2021

WorldWomen demonstrate on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Mexico City. Tags: Print EditionMEXICO: Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Europe and Latin America on Thursday to demand an end…
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WorldHoniara High School in the Solomon Islands capital up in flames after the riots on Wednesday night.Tags: Print EditionSOLOMON ISLANDS: Rioters torched buildings and looted the smouldering rubble of shops in the Solomon Islands'…
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WorldSharbat Gula became the face of the Afghan war after her piercing green eyes were captured in an iconic photograph taken in a Pakistan refugee camp when she was just 12.Tags: Print EditionITALY: Italy has given safe haven to…
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WorldGreen party co-leader Annalena Baerbock is to become Germany's first woman Foreign Minister.Tags: Print EditionGERMANY: Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock is to become Germany's first woman foreign minister, her party…
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WorldTags: Print EditionINDIA:A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the northeast region, including Assam and Mizoram, in the early hours of Friday, the National Seismology Department said. The tremors were also felt in many parts of West…
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WorldA woman receives a vaccine in the Netherlands.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Covid vaccines reduce transmission of the dominant Delta variant by about 40 per cent, the WHO said Wednesday, warning that people were falling into a…
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WorldThe resilience of agri-food systems to "shocks" is critical for food security.Tags: Print EditionITALY: Countries must prepare for future “shocks” to their agricultural and food systems from droughts, floods or diseases…
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WorldRescue operations at the coal mine in Russia’s Kemerovo Region.Tags: Print EditionRUSSIA: A total of 52 people, including six rescuers, were killed after smoke occurred in a coal mine in Russia’s Kemerovo Region. It was the most…
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WorldThe B.1.1.529 strain was first detected in Botswana two weeks ago but has already spread to another continent.Tags: Print EditionSOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY,UK: Hours after South African authorities announced they had detected a new…
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PoliticalAmila Prabath WanasingheAnuradhapura Additional Corr.Tags: Print EditionSLFP National Organizer and State Minister Duminda Dissanayake yesterday said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has the right to engage in politics…
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