Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/turkey-slaps-advertising-ban-on-twitter-with-new-social-media-law Turkey has hit Twitter, Pinterest, and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local representative to take down contentious posts under a new media law published on Tuesday. Under their law, social media companies that do not appoint such representatives are liable for a series of penalties, including the move by the… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/syrias-rainstorm-kills-child-damages-displacement-camps Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding at displacement camps in northwest Syria, killing one child and damaging and destroying the tents of thousands of families. Thousands and children and families have been displaced from their tents. People were forced to sleep outside in the open air without any supplies or blankets. Some people had to walk in the mud… Read more »
Link:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/80351100.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Maldives and Bhutan will be the first countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines from India. The first shipment to those countries is expected to arrive on January 20. The Maldives will receive 1,000,000 doses of the vaccine while Bhutan will receive 1,500,000 doses. Narendra Madi stated on Twitter that India is deeply honored to share healthcare and resources with the… Read more »
Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/80162586.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Scientists and doctors from several cities and in the U.S. have provided the first evidence of a shared genetic link between heart disease and diabetes among South Asians. To understand the variant’s role that is causing heart disease and diabetes, researchers used cardiomyacyte cells involved in heart functions. Dhandapany Perundrai, investigator and researcher at the center for cardiovascular… Read more »
Link: https://iwpr.net/global-voices/syria-female-prisoners-speak-out In the state of Syria, there is an amount of discrimination against female prisoners both outside and inside the prison. Former detainee Rana Al-Agha was arrested during an ambush arranged by a state security agent. She described how during her imprisonment, she was psychologically tortured and pressured by having to view officers torture people right in front of… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/6/sudan-says-it-signed-abraham-accords-with-us Sudan signed the “Abraham accords” with the United States despite the signing being rejected by Sudan’s political parties in October. When the Sudanese government decided it would normalize its relations with Israel, the Sudanese political parties rejected the plan.. Officials stated they would form an opposition front against the agreement if it went through. This signing came two… Read more »
Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/national-education-policy-to-transform-india-into-knowledge-superpower-pokhriyal/articleshow/79568250.cms The union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal stated that the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP) will transform India into a knowledge superpower and global leader in education. As the minister said, “Our diversity and ability to blend ancient and modern systems will again take us to the top.” India has decided to take advantage of their diversity to further propel… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/3/egypt-orders-release-of-rights-activists-after-global-pressure After November 3rd following a public meeting Egypt had with foreign ambassadors, three staff members of a leading human rights organization were released. They were arrested on charges of “joining a terror group” and “spreading false news” because of their work researching human rights in Egypt and their living conditions. The United Nations had even urged them to… Read more »
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/4/holduighurs-forced-to-eat-pork-as-hog-farming-in-xinjiang-expands In China’s westernmost region of Xinjiang, much of the Uighur population have been forced into, what China calls, re-education camps, to attempt to reverse their muslim ideals and ways and re-educate them. As a part of these concentration camps, muslims are forced to eat pork, which goes against their religion, or face punishment and humiliation. Inside the camps,… Read more »
