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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:37:13 +0000UN marks Human Rights Day with message
Human rights are under assault, warns United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. He raised the concern recently in a press release while calling for swift action to protect, defend and uphold all rights for all people. ...
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:22:48 +0000Japanese survivors of atomic bombs honoured with Nobel Peace Prize
Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo on Tuesday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Japanese survivors of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japanese cities to end World War II. The group of 30 atomic bombing survivors attended Tuesday’s award cer...
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:49:42 +0000Suspect in UnitedHealth murder to fight extradition
ALTOONA, Pennsylvania – The 26-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in Manhattan intends to fight his extradition to New York to face murder charges from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, his def...
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:53:53 +0000BARVEN under fire over hike in coconut water prices
The Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCEN) has come out against the recent increase in coconut water prices. The consumer rights organisation is encouraging Barbadian consumers to push back against the increase by going back to the days where p...
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:57:41 +0000Call to ban first-cousin marriages in United Kingdom
A Conservative former minister has called for first-cousin marriage to be banned in the UK. Introducing the proposals in Parliament, Richard Holden said the children of first cousins were at greater risk of birth defects and the practice should be pr...