Residents in shadow of Indonesia volcano reckon with ruin
Al Jazeera :Surrounded by an apocalyptic scene of molten ash and mud, residents living in the shadow of Indonesia’s Mount Semeru combed through ruined belongings...
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Malaysia reports 36 more deaths
BSS :Malaysia reported another 4,896 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,654,474, according to the health ministry.Data released on...
Rights group condemn Jerusalem ‘execution’
Al Jazeera :Palestinian officials and human rights groups have condemned the killing of a Palestinian man after he carried out a stabbing attack in occupied...
India records 2,796 deaths as Bihar reconciles data
BSS :India saw a single-day rise of 2,796 fatalities with Bihar carrying out a reconciliation exercise of its Covid data, pushing the country’s death toll...
Gambians vote in first ever presidential election
Al Jazeera :Gambians are casting their ballots to elect their next president, in a highly anticipated vote seen as a test of the country’s democratic...
India reports 8603 fresh Covid infections
BSS :With 8,603 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,46,24,360, but active cases declined to...
Cook Islands reports first case of Covid-19
BSS :The Cook Islands on Saturday recorded its first case of Covid-19 since the pandemic began, as the South Pacific country edges toward reopening its...
Sudan urged to respect press freedom: UN
BSS :United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged Sudan to respect freedom of expression and the press, calling the coup-stricken country hostile to journalists in a...
Greek asylum policy creating a refugee hunger crisis: Aid groups
Al Jazeera :Restrictive government decisions have cast thousands of refugees out of protective support services and are creating a hunger crisis, aid groups say.Just under...
DR Congo struggles with Covid vaccine push
BSS :A year ago, the world kicked off one of the greatest initiatives in medical history: the rush to vaccinate Earth’s human population against Covid-19.Since...
ISIL committed war crimes at Mosul prison, UN finds
Al Jazeera :The head of a United Nations team investigating ISIL’s (ISIS) atrocities in Iraq has said the armed group’s fighters committed crimes against humanity...
Gambians set for high-stakes polls, first since end of Jammeh era
Al Jazeera :Yahya Jammeh had once pledged he would govern The Gambia for “a billion years”, but his actual 22-year rule came to an end...