CIWIDEY, West Java, Indonesia, Jun 24 (IPS) - It appears to be business as usual at the Al-Ittifaq pesantren, the local term for an Islamic boarding school. Yadi and Rezki, both 18, join the subuh, pre-dawn prayer, in the local[…]
Nairobi, Jun 24 (IPS) - “I often hear, ‘What do women have to do with biodiversity?' And I want to ask them back, 'What do men have to do (with biodiversity)?’,” says Mrinalini Rai, a prominent gender equality rights advocate at[…]
Emergency lifesaving aid relief continued to flow into quake-hit eastern Afghanistan on Friday, as UN humanitarians and partners rushed to help the most vulnerable communities. Read the full story, “Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan”, on globalissues.org →
PESHAWAR, Jun 24 (IPS) - Survivors of the deadly earthquake that hit Afghanistan’s Paktika and Khost provinces told of their losses while being treated in hospitals in neighboring Pakistan after a 5.9-magnitude quake killed at least 1000 and displaced thousands[…]
Leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina must abandon divisive policies and focus on building an inclusive future for all, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday in the capital, Sarajevo, concluding an official visit to the country. Read the[…]
Others responded in support of the move. The Vatican said that the decision would challenge “the whole world."
Read more...Others responded in support of the move. The Vatican said that the decision would challenge “the whole world."
Read more...Germany hosted officials in Berlin to discuss ways to blunt the impacts of the global food crisis, which has left 200 million acutely food insecure.
Read more...Germany hosted officials in Berlin to discuss ways to blunt the impacts of the global food crisis, which has left 200 million acutely food insecure.
Read more...Severodonetsk was one of the last cities standing in the way of Russia controlling the entire Luhansk region.
Read more...Severodonetsk was one of the last cities standing in the way of Russia controlling the entire Luhansk region.
Read more...India has extended $1.5 billion in credit lines to allow Sri Lanka to keep meeting a portion of its food and energy needs, and Friday's shipment followed a visit by Indian experts for aid talks.
Read more...PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a 10 per cent “super tax” on large-scale industries like cement, steel and automobile, a move he said was aimed at tackling spiralling inflation and saving the cash-strapped country from going "bankrupt."
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"There is no reason other than Russia's blockade of Ukraine and Russia's refusal in many cases to export its own grain for political reasons," said Blinken at a joint news conference with German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday.
Read more...Beijing has been hosting a virtual forum of the BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- which account for over 40 percent of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world's gross domestic product.
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Russia has focused its offensive on the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine after being repelled from the capital Kyiv and other areas following the February invasion. Its forces have gradually made progress despite encountering fierce resistance and sustaining heavy losses.
Read more...North Korea already has thousands of conventional weapons aimed at South Korea and the nearly 30,000 U.S. forces stationed there, but moving its short-range nuclear missiles to the border would be the clearest sign yet that Kim is looking to[…]
Read more...The major averages are looking to snap three-week losing streaks.
Read more...The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined abortion as a constitutional right in the U.S. for almost half a century.
Read more...The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion rights decision, on Friday morning.
Read more...U.K. Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, according to new data, which points to an increase in infections following the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Read more...Hackers have stolen $100 million in cryptocurrency from Horizon, a so-called blockchain bridge developed by crypto start-up Harmony.
Read more...Празднование Дня молодежи проходит в Москве с субботы по понедельник, сообщается на портале мэра и правительства столицы.
Read more...Охлаждаться в жару нужно постепенно снижая температуру, например, не включать кондиционер сразу на самую низкую температуру и принимать душ умеренно прохладным, а также не пить ледяную воду и есть мороженое маленькими кусочками, согревая во рту, рассказал РИА Новости главный внештатный[…]
Read more...Подозреваемый в стрельбе в ночном клубе в норвежской столице Осло задержан, передает агентство Рейтер со ссылкой на полицию города.
Read more...Летные испытания новой российской системы персональной спутниковой связи и передачи данных "Гонец-М1" начнутся в 2028 году, они будут созданы полностью на российской элементной базе, сообщили РИА Новости в пресс-службе "Роскосмоса".
