NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly will vote today on a US push to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” by invading Russian troops in Ukraine. A two-thirds majority of voting members ― abstentions do […]
Day: April 6, 2022
SHANGHAI: Shanghai today said it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food and essential goods to locked-in residents, responding to growing discontent over such difficulties as Covid curbs stretched into an 11th day. China’s financial hub has fallen largely silent after the city imposed harsh movement restrictions […]
KHARTOUM: Despite high temperatures, tear gas, and a Ramadan fast, tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters marched in the capital Khartoum and more in towns across the country yesterday, marking the third anniversary of the fall of former President Omar al-Bashir and rejecting the recent power grab by the generals […]