procession.

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights violations in India

Parliamentarians from several countries have come together to express their profound concern over escalating human rights violations in India.

Two days after Israeli forces pronounced him dead, Abu Shujaa appears ‘alive’ in Tulkarm

Earlier this week, Israeli occupation forces carried out a brutal three-day raid of Tulkarm's Nour Shams refugee camp. During the onslaught, Israeli soldiers carried out mass arrests to end rebellious movements in the occupied West Bank.

US asks it’s citizens to exercise “increased caution” while travelling to India, avoid Kashmir, Northeast, Naxal region

The US on Friday asked its citizens to exercise “increased caution” while travelling to India due to “crime and terrorism” and advised them to not to travel to the...

UN rights council to monitor violations in Russia

The UN Human Rights Council has agreed to monitor the rights situation in Russia, marking the first-ever resolution focused on violations inside the country.
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UNHRC: India abstains from voting on holding debate on Uyghur, resolution fails

India on Thursday abstained from voting on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council on holding a debate on the "situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of...

French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Foundation on Thursday announced that French author Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022. In the press release, the foundation said the award is "for the...
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Nord Stream pipeline sabotage: How an attack could have been carried out and why Europe was defenceless

Christian Bueger, University of Copenhagen Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea”...

Dozens of children among 34 killed in mass shooting at Thailand daycare centre

More than 30 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s daycare centre in a northeastern province of Thailand. According to reports, casualties include dozens of...
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“ Worrying upsurge” in deadly cholera, warns WHO

After years of declining cholera cases, “a worrying upsurge” of deadly outbreaks across the world has emerged over the past year – including in 27 countries since January, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday, in a wide-ranging briefing.

WHO alerts against four India-made cough syrups after dozen children die in Africa

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday issued a medical product alert over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to acute kidney injuries and deaths of 66 children in The Gambia, a west African nation.
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Dementia: WHO launches blueprint to tackle generational health challenge

Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges of our generation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which on Tuesday launched the first-ever research blueprint for tackling the disease, which 78 million people could be living with by the end of this decade.

Iranian woman journalist, who broke news of Mahsa Amini’s death, is in jail now

Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist who broke the news of the custodial death of Mahsa Amini, is in jail now.
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129 killed in stampede at Indonesia football match

At least 129 people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede during a riot at a football match in the province of East Java in Indonesia.

Has the pandemic changed our personalities?

For many of us, some personality traits stay the same throughout our lives while others change only gradually. However, evidence shows that significant events in our personal lives which induce severe stress or trauma can be associated with more rapid changes in our personalities.
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