Read more...Несколько тысяч человек собрались в Вашингтон-сквер-парке в центре Нью-Йорка в знак протеста против решения Верховного суда США, которое отменило конституционные гарантии права на аборты, передает корреспондент РИА Новости.
Read more...Сенатор Алексей пушков раскритиковал слова главы МИД Германии Анналены Бербок о том, что Россия якобы намерена использовать продовольственный кризис в качестве оружия. По словам политика, обвинения, как обычно, не подкреплены никакими фактами. Пушков подчеркнул, что ЕС просто выражает враждебность по[…]
Read more...Пик жары в Москве наступит в понедельник, 27 июня, сообщила РИА Новости главный специалист Росгидрометцентра Марина Макарова.
Read more...В Израиле на Мертвом море открыт новый, самый низкорасположенный в мире маршрут, сообщает пресс-служба министерства туризма страны.
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Through planning and shared responsibilities, Ntetekwa now has a permanent spot at the local market and can sell her family’s produce at a fair cost that will allow her business to expand in Samburu, Kenya. | BRAC/BOMA Is it really[…]
President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, arrives at the EU Council Meeting on June 23, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. | Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images A dispute over sanctions in Kaliningrad is a reminder of the security risks across Europe.[…]
A woman hands out bread to young people in need in front of a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, in September 2021. | Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images Almost a year after Kabul’s fall and the US’s withdrawal, the economy remains[…]
A Ukrainian flag waves while smoke rises after Russian attacks hit a fuel storage facility in Kalynivka, Ukraine, on March 25, 2022. | Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images Historian Timothy Snyder on the war in Ukraine and the future of[…]
There seems to be conflicted goals among Biden’s slogans and his top hires, and perhaps for Biden himself. | Amanda Northrop/Vox A “foreign policy for the middle class” and centering human rights collide in the Middle East. As the average[…]
Leaders and parishioners of Edmonton's Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples are getting ready for a grand reopening to welcome Pope Francis when he arrives next month.
Read more...The planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region comes after relentless Russian bombardment that has reduced most of the industrial city to rubble.
Read more...The comments have prompted a number of people from the Indigenous community to come forward, expressing their frustration with the situation and the racism it perpetuates.
Read more..."The struggles that they're going through on a day-to-day basis compared to what our lives are like, it's almost meaningless," said a member of the Congregation.
Read more...The ruling issued Friday was hailed by leading Catholic bishops, even though a majority of U.S. Catholics support abortion rights.
Read more...Remote villages nestled in rocky, unpaved mountains and hillsides, said to be key factor in severity of destruction.
Read more...Company has been widely blamed for surge in underage vaping, but recent survey shows a drop in teen vaping rate in US.
Read more...Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maykel Castillo receive five- and nine-year terms, respectively, Cuban prosecutor says.
Read more...Social media posts falsely claimed to show anti-Russian stickers placed around former Auschwitz death camp in Poland.
Read more...Sheikh Tamim's visit comes less than two months after his government announced it would invest $5bn in Egypt.
Read more...How ‘trigger’ laws and restrictions create a patchwork of reproductive health rights across the US
Read more...Republican state legislators have introduced dozens of proposals to ban medication abortion
Read more...The entertainment company joined a number of other corporations announcing travel support for employees in the aftermath of the reversal of Roe v Wade
Read more...‘Leave it to Democratic leadership to bring a sing-along to a gunfight where Republicans are using Bazookas and Jet fuel to torch our rights’ wrote one critic on Twitter
Read more...The US women’s national team captain implored men to examine their role
Read more...The high court rejects key rulings in stark reversal of bodily autonomy protections
Read more...The path back to Roe is seemingly a very difficult one
Read more...Hawley’s wife worked on the Mississippi case that killed Roe v Wade.
Read more...Republican politicians like Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert swiftly praised the decision
Read more...The US House of Representatives on Friday passed significant gun-safety legislation for the first time in three decades, sending it to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it into law.
