Create your page here
We cannot find results, please try another search request.
photo: AP / Tharaka Basnayaka
Controversial Sri Lankan monk heads legal reforms panel
Straits Times 27 Oct 2021
COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk long accused of fanning sectarian hatred will head a new task force on legal reforms in the ethnically and religiously fractured nation, according to a government announcement ... There are no women on the committee ... Many of the countries special family laws are heavily patriarchal and disadvantage women ... � ....
photo: US DoD / EJ Hersom
Daesh Capable of Attacking US in 6 Months: Pentagon
Tolo News 27 Oct 2021
The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and has the intention to do so, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Tuesday ... pullout thwarted by suicide bombings and other attacks claimed by Islamic State ... withdrawal in August ... .
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
Senate Democrats unveil plan to hit 700 billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with ...
Business Insider 27 Oct 2021
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon speaks to reporters at the US Capitol. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon unveiled a plan to hit 700 American billionaires with new taxes. Billionaires like Musk and Zuckerberg would pay tens of billions in taxes if it's implemented ... The plan was authored by Sen ... "I'm anxious to look at it," Sen ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / MrRenewables Westmill Solar Co-operative Ben Cavanna https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westmill_Solar_Cooperative_1.jpg
World urgently needs a solar revolution
Gulf News 27 Oct 2021
As the world prepares for the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, the stakes have never been higher. The IPCC report, which confirms that the planet is imminently on course for global warming in the next two decades, has demonstrated that the world needs an urgent and comprehensive shift in energy thinking ... A clear pathway. This pathway is clear ... .
photo: US DoS / Freddie Everett
Biden govt issues sharpest rebuke to Israel over settlements
Dawn 27 Oct 2021
WASHINGTON. The Biden administration issued on Tuesday its harshest public criticism to date of Israeli plans for Jewish settlement expansion in occupied West Bank, saying that it harmed peace prospects between Israelis and Palestinians ... Washington was continuing to raise its views on the issue directly with senior Israeli officials, Price said ... .
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America https://www.flickr.com/people/22007612@N05
Criminal charges possible in shooting death of cinematographer – prosecutor
Belfast Telegraph 27 Oct 2021
Criminal charges are possible in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set, a prosecutor has said. Halyna Hutchins was killed when Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot her while working on the Western movie Rust in New Mexico ... Hong, File). AP/PA Images. / ... Hong, File) ... She added ... Daily Headlines & Evening Telegraph Newsletter ... / ... / ... .
photo: Creative Commons / Supermac
Germany still lags behind on number of female executives
One India 27 Oct 2021photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office
US, China, Russia join Asia summit amid regional disputes
The Independent 27 Oct 2021
President Joe Biden and China’s Premier Li Keqiang will join an annual summit of 18 Asia-Pacific nations by video Wednesday in a region where the world powers have dueled over trade, Taiwan, democracy, human rights and Beijing’s increasingly assertive actions in disputed territories ... A White House statement Wednesday said Biden will reaffirm U.S ... .
photo: Creative Commons / Jorge Mejía peralta
Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega has become what he once fought against
The Independent 27 Oct 2021
Being cast as a political hero is fraught with dangers ... Somoza was hunted down and killed in Paraguay. The assassination was codenamed “Operation Reptile”. .
photo: Creative Commons / Francisco Anzola https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tianjin_Skyline_(6228618578).jpg
White paper reveals China's principles on tackling climate change
Straits Times 27 Oct 2021
BEIJING (XINHUA) - China has formulated new principles on tackling climate change and is contributing its solutions to global climate governance, according to a white paper released Wednesday (Oct 27) by the State Council Information Office ... China's Policies and Actions ... More on this topic. � ....
photo: AP / Alberto Pezzali
Wayne Couzens appeals against whole-life sentence for Sarah Everard murder
ITV 27 Oct 2021
The police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has lodged an appeal to reduce the length of his jail sentence. Wayne Couzens was handed a whole-life tariff in September after kidnapping, raping and murdering the 33-year-old ... A Court of Appeal official said on Wednesday ... Sarah Everard ... The judge said ... .
photo: Creative Commons / JacobAviation
First Israeli flight lands in Saudi Arabia
The Jerusalem Post 26 Oct 2021
An Israeli private jet landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, per KAN news, marking the first time a flight from Israel has ever landed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The news comes just a day after the first flight from Saudi Arabia landed in Israel, as an Emirati 737 Royal Jet landed in Ben-Gurion airport Monday evening ... EL AL) ... .
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
Meet Anita Anand, Canada's new Defence Minister in Justin Trudeau Cabinet
DNA India 27 Oct 2021
Indian-origin Canadian Anita Anand has been appointed as Canada's new Defence Minister in Justin Trudeau's government after a Cabinet reshuffle by the Prime Minister. Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party returned to power with a marginal win in an early election held in September ... pic.twitter.com/4QpXA5hcL6 Also read ... .
photo: Creative Commons / Aleteia Image Department
Pope OKs Canada trip to help healing with Indigenous peoples
Moosejaw Today 27 Oct 2021
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children ... 17-20 visit ... .
photo: AP / Victoria Jones/Pool
UK's Queen Elizabeth pulls out of COP26 following advice to rest
Gulf Daily News 27 Oct 2021
Britain's Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, in a blow to the United Nations climate summit ... .