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      21 March

      Significant human rights issues in India, says US report

      India experienced significant human rights issues in 2022, including unlawful and arbitrary killings, a US report claimed Washington: India experienced significant human rights issues in 2022, including unlawful and arbitrary killings, freedom of press and violence targeting religious and ethnic minorities, a US report claimed on Monday. Released by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the annual human rights reports of the State Department is a mandatory requirement of the US Congress giving details of human rights status in countries across the world. The latest edition of the annual report slams Russia and China for the massive violation of human rights in these two countries along with some other nations like Iran, North Korea and Myanmar. Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine beginning in February…

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    • 21 March

      ‘Throw it away or…’: Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones

      The Kremlin has told officials involved in preparations for Russia’s 2024 presidential election to stop using iPhones, said a report on Monday. The Kremlin’s direction comes amid concerns that the devices of the American tech major may be vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies.  Sergei Kiriyenko, first deputy head of the presidential administration, told officials involved in domestic politics to change their phones by April 1, the report said citing a Russian daily Kommersant. “It’s all over for the iPhone: either throw it away or give it to the children,” one official told Kommersant as per Reuters. “Everyone will have to do it in March.” According to the report, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov could not confirm the report but said smartphones…

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    • 21 March

      Turkey reconstruction would need more than USD 100 billion: Erdogan

      Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that cost of the damage caused by last month’s devastating earthquake has hit USD 104 billion. He spoke via a video link as donors at a conference in Brussels vowed funds to help Turkey and Syria. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen kicked off a EU-hosted fund-raising event by promising one billion euros ($1.1 billion) for reconstruction in Turkey and 108 million for humanitarian aid in Syria. “The needs of the survivors are still massive and must be tackled with urgency,” von der Leyen said.  During his address, Erdogan said that “regardless of its economic standing, it is impossible for any country to fight a disaster of this scale on its…

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    • 21 March

      Billionaire Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Confirms Fifth Marriage at 92, Believes It Will Be His ‘Last’

      Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced his fifth marriage at the age of 92 on Monday, eight months after he reached a divorce settlement with model and actor Jerry Hall, according to reports. Announcing his engagement with Ann Lesley Smith, 66, whose late husband was Chester Smith, a country singer as well as radio and TV executive, Murdoch told New York Post: “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.” The couple plans to get married in the summer. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said. Murdoch’s business empire includes Fox News in the US and the tabloid…

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    • 21 March

      Japan’s $75 billion boost for free, open Indo-Pacific

      PM Narendra Modi and his visiting Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, reaffirmed commitment to a peaceful, stable, and prosperous Indo-Pacificwith the latter calling India an indispensable partner and announcing $75 billion to bolster Japan’s free and open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) policy, even though Ukraine again loomed large as Kishida used his policy statement to target Russia. While he did not name China anywhere in his Indo-Pacific statement, Kishida referred to the Ukraine conflict seven times as he condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine saying Moscow’s aggression had “obliged” the world to face the most fundamental challenge of defending peace. The Indian side was silent on the Ukraine issue but Kishida recalled Modi’s this-isn’t-the-era-of-war remark in a media statement and Japan authorities said after the…

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    • 21 March

      Ramadan 2023: Fasting hours and iftar times around the world

      The Muslim holy month of Ramadan will begin later this week. The pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 12 to 18 hours, depending on where you are in the world. Muslims believe that Ramadan is the month when the first verses of the holy book Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago. The fast entails abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations during daylight hours to achieve greater “taqwa”, or consciousness of God. Why does Ramadan start on different dates every year? Ramadan begins 10 to 12 days earlier each year. This is because the Islamic calendar is based on the lunar Hijri calendar with months that are 29 or 30 days long. This year, the first…

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    • 21 March

      Why is there a major crackdown on migrants happening in the UK?

      On March 7th, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government announced new legislation that would crack down on migration to Britain from small boat crossings via the English Channel.  “We have tried it every other way, and it hasn’t worked,” Sunak said during a press conference in Dover after Suella Braverman introduced the new migration bill in the House of Commons.   “This will always be a compassionate and generous country,” Sunak said, “but the current situation is neither moral nor sustainable, it cannot go on.” Migrants began entering the UK via small boat crossings shortly after Covid-19 restrictions prevented air, rail, and ship access according to The Associated Press.  “For decades,” wrote Jill Lawless of The Associated Press, “thousands of migrants…

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    • 21 March

      Nervous Putin’s feet twitch in talks with Xi on plan to end ‘acute crisis’ in Ukraine

      Vladimir Putin’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping has been criticsed as a a possible “stalling tactic” allowing Russian forces to recallibrate on the ground. Putin was pictured shuffling his feet today during a stilted conversation with Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, where both appeared to be ill at ease. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is sceptical about the talks working towards peace. “The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia, supported by China or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms,” Mr Blinken said. Mr Blinken said United States welcomed any talks that could secure a “just and durable peace” but doubts that China is…

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    • 20 March

      Israelis, Palestinians agree on steps to curb rising violence

      Talks in Egypt stressed the need to prevent any disruptive actions at Jerusalem’s holy sites during Ramadan. Israeli and Palestinian officials have agreed at a meeting in Egypt to take steps to lower tensions ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The talks in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday stressed the need to prevent any disruptive actions at Jerusalem’s holy sites when Ramadan starts later this week. In a joint statement following the talks attended by United States, Egyptian and Jordanian officials, the parties also reconfirmed commitments made at a meeting in Aqaba last month, including an Israeli pledge to stop discussion of any new settlement units for four months. The Israeli pledge was largely symbolic. Israel…

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    • 20 March

      Iraq and Iran sign deal to tighten border security

      Iraqi officials say the move is aimed at tightening the frontier with Iraq’s Kurdish region, where Tehran says armed Kurdish dissidents pose a threat to its security. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani looks on as Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji (right) and Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani sign the security agreement in Baghdad, Iraq [Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout] Iraq and Iran have signed a border security agreement, a move Iraqi officials say is aimed primarily at tightening the frontier with Iraq’s Kurdish region, where Tehran says Kurdish armed groups pose a threat to its security. Sunday’s joint security agreement includes coordination in “protecting the common borders between the two countries and consolidating cooperation in…

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