Read more...US President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to “do all in my power” to protect a woman's right to an abortion in states where they face the effects of a Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade[…]
Read more...Ukrainian troops defending the battleground eastern city of Severodonetsk have been ordered to retreat after weeks of fierce fighting with Russian forces, the governor of Luhansk province said Friday. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All times Paris[…]
Read more...In his first public remarks since parliamentary elections deprived his governing coalition of a majority, French President Emmanuel Macron called on France’s reinvigorated opposition blocs to come up with solutions to the political impasse in a televised address on Wednesday.[…]
Read more...The recent leak of a confidential US Supreme Court document has confirmed the conservative-majority court's intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that has guaranteed access to abortion throughout the United States for nearly 50 years. Such a decision would have an[…]
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Instytut Pamięci Narodowej w Oddział w Gdańsku, Muzeum II Wojny Światowej w Gdańsku oraz Muzeum Stutthof w Sztutowie. Niemiecki Nazistowski Obóz Koncentracyjny i Zagłady (1939–1945) w ramach cyklu „Pomorze Gdańskie pod okupacją 1939‒1945” zapraszają do udziału w ogólnopolskiej konferencji naukowej[…]
Read more...Oddziałowe Biuro Badań Historycznych Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Białymstoku zaprasza do udziału w konferencji naukowej poświęconej losom emigrantów wracających do powojennej, zniewolonej przez komunistów Polski.
Read more...Since antiquity, intelligence has often been pivotal in the success or failure of conflict. Preventing surprise and providing an overview of the adversary’s armed forces have been key factors in military and political decisionmaking. During the Cold War, defence intelligence[…]
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Biuro Badań Historycznych Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Warszawie zaprasza do wzięcia udziału w ogólnopolskiej konferencji naukowej „Biskupi w rzeczywistości politycznej Polski »ludowej«” cz. III, która odbędzie się w dniach 21–22 lutego 2023 r. w Warszawie.
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Na przestrzeni wieków Górny Śląsk niejednokrotnie zmieniał przynależność państwową. Pod rządami Prus, a później Niemiec doświadczał silnej polityki germanizacyjnej. Na początku XX w. większość mieszkańców nadal jednak posługiwała się językiem polskim.
Read more...Szesnastu przywódców Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego, porwanych podstępnie z terenu Polski przez NKWD, 18 czerwca 1945 r., stanęło przed sowieckim sądem w Moskwie. Wszyscy trafili do moskiewskiego więzienia na Łubiance. Uprowadzenia i procesy Polaków stały się elementem nowego zniewolenia Polski przez[…]
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Read more...Krystyna Skarbek została zamordowana 15 czerwca 1952 r., w Londynie. W czasie II wojny światowej agentka brytyjskiego wywiadu wojskowego MI6 była nazywana „ulubionym szpiegiem Churchilla”. Biografka Skarbek, Clare Mulley, napisała o niej: była najlepszym agentem brytyjskim czasu wojny.
Read more...Pismo „Solidarność Walcząca” (w podtytule „Pismo Solidarności Podziemnej”) ukazało się po raz pierwszy 13 czerwca 1982 r. we Wrocławiu. Kolportowanie pisma nowej, podziemnej organizacji antykomunistycznej „Solidarność Walcząca”, założonej z inicjatywy Kornela Morawieckiego, rozpoczęło się już 9 czerwca 1982 r.
Read more...XVI Międzynarodowy Kongres Archiwów ogłosił dzień 9 czerwca Międzynarodowym Dniem Archiwów. Do tego wydarzenia doszło na kongresie, zorganizowanym przez Międzynarodową Radę Archiwów w 2008 r. w Kuala Lumpur, z okazji 60. rocznicy utworzenia tej instytucji, działającej pod auspicjami UNESCO. Obecnie[…]
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She had fallen into a gully near the crater of Popocatepetl with her climbing companion, who survived but was injured in the plunge.
Read more...For years, Chinese manufacturers worried about labour shortages over summer months when production is typically at its peak, but it is a different story in 2022, industry insiders say.
Read more...The odour signatures of non-romantic pairs who ‘clicked’ matched more closely than those of non-friends, researchers found.
