Colombian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill to end child marriage in the country after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy groups and eight failed attempts to push legislation through the house and senate.The proposal would make the minimum age for marriage 18 and seeks to protect the rights and development opportunities for minors. It...
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KANO HOUSE OF REP. MEMBER FACES CRITICISM OVER DISPLAY OF CASH, NIGERIANS DEMAND EFCC QUESTION THE SOURCE AND ITS PURPOSE
A member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Aliyu Sani Madaki, has come under criticism after a video surfaced online showing him with stacks of cash running into millions of Naira, in his living room. The footage, which went viral, shows Madaki, who represents Dala federal constituency on the platform of the New Nigeria...
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PROTEST DANCE IN THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT AGAINST CONTENTIOUS TREATY BILL
New Zealand’s Parliament witnessed a dramatic moment as Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, known for being the youngest member in the House, took a bold stand against a contentious Indigenous Treaty Bill which aims to redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.The video of Te Pāti Māori MP ripping up the document and then performing the...
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PROTEST DANCE IN THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT AGAINST CONTENTIOUS TREATY BILL
New Zealand’s Parliament witnessed a dramatic moment as Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, known for being the youngest member in the House, took a bold stand against a contentious Indigenous Treaty Bill which aims to redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.The video of Te Pāti Māori MP ripping up the document and then performing the...
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RUSSIA JAILS PEDIATRICIAN FOR CRITICISING UKRAINE CAMPAIGN DURING APPOINTMENT, SENTENCE HER TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a paediatrician to five-and-a-half years in prison for criticizing the Ukraine campaign during a private appointment, after she was denounced by the ex-wife of a soldier killed in combat.Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, was found guilty of spreading “fake” information on the Russian army, under legislation used to silence dissent. “I believe...
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UAE: PILOT KILLED AFTER TRAINING PLANE CRASHES; STUDENT ON BOARD STILL MISSING
A pilot was killed after being involved in an aircraft crash in the UAE, the General Authority of Civil Aviation announced on Tuesday.The victim was a flight instructor who was flying a training aircraft with a trainee on board. The individual’s body was found on the shores of FujairahThe rescue team is still searching for...
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MADRID’S ECONOMIC HEAD OF CRIME UNIT ARRESTED OVER MONEY LAUNDRY, DRUG TRAFFICKING AND BRIBERY.
The head of Madrid’s economic crime unit of the Spanish National Police, Oscar Sanchez Gil, has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, drug trafficking and bribery, according to Spanish media “Mundo” and RTVE and DPA.Sanchez Gil was arrested over 20 million euros found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of a...
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FORMER REPORTER ‘TO PURSUE’ HER DISMISSAL BY WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘AS A CRIMINAL MATTER.’
Selina Cheng, a former Hong Kong reporter of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday said she’ll sue the publication for sacking her because she joined a trade union.Cheng lost her job in July after a senior editor told her that her position was eliminated due to restructuring.However, the former reporter believed the termination was linked to her...
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21-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND LEFT IN A DITCH BY NIGERIA POLICE AFTER DEMANDING FOR 200K
A social media user has reported the unpleasantness of the Nigeria police experience the family had after his 21 years old brother was shot and left to die in a ditch in Abuja.The unidentified user had in a post reported: “ 9th of November at about 6:40p.m in the evening, the Nigeria Police at the...
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MORE THAN 20 INJURE AS A 62-YEAR-OLD MAN RAMMED INTO CROWD IN CHINESE CITY.
On the eve of China’s premier aviation exhibition by the People’s Liberation Army, hosted annually in the Southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, a 62-year-old man was detained by the police after ramming a car into people exercising at a sport center.Police reported the incidence on Monday night confirming more than 20 people injured with no...