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Brazil President vetoes bill limiting Indigenous land claims

October 21, 2023 admin

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s veto will take effect after publication in the official gazette, and will be analyzed by Congress, which could still reverse it, setting up another Supreme Court challenge. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil’s President announced on Friday that he will partially veto a bill restricting Indigenous groups’ claims to ancestral lands,…

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Myanmar junta orders airstrikes to recover lost outposts

October 21, 2023 admin

Homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, on October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s ruling junta ordered air strikes and troop reinforcements as it tried to recover lost outposts near the Chinese border from rebels, the military said. The toppling of Aung San Suu…

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EU and U.S. envoys urge Kosovo and Serbia to resume dialogue to ease soaring tension

October 21, 2023 admin

In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, third right, welcomes European and U.S. officials in Belgrade, Serbia, on October 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The envoys of the European Union and the United States urged on Saturday Kosovo and Serbia to resume dialogue as the only way…

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Ukrainian officials say civilians were killed and wounded in Russian overnight attacks

October 21, 2023 admin

Head of Kryvyi Rih Military Administration Oleksandr Vilkul. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At least two civilians were killed and others wounded across Ukraine as Russian forces continued to shell frontline areas and other parts of the country, local Ukrainian officials reported Saturday. In Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine, a 60-year-old…

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Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in London as Israel-Hamas war roils the world

October 21, 2023 admin

People take part in a ‘March For Palestine’, in London on October 21, 2023, to “demand an end to the war on Gaza”. | Photo Credit: AFP Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in London and other cities on Saturday to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza, as the Israel-Hamas war entered its…

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Hurricane Norma, Now Category 2, Nears West Mexico Coast

October 21, 2023 admin

“Extraordinarily heavy rainfall” could cause flooding, landslides, said Mexico’s MeT department (File) Cabo San Lucas, Mexic: Hurricane Norma is expected to slam into Mexico’s northwestern coast within hours, bringing “life-threatening” winds, flooding and a dangerous sea surge, authorities warned Saturday. The storm, still powerful though downgraded overnight from Category 3 to Category 2 on the…

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Lebanon Families Flee After Israel Strikes, Take Refuge In Schools

October 21, 2023 admin

At least 22 people, including four civilians, have been killed on the Lebanese side. Tyre, Lebanon: Shocked by images of dead children in Gaza, Mustafa al-Sayyid quickly whisked his family to the closest shelter when Israeli strikes began near his village in southern Lebanon this week. “What we are seeing on television — the massacres…

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India-Canada spat broadens existing visa woes for Indians travellers

October 21, 2023 admin

A protester races his fist as he speaks, during a protest outside India’s consulate, a week after Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi’s involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS When Dilpreet…

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Pipe Bomb Explodes Near Israeli Embassy In Cyprus, 4 Arrested

October 21, 2023 admin

Since Israel-Hamsa war began, Cyprus police have tightened security around Israeli embassy. (File) Nicosia, Cyprus: Four people were arrested after a pipe bomb exploded near the Israeli embassy in Cyprus early on Saturday, causing little damage and no injuries, police said. The incident occurred in the Cypriot capital Nicosia at 1:37 am (2237 GMT on…

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UN Chief Calls For Ceasefire To End Gaza’s “Godawful Nightmare”

October 21, 2023 admin

Antonio Guterres said “the grievances of the Palestinian people are legitimate and long” (File) Cairo, Egypt: UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas militants that has devastated much of Gaza, demanding “action to end this godawful nightmare”. Addressing a Cairo summit as the conflict raged…

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