The Taliban accused the Afghan government of recovering previously released prisoners from its ranks, an accusation rejected by the Afghan authorities. The government has released more than 4,000 Taliban fighters, while the group has released nearly 700 prisoners under an agreement between the United States and the Taliban that aims …
Read More »India’s prime minister says his country proved the world was wrong in its handling of the coronavirus
“By the way the Indians have come together to fight the coronavirus in recent months, we have shown that the world is wrong,” Modi said Sunday, delivering his monthly radio address to the nation. India has the third highest number of virus cases worldwide, with more than 1.3 million reported …
Read More »‘Whitening’ creams undergo a makeover but colorism persists
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The world’s largest cosmetic companies have been selling a fairy tale that often goes something like this: if your husband loses interest in you, if his colleagues fire him at work, if your talents are ignored, whiten your skin to change your love life, …
Read More »Singapore man pleads guilty to spying on China in the United States
Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, worked for Chinese intelligence for four to five years, recruiting Americans with access to confidential information through the Internet and commissioning them to write reports, which he then moved to Beijing. “The Chinese government uses a series of duplicities to obtain confidential …
Read More »Behrouz Boochani, former detainee from Manus Island, received refugee status in New Zealand
Behrouz Boochani was sent to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after arriving in Australian waters in 2013, under a government policy of arresting asylum seekers who arrived by boat. While in custody, Boochani used his cell phone to write the book “No Friend But The Mountains,” which last …
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