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Malaysia floods death toll rises to 27

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 22 (AFP/APP):The death toll from Malaysia’s worst floods in years rose to 27 on Wednesday, as a clean-up operation gathered pace and residents assessed the damage unleashed by the disaster. Days of torrential rain caused rivers to overflow at the weekend, swamping […]

At least 70 missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine: rescue team

Yangon, Dec 22 (AFP/APP):At least 70 people were missing and one confirmed dead on Wednesday following a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, a member of the rescue team told AFP. “About 70-100 people are missing in a landslide that happened around 4:00am” […]

Mexico says refugee requests tripled in 2021

Mexico City, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):Applications for refugee status in Mexico have roughly tripled this year compared with 2020, the government said Tuesday, in the face of a relentless influx of US-bound migrants. The Latin American nation has received 123,187 requests in 2021, up from 41,230 […]

100 service members engaged in ‘prohibited extremist activity’: Pentagon

Washington, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):About 100 members of the US military took part in some form of “prohibited extremist activity” over the past year, the Pentagon said Monday as it released new guidelines for service members. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin ordered a review in February 2021 […]

US hopes rebel retreat in Ethiopia opens ‘door to broader diplomacy’

Washington, Dec 20 (AFP/APP):The United States said Monday that it hopes the retreat of Tigrayan rebels in Ethiopia to their northern stronghold “opens the door to broader diplomacy.” “If we do see a movement of the Tigrayan forces back into Tigray, that is something we […]

Time to hold Maxwell ‘accountable,’ prosecutors tell sex crimes trial

New York, Dec 20 (AFP/APP):US prosecutors urged a New York jury to convict Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking minors Monday, stating in closing arguments that the British socialite was a “sophisticated predator who knew exactly what she was doing.” Maxwell, 59, faces an effective life […]

G7 condemns ‘erosion’ of democracy in Hong Kong polls

Hong Kong, Dec 20 (AFP/APP):World powers on Monday condemned Hong’s Kong tightly vetted legislature vote, saying rules imposed by Beijing that reduced directly elected seats and controlled who could stand had eroded democracy in the Chinese territory. China has overseen a sweeping crackdown in Hong […]

Egypt jails key revolution figure Abdel Fattah for 5 years

Cairo, Dec 20 (AFP/APP):Egypt on Monday sentenced Alaa Abdel Fattah, a leading figure in the 2011 revolution, to five years in jail, with two others receiving four years, his sister and a judicial source said. A computer programmer, blogger and high-profile activist who mobilised youths […]

Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania urge more Russia sanctions

Kiev, Dec 20 (AFP/APP):Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania on Monday called for more Western sanctions against Russia, after Moscow amassed its troops along the Ukrainian border, raising fears of an invasion. Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda visited Ukraine in a show […]

UN rapporteur urges world community to do more to resolve Rohingya crisis

UN ITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (APP)::A special rapporteur of the United Nations has called on the international community to resolve Rohingya crisis by intensifying pressure on Myanmar from where they have fled to Bangladesh. Tom Andrews, U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in […]

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