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14 states elected into UN Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly has elected 14 states into the Human Rights Council to succeed outgoing members.
Through secret ballot on Tuesday, Algeria, Morocco, South...
Iraq’s regional Kurdistan parliament extends legislative term for 1 year
Assembly members of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region had voted to increase the time period for one more year of the present four-year legislative time.
The...
‘Too early’ to scrap mandatory Covid isolation in Aus
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) on Friday said it was "too early" to end the mandatory Covid-19 isolation periods, warning that it would trigger...
US readying for severe flu season, new Covid wave
The US is readying for a severe flu season as well as a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the upcoming fall season,...
Putin urges economic measures to cushion sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded economic measures in response to Western sanctions, which are expected to intensify.
"It is important to understand that the...
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