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At least 48 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday, the authorities said a day after the disaster, as they continued to comb through the rubble of collapsed and burned buildings.The dead included...
July: Is a second half comeback possible?2023 marked the midway point for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a blueprint for a better future adopted by all UN Member States in 2015. The half-time score showed that the world is...
South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck during a visit to Busan, police have said.He was attacked as he toured a construction...
The eight Israeli justices who struck down a key part of the judicial overhaul on Monday argued that they had little choice given the law’s potential danger to Israeli democracy.On the other side were seven dissenting justices who saw...
Established by Security Council resolution 1757 in 2007, the Special Tribunal’s jurisdiction also extended to other attacks that were judicially determined to be connected to the Beirut attack on 14 February 2005.The assassination of Mr. Hariri involved explosives equivalent...
The battle in Brazil over the territorial rights of Indigenous peoples has become one of the country’s most polarizing disputesJanuary 2, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. ESTComment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveJARAGUÁ INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — Maysa Aquiles...
Norman Solomon, Executive Director, Institute for Public Accuracy and National Director, RootsAction.org, told IPS Biden’s rhetorical steps have landed with both feet in an Orwellian zone that is inadequately described as “hypocrisy.” He gets it only half-right when condemning...
The family of Melissa Hoskins say they are "utterly devastated" following the death of the Olympic cyclist.The 32-year-old, who represented Australia at two Olympic Games, died after she was hit by a car on Saturday.Hoskins' husband, fellow Australian cyclist...
Opinion by Daud Khan, Leila Yasmine Khan (rome and amsterdam)Tuesday, January 02, 2024Inter Press ServiceROME and AMSTERDAM, Jan 02 (IPS) - The recent elections in the Netherlands signals the increasing power of the far right in Europe. The...
RUSSIA launched a blistering blitzkrieg attack on Ukraine deploying a record number of 11 hypersonic Dagger missiles. Strikes smashed Kyiv and other cities as Putin unleashed a brutal revenge onslaught for devastating strikes on Belgorod on New Year’s Eve. 5 5 5 5 5 Incoming Russian...