Wide-ranging proposed tax increases, including a 16 percent value-added tax on bread, sparked protests and confrontations in Kenya’s capital. The government dropped many of the most controversial as the protests took place.
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Patna and Naihati, India – Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the country’s Muslims in a televised interview, denying that he had made hate speeches against the minority community in his campaign rallies. In several rallies Modi addressed as India holds its mammoth general election, he…
The planet is losing 4.7 million hectares of forests every year – an area larger than Denmark, according to a new UN report. Credit: UNDP by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 20 (IPS) – The gloomy picture is drawn from indisputable scientific conclusions and…
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The boat, which was carrying foreign tourists, sank due to rough weather conditions. One person has died and six remain missing after a luxury superyacht with 22 people on board sank off the Sicilian coast, according to Italian authorities. Italy’s coastguard and firefighters brought 15 people to safety on Monday…
United Nations says the number displaced has jumped by 50 percent in last six months as fighting has intensified. The number of people in Myanmar forced from their homes by conflict now exceeds more than 3 million in what the United Nations has described as a “bleak milestone” for the…
As the war enters its 895th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, August 8, 2024. Fighting Russia declared a local state of emergency and evacuated thousands of residents from areas close to the border in its southern Kursk region after reporting hundreds of Ukrainian…
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