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Funding for innovation swelled during pandemic: UN
Shawdesh Desk: Funding for innovation swelled during the Covid-19 pandemic, with significant growth in developing countries, the UN said Thursday, warning though that the current geopolitical turmoil was threatening theReadMore
Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist jailed 3 years by Myanmar court
Shawdesh Desk: A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prisonReadMore
200 environmental activists killed globally in 2021: Report
Shawdesh Desk: Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country inReadMore
Taliban fire into air to disperse women’s rally supporting Iran protests
Shawdesh Desk: Afghanistan’s Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women’s rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custodyReadMore
Iran protests: Death toll rises to 76 as crackdown intensifies
Shawdesh Desk: At least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces during 11 days of unrest sparked by the death of a woman in custody, activists say. IranReadMore
Fire in northeast China restaurant leaves 17 dead
Shawdesh Desk: A fire at a restaurant in northeastern China on Wednesday killed 17 people and injured another three, according to local authorities. The blaze broke out at 12:40 pmReadMore
EU considers Nord Stream pipeline leaks as ‘deliberate act’
Shawdesh Desk: The European Union considers leaks from two Russia-Germany undersea gas pipelines this week ‘are not a coincidence’, with indications they were ‘a deliberate act’, the bloc’s foreign policyReadMore
Iran police warn protesters of harder action
Shawdesh desk: Iran’s police command warned on Wednesday that the force would come down hard on protests that erupted nearly two weeks ago over the death of a young womanReadMore