Read more...The legislation comes after two massacres last month that saw 10 black shoppers gunned down in New York and 21 people, mostly children, slain in Texas.
Read more...‘Extremely dangerous’ if Beijing and Moscow were to make good on recent doubling down of partnership, says US Indo-Pacific Commander John Aquilino.
Read more...Tegoroczna edycja konkursu dla dziennikarzy Kryształowe Pióra została rozstrzygnięta. Pierwszą nagrodę oraz statuetkę otrzymało sześcioro dziennikarzy, jury przyznało także 16 wyróżnień. W tym roku do konkursu zgłoszono aż 273 materiały w czterech kategoriach, wśród nich znalazły się artykuły prasowe i[…]
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Read more...- Rosjanie mają kłopot, żeby opanować mniej więcej 100 tysięcy kilometrów kwadratowych, co jest jedną szóstą Ukrainy - mówił w Debacie Dnia Janusz Zemke, były szef MON. Według niego Polska powinna wspierać Ukrainę, by jak najskuteczniej prowadziła walkę z Rosjanami.[…]
Read more...Prezes Miejskich Zakładów Komunikacyjnych w Bydgoszczy, których pracownicy w piątek rozpoczęli nielegalny strajk, w poniedziałek ma złożyć rezygnację - poinformowało w komunikacie Biuro Prasowe Urzędu Miasta. Odwołanie prezesa jest jednym z postulatów protestujących.
Read more...Standard nadawania z DVB-T przejdzie na DVB-T2 od 27 czerwca. Do dostosowania się do nowych wytycznych zobligowano nadawców komercyjnych, zaś w starym standardzie nadawać będzie dalej telewizja publiczna. Zmiany traktują w sposób dyskryminujący wszystkich nadawców komercyjnych - zaznaczają w oświadczeniu[…]
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"Date like a scientist!" says Logan Ury, the author of How to Not Die Alone.
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The once sleepy coastal town of Desaru has gotten a much-needed revamp with the arrival of several luxury hotels on its beachfront. The latest opening, One&Only Desaru Coast, proves why this forgotten holiday destination deserves a second chance.
Read more...It is believed to cause hair loss, headaches and heart palpitations — no wonder most Singaporeans give MSG the thumbs down. But the programme Talking Point finds out seven things you may not have known that may change opinions.
Read more...The indigenous sea nomads, who have for centuries lived at the Johor Strait between Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia, are grappling with the realities of climate change and the impact of coastal developments.
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Eighteen migrants have died during an attempted crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Moroccan authorities have said.
Read more...Volodymyr Zelenskyy has addressed Glastonbury - describing the festival as the "greatest concentration of freedom".
Read more...A Japanese city has apologised after a contractor admitted losing a USB memory stick containing the personal data of about 460,000 residents.
Read more...The US Supreme Court has voted to overturn the constitutional right to choose abortion which has existed for almost 50 years, paving the way for half the country to severely restrict or completely ban the practice.
Read more...The Prince of Wales has expressed his "personal sorrow" about "slavery's enduring impact" and addressed the contentious issue of other Commonwealth countries cutting ties with the Royal Family in a speech at the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government[…]
Read more...Two people involved in testing for electric car maker NIO died when one of its vehicles fell three storeys from a Shanghai building, the company has said.
Read more...On the face of it, the decision to grant "candidate status" to both Ukraine and Moldova was a sign of unity among European nations - a big, supportive hug around beleaguered nations.
Read more...EU leaders have accepted Ukraine and Moldova as candidates to join the bloc, opening a path to membership that's likely to take a number of years.
Read more...Public figures across the political spectrum reacted to the US Supreme Court ruling.
Read more...London mayor Sadiq Khan said Friday he was "extremely concerned" after the Metropolitan Police force revealed that seven more referrals involving strip searches of children had been made to the police watchdog.
Read more...Some cried tears of joy, others looked downcast and chanted defiantly that the battle was not yet lost as hundreds of protesters outside the US Supreme Court.
Read more...The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life.
Read more...Since the US Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, the issue has become one of the defining fault lines in US politics, with Democratic politicians firmly supporting abortion rights.
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