Human rights defenders Boniface Mwangi from Kenya and Uganda’s Agather Atuhaire have said that they were beaten and sexually assaulted by Tanzanian security officers while in custody.
Mwangi and Atuhaire made the allegations at a joint press…
Category: 4. World
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UN assembly elects former German foreign minister as president
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly elected Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to be the next head of the 193-member world body in a secret-ballot vote…
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Why lashing rains wreak havoc annually in India’s cities
Nikita YadavBBC News, Delhi
Getty ImagesHeavy rains last month caused widespread flooding in Mumbai “Who is responsible for this mess?”
The question recently echoed across India’s financial capital Mumbai as thousands of residents once again found…
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Three things to know about South Korea’s snap presidential election
South Korea is heading to the polls to elect a new leader, after their former president Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and removed from office for briefly placing the country under martial law in December.
The BBC’s Jean Mackenzie explains what you…
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Mount Etna Erupts in Sicily, Sending Hikers Scrambling for Cover
Tourists on the Italian island of Sicily were forced to flee on Monday from the slopes of Mount Etna, one of Europe’s largest and most active volcanoes, after an eruption sent clouds of gas, rock and ash billowing into the sky.
There were no…
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Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations Hit A New Impasse Over An Old Dispute
Through nearly 20 months of war in Gaza, a changing carousel of mediators and negotiators have tried — and failed — to reach a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel. William J. Burns and Brett McGurk led the way for the Biden administration,…
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Second round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks ends swiftly with no major breakthrough
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Russian and Ukrainian delegates met in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s…
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