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The Dutch motion says China’s actions in Xinjiang, including birth control measures, fall under UN genocide convention. The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a non-binding motion saying the treatment of the Muslim Uighur minority in China amounted to genocide, the first such move by a European country. “A genocide on …

“It’s really hard to put all of it into words.” It was December, as Covid-19 deaths were besieging California, and Helen Cordova, an intensive care unit nurse in Los Angeles, was trying to describe what it was like. “This is a very real disease,” Ms. Cordova said. “Those images of …

Ibrahim further revealed that senior management members of the service were set to travel to Belarus soon to engage the manufacturers of firefighting helicopters. “We are leaving the country on March 5 to Belarus to engage the manufacturers on procurement of this helicopter,” he said. He said that the team …

Greece and Austria want Covid-free tourists this summer, but other EU states are wary.

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Simona Marinescu Opinion by Simona Marinescu (apia, samoa) Thursday, February 25, 2021 Inter Press Service APIA, Samoa, Feb 25 (IPS) – Vulnerable people need support, not stricter lawsEarlier this month, and in December 2020 the Government of Samoa conducted operations that resulted in the confiscation of a total of 1,400 grams …

The legislation could provide a framework for other countries looking to address platforms’ dominant position. Australia’s parliament passed landmark legislation on Thursday requiring global technology giants to pay for the news content shared on their platforms, in a move that is being closely watched around the world. The law was …

ROME — A landslide carried away a cemetery on the edge of a cliff in the northern Italian region of Liguria, scattering about 200 coffins and bodies across a hillside and into the Mediterranean Sea. Scuba divers managed to retrieve 12 coffins from the sea by Wednesday after the landslide …

The value of this award comes to 50,000 Euros. Winners of the award will receive a cash prize of 25,000 Euros. They will also be entered at no additional cost, into an intensive 24-week growth accelerator, the value of which is 25,000 Euros. The accelerator provides a rare opportunity for …

Vaccines are one of the solutions to end the coronavirus pandemic, according to health experts. But there are fears that richer countries could hoard jabs at the expense of poorer ones. A global plan called Covax is trying to share vaccines fairly among all nations – can it succeed?