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Nov- 2022 -2 November
Indonesia human rights body blames use of tear gas for soccer stampede
Indonesia Soccer Stampede: Officials from the human rights commission (Komnas HAM) said 135 people had died. Indonesian police firing tear gas was the main trigger for a deadly soccer stampede at a stadium in East Java last month, the country’s human rights commission found in a report on the incident released on Wednesday. Officials from the human rights commission (Komnas HAM) said 135 people had died, mostly from asphyxiation, in the stampede after the match at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang regency on Oct. 1. Indonesian authorities and the Indonesian football Association (PSSI) have faced questions and criticism in recent weeks over why police fired 45 rounds of tear gas inside the stadium, a crowd control measure banned by world soccer…
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2 November
India logs 1,190 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, active count dips to 16,24
The death toll climbed to 5,30,452 with 1,375 more fatalities, including 1,369 deaths reconciled by Punjab and two reconciled by Kerala, the health ministry’s bulletin data revealed. India on Wednesday logged 1,190 fresh Covid cases, slightly higher than than Tuesday’s 1,046, thereby taking the total tally to 4,46,55,828, according to the health ministry’s bulletin. The active caseload of the country has further declined to 16,243. The death toll climbed to 5,30,452 with 1,375 more fatalities, including 1,369 deaths reconciled by Punjab and two reconciled by Kerala, the bulletin data revealed. Thus, four fresh deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, with one each being from Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. While the active count accounting for 0.04 per cent of the…
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2 November
UK PM Rishi Sunak to attend COP27 climate summit
Rishi Sunak “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing in renewables,” Rishi Sunak wrote on Twitter. Britain’s Rishi Sunak will attend COP27 in Egypt next week, he said on Wednesday, after his office previously said the new prime minister was expected to skip the annual climate summit. “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing in renewables,” Sunak wrote on Twitter. He added he was attending the summit to “deliver on Glasgow’s legacy of building a secure and sustainable future,” in reference to the British city hosting the last edition of the conference in 2021. Sunak’s office had said last week…
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2 November
China says will ‘rectify’ stability issues in Hong Kong and Macau
“We should seize the major issues related to the long-term stability of Hong Kong and Macao,” Xia Baolong, director of China’s Hong Kong and Macau affairs office said. China should “resolutely deal with” and “rectify” whatever is needed to resolve any long-term stability issues in Hong Kong and Macau, a senior official said, according to a 20th Communist Party Congress party supplementary document reading published in October. “We should seize the major issues related to the long-term stability of Hong Kong and Macao, we should resolutely deal with whatever needs dealing, we should resolutely rectify what must be rectified and resolutely establish whichever rules are necessary,” wrote Xia Baolong, director of China’s Hong Kong and Macau affairs office, according to…
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2 November
Suella Braverman, Indian-origin UK Home Minister calls migrant crisis ‘invasion’, faces heat
Indian-origin Suella Braverman, already under fire over her re-appointment as the UK Home Secretary, has sparked off another outrage by comparing migrant crisis in the country to “invasion”. Braverman, who was forced to resign from her position under former Prime Minister Liz Truss for breaching the ministerial code of conduct, said on Monday that migrants have launched an “invasion on our southern coast”. “Let`s stop pretending that they are all refugees in distress,” she said while responding to questions in the House of Commons amid concerns about conditions at the Manston processing site in Kent. Manston, a former military base in Kent, opened as a processing centre in February this year, for the growing number of migrants reaching the UK…
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2 November
North Korea threatens US of ‘powerful follow-up measures’ over joint military drills
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry criticized the United States for expanding joint military exercises with South Korea that it claims are practice for a potential invasion, and it warned Tuesday of “more powerful follow-up measures” in response. The statement from the ministry came as the U.S. and South Korea conduct aerial drills involving more than 200 warplanes, including their advanced F-35 fighter jets, as they step up their defense posture in the face of North Korea’s increased weapons testing and growing nuclear threat. North Korea has ramped up its weapons demonstrations to a record pace this year, launching more than 40 ballistic missiles, including developmental intercontinental ballistic missiles and an intermediate-range missile fired over Japan. The North has punctuated those tests…
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2 November
East Surrey Tory chairman resigns over racist Rishi Sunak WhatsApp message
The Chairman of the East Surrey Conservative Association has resigned after he shared a racist meme about Rishi Sunak. Leaked images from a Conservative Whatsapp group for the Surrey area show Andrew Baird sharing the offensive image with Tory colleagues. The message, seen by SurreyLive, depicts the Number 10 Downing Street cat, Larry, walking away from the residence with a speech bubble saying “I’m off”, which was followed by a racist remark. Mr Sunak is the first British-Asian Prime Minister having been born to parents of Indian descent. While it was not known when these comments were made, several others in the chat reacted negatively to Mr Baird’s sharing of the meme with one saying it should be deleted. Another asked for…
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2 November
Indian cyclist’s world tour enters Saudi Arabia as 170th country
An Indian cyclist who is on a mission to pedal around the globe has reached Saudi Arabia after touring different countries across the globe. Somen Debnath has been travelling across the world on a bicycle to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS. Since the start of his journey in 2004, he has been on the road and travelled 1,85,400 km and visited 169 countries. Debnath hails from a small village called Basanti in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. His concern about the neglect and unawareness surrounding HIV started growing after he read an article about AIDS at the age of 14. The article said that AIDS was even deadlier than cancer and told the story of a homeless AIDS patient who was abandoned by his village,…
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2 November
Canada confirms 1,435 monkeypox cases
Canada has confirmed 1,435 cases of monkeypox, including 42 hospitalisations, health authoties announced. The Public Health Agency of Canada said on Friday that of the confirmed cases, 684 are from Ontario, 524 from Quebec, 175 from British Columbia, 41 from Alberta, six from Saskatchewan, two from the Yukon and one each from Nova Scotia, Manitoba and New Brunswick, reports Xinhua news agency. Monkeypox cases remain low in Canada and there have been 24 new cases for the past three weeks. Second doses of the monkeypox vaccine are rolling out in the country. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended monkeypox vaccine to be used as a preventative, two-dose vaccine for those at risk of exposure, with the second dose, only for people who…
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2 November
Elon Musk is Twitter CEO as company braces for deeper layoffs
Chief Twit Elon Musk is officially the new CEO of Twitter as the micro-blogging platform braces for deeper layoffs under him. Musk earlier tweeted that he has “no idea” who the CEO of Twitter is, the latest US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that Musk is now the sole “reporting Person” at Twitter. The “Reporting Person” is the Chief Executive Officer of the post-merger Company. Musk, who has dissolved the Twitter board, had earlier tweeted that “My title is Chief Twit right there in the bio. No idea who the CEO is”. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that Twitter layoffs would hit roughly a quarter of the staff, heavily impacting teams including sales, product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety. Musk has…
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