Decades Of Gains Overshadowed As Asia-Pacific FallSaturday, February 21, 2026
Climate inaction, biodiversity loss and rising emissions are pushing Asia and the Pacific further off course on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the region set to miss nearly nine out of ten targets by 2030, the United Nations has warned. The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Re ...
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Nepal’s Youth Unrest Leaves Dozens Dead, Prime Minister ResignsThursday, September 11, 2025
Kathmandu - Nepal is facing its most serious political crisis in years after youth-led protests against a government social media ban escalated into deadly clashes, leaving at least 19 to 25 people dead and hundreds injured. The unrest began in early September after the government ordered a ban o ... |
Growing Pressure on Dr. Yunus for Early ElectionsSunday, February 9, 2025
When Sheikh Hasina came to power, the new generation (Gen Z) had not seen free, fair, and inclusive elections since 2008. Election observers described the parliament elections under her 15-year autocratic regime as fraud, and the poll results were cropped. The international media had widely reported ... |
Bangladesh President Dissolves ParliamentTuesday, August 6, 2024
Bangladesh President, Mohammed Shahabuddin, has on Tuesday dissolved the country rsquo;s parliament, a key demand of student protesters who led demonstrations that ousted longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina. ldquo;The president has dissolved parliament, rdquo; Shiplu Zaman, press secretary of President ... |
FGM: Ebonyi Collaborating With UNICEF, NGWF To Criminalize Practice - Nwifuru'sTuesday, February 6, 2024
The wife of Ebonyi state Governor, Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru said the state government is collaborating with UNICEF and the Nigeria Governor 39;s Wives forum to enact and enforce laws to criminalize Female Genital cutting and Mutilation. Mrs Nwifuru disclosed this Tuesday, in Abakaliki, Ebo ... |
‘our Kids Miss Their Mom’: Husband Of Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva Speaks Out AbouSaturday, November 11, 2023
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the Tatar-Bashkir service of U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, has been in Russian detention since October 18, when authorities in the western city of Kazan charged her with failure to register herself as a ... |
CPJ Urges India To Review ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Threatens Press FreedomFriday, August 25, 2023
New York, August 25, 2023 mdash;Indian lawmakers must thoroughly review three bills that threaten the independence of the press, and the government should withdraw and significantly amend its new data protection law, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. ldquo;We are gravely concerne ... |
The Philippines Rejects The Un’s Radical Leftist AgendaFriday, January 13, 2023
The Asian country of the Philippines last year November showed the world that despite their material poverty, they are extremely rich in values with their cultural heritage still being largely intact. They roundly rejected the pro-divorce, pro-abortion and pro-same-sex marriage agenda of the Unit ... |
Finally! Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa Tenders ResignationThursday, July 14, 2022
Sri Lanka rsquo;s President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has formally resigned from office after months of protests by citizens due to the country rsquo;s economic collapse and widespread hardship. According to New York Times, Mr Rajapaksa submitted his resignation by email from Singapore where he fled t ... |
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's 'Mango Diplomacy' With PakistanThursday, July 7, 2022
In a show of goodwill, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave 1000 kg of the renowned Amrapali mango< ... |
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