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The UN Human Rights Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) published the following report on Wednesday: report explained the hardships faced by citizens, including physical and long-term socio-economic damage. Emphasis was also placed on the impact on human rights of Russia’s renewed large-scale attacks on critical energy infrastructure in March, the ground offensive in the Kharkiv region […]

Opinion by Umang Dhingra (New Delhi, India) Thursday, July 4, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Jul 4 (IPS) – As temperatures in India soar, so does domestic violence. It’s a well-known correlation that’s largely ignored in the climate change conversation, but the gap is glaring and needs to be bridged. For the third

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures that have soared to more than 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — the worst heat wave in more than a decade — have left hundreds dead and sick. But the official death toll in government reports is just the tip of

As director of the European Defense Agency, former Czech Defense Minister Jiří Šedivý helps shape the European Union’s voice on defense and security, which was already growing louder before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Since then, the agency has slowly evolved from a facilitator of cooperation between member states, with sometimes vague outcomes,

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa were stunned to discover that termite mounds still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, making them the oldest known active termite mounds. According to researchers from Stellenbosch University, some of the hills near the Buffels River in

By Chayut Setboonsarng RAYONG, Thailand (Reuters) – China’s BYD opened an electric vehicle factory in Thailand on Thursday, the automaker’s first plant in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional market for electric vehicles where the company has become the dominant player. “Thailand has a clear vision for electric vehicles and is entering a new era of

Scientists have discovered a species of moss that lives in Antarctica and the Mojave Desert, but is so strong and resilient it could grow on Mars. Scientists have samples of Synticia caninervis (a type of snot nose) in a hostile range of conditions. The moss survived storage in -80°C freezers for more than three years,

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan And Iran signed a contract on Wednesday for the supply of 10 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas per year, which Iran will then ship to Iran Iraq. The deal was announced by the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, which did not disclose the financial value of the contract. The ministry’s statement

The man in the video is beside himself, a mask of fear radiating across his bloodied face. “I am an academic doctor,” he says, “I have had a good life, but we have a filthy (Hamas) leadership. They have become accustomed to our bloodshed, may God curse them! They are scum!” The video – unthinkable

First came the loud click of metal on metal, then the shuffle of shoes on gravel, and finally a chorus of polite applause. On a bright, windy morning this week, thousands of people gathered in a park in the southern port city of Marseille, looking to take a break from thinking about France’s political divisions