Since October 29, numerous fires have severely damaged Thantlang, a remote town in northwest Chin State, Myanmar. The evidence of the space is undeniable: residential homes, places of worship, commercial buildings, etc. were reduced to ashes. To monitor the situation, Human Rights Watch used data provided by the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), […]
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In trying to stop tragedies before they happen, 19 states and Washington DC have passed “red flag” laws. Although they vary from state to state, the law provides a legal mechanism to temporarily remove firearms and ammunition from those at risk of injuring themselves or others. But as more states pass […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet approved a gas load management plan for the winter season to better cope with the gas shortage. Informing the media of cabinet decisions on Tuesday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said under the gas load management plan, gas supply to the CNG sector would remain suspended. from December 1 to […]
NEW YORK: The atmosphere at the UN Security Council changed when Omar Alshogre, human rights activist and prison survivor of the Assad regime, began to speak. Monday’s meeting was called to shed light on the impunity that prevails in Syria and the need for the council to do more to end it and ensure accountability […]
Jamaican Shanique Myrie at the Caribbean Court of Justice, with her lawyer Nancy Anderson in the background. Anderson represented Myrie in this high-profile human rights case, which she won. Photo by Jamaica Gleaner, used with permission. US-born human rights activist, educator and lawyer Nancy Anderson died on November 29 in Kingston, Jamaica, from a brief […]
Declaration 1.Name and nature of the underlying asset (e.g., land located at Sublot XX, Lot XX, North District, Taichung City): 2nd Floor, No. 12, Dongxing Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 2.Date of occurrence of the event:2021/11/30 3.Transaction unit amount (e.g.XX square meters, equivalent to XX ping), unit price, and total transaction price: Number of trading […]
that of Lisbon Stratum raised $ 12 million in a Series A funding round. The startup uses AI technologies to provide customers with real-time predictive information about their fleet, including optimized maintenance, operations and reporting on the energy efficiency, with the ultimate goal of securing a future without downtime. The startup intended to use the […]
In the Calais World War II museum, housed in a former Nazi bunker in one of the city’s parks, a room is dedicated to smugglers. A giant map shows the routes by which members of the French resistance brought fiery Jews, stranded British soldiers and others out of German-controlled territory. The paths stretch from France […]
CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Monday convicted a prominent human rights defender and lawyer for spreading false news and insulting a government authority, adding another name to a growing list of activists, journalists and dissidents the state has aggressively targeted and sought to silence for years. The sentence imposed on the lawyer, Hossam Bahgat, […]
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella asked the ministry secretary to submit an assessment report on the distribution of medical equipment and human resources among public hospitals, parliamentary sources said yesterday. There was an excess of doctors in some hospitals and there was a shortage of doctors in some rural hospitals, the minister said at the Ministerial […]