Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take the medication without prescription. ASKA Pharmaceutical said wider access to the pill would “empower Japanese women in the area of reproductive health”. A date for it to go on sale has...
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Indonesia To Send Back British Grandmother After 12 Years On Death Roll For Drugs
Indonesian authorities have announced plans to repatriate a British grandmother who has spent years on death row for drug trafficking. The woman, whose case drew international outrage and human rights appeals, is finally set to return home following a bilateral agreement between the UK and Indonesia. Indonesia signed an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two...
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55-Year-Old Palestinian Woman In Hospital After Being Clubbed By Masked Israeli Settler
A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives. The unprovoked attack, which took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel....
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Memoir Is Coming Out In January
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has a book coming out in January, touching upon everything from his swift political rise to the trauma of his home being set on fire. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that “Where We Keep the Light: Stories From a Life of Service,” will be released Jan. 27. Shapiro, 52, has...
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Slovak PM Fico’s Attacker Convicted Of Terrorism, Sentenced To 21 Years
A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted the man in last year’s attempted assassination of the country’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico of a terror attack and sentenced him to 21 years in prison. The shooting and the trial have shaken this small, European Union and NATO-member country where Fico has long been a divisive figure, criticized for straying from Slovakia’s...
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Kano Court Sentences Two Armed Robber to Death by Hanging for Killing Lecturer
A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men to death by for the murder of Buhari Imam, a lecturer with Northwest University, Kano. The convicts, Hussaini of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters and Zakariyya of Unguwar Malam Quarters, Kumbotso local government area, were found guilty on a three-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable...
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UAE Political Analyst أحمد شريف العامري Describes Nigerians Christians As “People Of Peace”
UAE political analyst أحمد شريف العامري in a post describes Nigerian Christians as “people of peace” amid the ongoing terrorist invasion especially in the northern part of the country. The political analyst surmised: “Nigeria is enduring a campaign of ethnic and religious cleansing. Christian families are being slaughtered in their homes, churches are reduced to...
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Zelenskyy Meets With Secretary Of The National Security And Defense Council Of Ukraine Rustem Umerov To Prepare Defense Agreements That Will Strengthen Combat Aviation.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “First – we are preparing new defense agreements that will strengthen Ukraine’s combat aviation. This is part of our strategy to build a sufficiently strong Air Force within the Armed Forces of Ukraine to ensure our country’s long-term security. “It is important that all our state institutions and components of the Defense...
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World Bank Estimates $216B Needed To Rebuild Syria After Civil War
Rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war is expected to cost about $216 billion, the World Bank said in an assessment published Tuesday. The cost is almost ten times Syria’s 2024 gross domestic product. Syria’s civil war began in 2011 when mass protests against the government of then-President Bashar Assad were met with a brutal...