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Canada allows staffers to testify on China poll meddling

March 25, 2023

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bowed to pressure from the opposition and agreed to allow his top aide to testify before a parliamentary committee probing alleged Chinese election interference, reported The Age. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly called for Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, to speak in a...

USA stands with women in Iran, Afghanistan: Joe Biden

March 25, 2023

US President Joe Biden has said that Washington stands with women in Iran and Afghanistan who are facing violence, Afghanistan-based TOLO News reported. Biden made the remarks in a White House speech for Women’s History Month. “We stand with women in Iran and Afghanistan who are facing down violence ....

China blocks Uyghur activists, despite U.S. support

March 25, 2023

China on Thursday interrupted and attempted to block a prominent Uyghur activist from speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), where he pointed out the grim human rights violations by Beijing and sought the urgent intervention of the global body. Uyghur Congress president Dolkun Isa who is based...

WHO calls for intensified actions to eradicate TB in Southeast Asia

March 25, 2023

On World Tuberculosis Day (TB), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for intensified actions to eradicate the disease in the South East Asian region which bears the world’s highest TB burden. WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh highlighted the urgent need for countries and partners...

North Korea tests underwater nuclear-capable attack drone

March 25, 2023

North Korea has tested a new underwater nuclear-capable attack drone, Al Jazeera reported citing the country’s state news agency KCNA said on Friday. Significantly, the drone operated continuously for 59 hours underwater before being destroyed as part of a drill to intimidate the US and South Korean armed forces. The...

Swiss banks may impose sanctions on Chinese accounts

March 25, 2023

Since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, the Switzerland government has moved in to impose sanctions on Moscow and its residents by freezing their Swiss bank accounts, and it is now closely monitoring Chinese wealth, which could be the next target, Global Watch Analysis reported. After an Intel...

UK demonstrators protest Israeli leader’s visit

March 25, 2023

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to London on Friday while demonstrators gathered nearby to protest against the Israeli government’s right-wing policies. Israel faces a national crisis over the government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system. They have ignited Israel’s biggest protests in history and sparked...

TikTok to be blocked from parliamentary devices in UK

March 25, 2023

In the latest ban imposed on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, the app will be blocked from parliamentary devices and networks in the UK, Sky News reported. The commissions of the House of Commons and House of Lords have announced they will follow the move taken by the government on...

Earthquake destroyed 665 houses across Afghanistan: UN

March 25, 2023

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated that the recent earthquake in Afghanistan damaged and destroyed around 665 houses across Badakhshan, Bamyan, Panjshir, Parwan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Samangan, and Takhar Provinces, Afghanistan based Khaama Press reported. The organisation added that the earthquake in Badakhshan killed...

China’s sudden zero-Covid exit costing lives

March 25, 2023

When China abruptly ended zero-Covid measures in December, the country was unprepared for the massive surge of cases. Hospitals turned back ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives transported dead loved ones to warehouses due to a lack of storage space. Chinese state media claimed that the decision to...

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