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India app that put Muslim women up for sale is shut down
Police in two Indian states have registered cases after an app shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on "sale".
The accused include developers of the app and Twitter handles that shared the images and content.…
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WHO predicts COVID-19 will end in 2022
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed optimism that COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022.
Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it was two years ago, as people gathered for New…
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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia reintroduces mask, social distancing mandates
Saudi Arabia has reintroduced mandatory wearing of face masks and maintaining social distancing indoors and outdoors effective from Thursday, in a new move to curb the rapid increase in cases of COVID-19 variants.
The new decision will…
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France shuts mosque over ‘unacceptable’ preaching
France has ordered the closure of a mosque in the north of the country because of the radical nature of its imam’s preaching, regional authorities told AFP on Tuesday.
The mosque in Beauvais, a town of 50,000 people some 100 kilometers…
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Anti-apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90
South African anti-apartheid icon, Desmond Tutu, died on Sunday aged 90.
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the Archbishop’s death on Sunday.
Ramaphosa said, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is…
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North Koreans banned from laughing, drinking for 11 days
Citizens and residents of North Korea have been banned from laughing and drinking alcohol for 11 days to mark the tenth death anniversary of their former leader, Kim Jong II.
This order, which forbade North Koreans to show any signs of…
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South Africa’s High Court orders former President Zuma to go back to jail
South Africa’s High Court ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to jail after setting aside the decision to release him on medical parole, a court judgement showed on Wednesday.
The 79-year old began medical parole in September,…
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COVID-19 : UK records first Omicron variant death-PM
At least one person in the UK has died due to Omicron variant of COVID-19, the prime minister, Boris Johnson has confirmed.
Speaking during a visit to a vaccination clinic near Paddington, in west London, Johnson said: "Sadly yes Omicron…
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Court sentences former Myanmar leader, Suu Kyi to four years in jail
A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said.
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Former US Senator, presidential candidate, Bob Dole dies at 98
Bob Dole, a former US Senator and Republican presidential candidate, died Sunday morning, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation said. He was 98.
Dole was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer earlier this year and said he was starting treatment.…
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