Category: WORLD

It was only last year that UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra visited Jordan to meet with Syrian families, whose lives have been greatly affected by the conflict in the area. The international star today landed in Dhaka,Bangladesh after attending the royal wedding in London to visit the Rohingya Refugee camps. Since 25 August 2017, extreme violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has driven an estimated 693,000 Rohingya refugees across the border into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The people and Government of Bangladesh welcomed them with resounding generosity and open borders. As part of an initiative…

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Dr. Mahathir’s stunning defeat of the ruling coalition means that at the age of 92, he will become the oldest elected leader in the world. Dr. Mahathir was the country’s authoritarian leader for 22 years until 2003. KUALA LUMPUR: Mahathir Mohamad won a stunning victory in Malaysia’s election, ending the six-decade rule of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s party in a landmark shift for the Southeast Asian nation. Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving premier who defected to the opposition to take on Najib, will return to power at the age of 92. His four-party…

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Ebola is believed to be spread over long distances by bats, which can host the virus without dying, as it infects other animals it shares trees with such as monkeys. It often spreads to humans via infected bushmeat. At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of Ebola. It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name when it was…

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Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram. The attack in Mubi town came a day after President Muhammadu Buhari met with US President Donald Trump at the White House and discussed the threat from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremist group. Boko Haram, which briefly held control of Mubi in 2014 as part of its nine-year insurgency, has repeatedly targeted the town with deadly attacks. The fighting has left more than 20,000…

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May Day originated in the United States in 1886 when more than 300,000 workers across the country walked out on their bosses on the first day of May. In India, May Day was first celebrated in Chennai on 1 May, 1923 following an initiative by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan. Thousands of activists have marched in May Day rallies across the globe in a fight against anti-austerity and poor workers’ rights.A poster of revolutionary hero Che Guevara is seen during the annual May Day parade in Havana, Cuba. Huge crowds of…

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By: Anoop Sood Indians are the new emerging class of “great international travelers”- large in numbers, e​asy spenders and moving around in hordes.​ Nations vie with each other to market themselves as preferred destinations for these “great Indian tourists” and tour operators are delighted to grab the business opportunity.​ Bollywood has served as an effective marketing tool. It was famous producer director Yash Chopra who first started shooting movies in Switzerland. Today movies are shot in every country, East Europe being the latest to join.  And the Indians are everywhere. Switzerland, France, Austria, England,…

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The death of a journalist covering protests in Nicaragua has been captured on camera as he filmed on Facebook Live.Angel Gahona was reporting live on unrest in the central American country when he was shot dead. MANAGUA: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega repealed changes to the country’s social security system Sunday night that triggered riots that led to the deaths of at least 26 people since Wednesday.Nicaragua has been one of the more stable countries in Central America. The overhaul had sought to shore up Nicaragua’s troubled social security system with…

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MANAGUA: Nicaragua’s Vice President Rosario Murillo has called protestors against new pension reform “vampires demanding blood”. On Thursday, the police officer and a young protester were shot dead in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, while another youth was shot in the city of Tipitapa. At least five people, including a police officer, have been killed in the protests since they began on Wednesday, according to the authorities, and dozens of people have been wounded. The National Police said the officer was killed Thursday by a shotgun blast and the protester died…

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At least 257 people have been killed after a military plane crashed near the Boufarik airbase outside the Algerian capital, Algiers. The Algerian plane went down in a field near the Boufarik military base, which is is 20 miles from the capital, Algiers, and close to the Mediterranean Sea. Algeria’s defense ministry said in a statement that 247 passengers and 10 crew members were killed. It said most of the victims are soldiers and their relatives. The bodies were taken to an army hospital in the town of Ain Naadja for identification, the ministry said.The…

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TOKYO: Oscar-nominated Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, who co-founded the Studio Ghibli and was best known for his work “Grave of the Fireflies”, has died aged 82, the studio said on Friday. Takahata had heart problems, and his condition grew worse last summer. The director passed quietly at him home while being surrounded by his loved ones. Takahata’s latest film, “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” earned him an Academy nomination in 2014 for best animated feature. It was also selected for a slot in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar to…

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