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Half of Africa’s white rhino population is in private hands

June 5, 2023

Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa. This success was partially due to the inclusion of the private sector, which started in the 1960s when white rhinos...

Three Chinese space crew completes six-month stint in space station

June 5, 2023

Three Chinese astronauts on Sunday returned safely to Earth on board the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship after completing their six-month mission to build China’s space station. Shenzhou-15’s return capsule carrying astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous...

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage ‘hotspots’

June 5, 2023

Two United Nations bodies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme (WFP), have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been declared “early warning hotspots,” Khaama...

US vows support for human rights in China

June 5, 2023

On the 34th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre, the United States said that it will continue to support human rights and fundamental freedoms in China and around the world. The US State Department marked the anniversary of the suppression by issuing a statement, calling on the Chinese Communist Party to...

Implement cease-fire without delay, Sudan’s warring parties told

June 5, 2023

Saudi Arabia and the United States urged Sudan’s warring parties in a statement on Sunday to agree to and “effectively implement” a new cease-fire amid renewed fighting in the northeastern African nation. Sudan descended into chaos after fighting broke out in mid-April between the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan,...

US forces ‘need to align’ with Russia for global security

June 5, 2023

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley suggested in an interview that United States forces ‘’need to align’’ with non-European countries including Russia to enhance global security, a remark her campaign characterized as a gaffe but which comes amid the Biden administration’s approval for millions more in military aid to assist Ukraine...

Mexicans to elect two state governors on Sunday

June 5, 2023

Mexicans in two states, including the country’s most populous, will elect new governors Sunday, having only known single-party rule for nearly a century. The State of Mexico hugs Mexico City on three sides, encompassing urban sprawl and rural ranches, as well as stunning inequality, violence and corruption. For decades, it has been...

Irked China defends actions in Taiwan Strait

June 5, 2023

China’s Defence Minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and a Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defence officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China. In...

Supreme Court: PIL Seeking Probe By Expert Committee Headed By Retd Judge, Guidelines For Implementation Of Kavach System In Trains| Orissa Train Accident

June 5, 2023

The Supreme Court in the case Vishal Tiwari v. Union of India & Anr observed wherein the public interest litigation has been filed seeking a high-level probe by an expert panel headed by a retired Supreme Court into the three train-collision which has reportedly claimed the lives of at least...

Allahabad High Court: Denied Relief To Man Accused Of Abusing Goddess Durga On WhatsApp; No Unfettered Right To Freedom Of Expression

June 5, 2023

The Allahabad High Court in the case Dr. Shiv Sidharth @ Shiv Kumar Bharti vs. State Of U.P And Another observed and has stated that the right to freedom of expression comes with its own set of special responsibilities and the duties that it does confer upon the citizens the...

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