Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the opposition Ittehad-e-Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is suffering from internal turmoil.
In his statement, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the steps taken by the government have changed the attitude of the international community towards occupied Kashmir. The British parliamentarians made it clear that this is a controversial issue at the international level.
He said that the opposition alliance PDM was suffering from internal anarchy, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam was divided into two factions and frustration had spread in the ranks of PDM.
He said that PDM was holding a meeting to alleviate the frustration of its workers.


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Expressing concerns over grave human rights violations and inhuman curfew in occupied Kashmir, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Farooq Haider Khan on Monday said that Indian premier Narendra Modi was following the footprints of Hitler.
Addressing a gathering of Kashmiri community in Lahore, Farooq Haider said that the western countries did not compromise on human rights and added that the soon the entire world would stand shoulder to shoulder with the Kashmiris.
On the occasion, he said that Modi did an experiment in occupied Kashmir and if the world kept mum on it, India would move forward to Azad Kashmir.
The AJK prime minister said that real target on India was Pakistan.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that China, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates had helped Pakistan and particularly its economy in testing times.
Addressing the Council of Foreign Relations in New York, PM Imran had said that the previous governments had failed to find a solution to the economic woes, adding that due to the persistent issues, the current government had to rely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF).


I m ready to bring development to Fuvahmulah: President Solih
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has stated that he is ready to bring development to Fuvahmulah.
Speaking at a campaign meeting held in Fuvahmulah this evening, the President said that the people of Fuvahmulah are ready to do so in the way they want to move forward in terms of change and development.
President Solih stressed the importance of the MDP being in power to accomplish the development goals. He urged people to decide to go ahead with the development while voting in the presidential primary.
The President claimed that every administration began projects in Fuvahmulah, but that when this government took office, the first action that needed to be taken there was to undo what had been carried out haphazardly. He claimed that although the sewerage system, which was expensively constructed, had caused many issues that prevented people from living at home, they had now been saved.
The President also highlighted the ongoing development projects in Fuvahmulah. He said the roads were being constructed on the advice of the council and the soil erosion area was in full swing. He highlighted that the new hospital building in Fuvahmulah was completed and the services would be increased. He also said that Fuvahmulah hospital will provide CT scan services as per the needs of the people. He also said that the Fuvahmulah port expansion project will also be taken up.


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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has responded to the National Democratic Congress's (NDC) Press Conference on Thursday at which the party argued that the ruling NPP must bear the ultimate responsibility for the drug menace currently baffling the country.
Government Spokesperson on Governance, Mr Frank Agyekum in an interview with CITI NEWS, questioned the justification of the NDC to make such incriminating arguments against the NPP.
At its Press Conference, the NDC said the ruling party was using diversionary tactics to reduce the substantial matter regarding the cocaine issue to a trivial political debate.
But in a quick reaction, Mr Frank Agyekum has retorted that the NDC was being hypocritical in that regard.
Mr Agyekum also denied comments by the NDC that sought to create the impression that the Government was investigating the matter because there was international pressure mounting on the Kufuor administration to do so.


U.N. Declares Gaza Will Soon Be ‘Uninhabitable’ If Israeli Blockade and Wars Continue
Here’s why, according to a report released Tuesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, it’s entirely Israel’s fault that the Palestinian territory may become totally unlivable five years from now.
The report released on Tuesday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development points to the eight-year economic blockade of Gaza as well as the three wars there over the past six years.
Last year’s Israeli war on Gaza displaced half a million people and left parts of the strip destroyed.
The war “has effectively eliminated what was left of the middle class, sending almost all of the population into destitution and dependence on international humanitarian aid,” the new report says.
Gaza’s GDP dropped 15 percent last year, and unemployment reached a record high of 44 percent. Seventy-two percent of households are food insecure.
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Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has said that the Hinkal Flyover will be inaugurated on Dec.16.
Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Pratap Simha said that the flyover was earlier expected to be open for public by Dasara but was delayed due to several factors. But the inauguration will now take place on Dec.16, with both the District Minister G.T. Devegowda and himself available on that date, he said.
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Kaziranga (Assam) [India], September 27 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that the State government should shed its conventional role as a regulator and perform as a facilitator to help different stakeholders to bring about a paradigm shift in the development of the state.
Speaking on the concluding day of Chintan Shivir held at Kaziranga, the Chief Minister said that the Assam government is committed to work as a facilitator to assist all stakeholders to unleash their energies for the development of the state in a time-bound manner.
He said that the government organized the three-day Chintan Shivir to deliberate on action points where the State government can work for the targetted goal in a stipulated time frame to enable the people of the state to reap rich dividends of governance.
He said that as an outcome of the Chintan Shivir, all departments would prepare certain action points indicating resources to be required to implement the points.
"The action points would subsequently be submitted to the government for perusal and necessary approval. After the government receives the action points from all the departments, the points would be uploaded on the government website for public viewing. Further, based on the action points, the government will take steps for their implementation in a time-bound manner by 2026," he said.
He asked the departments to prepare action points highlighting their vision for Assam for 2026.
"After preparing the action points the departments should share them with every employee of the departments to build a strong belongingness so that everybody works together to reach the target by 2026," said the CM.
Sarma also called for inter-departmental coordination and the need for looking at the government as an entity and not the department in isolation.
The Chief Minister while speaking on the occasion also said that the state administration should prepare a blueprint for unleashing its own resources to expedite the growth of Assam.
He also said that the Chintan Shivir would facilitate collective efforts on the part of the government for the generation of government tax and non-tax revenue.
The Chief Minister also said that the government would create a Rs 5000 crore fund for creating vocations for the youth in different sectors who do not get government jobs.
Moreover, Sarma said that Assam should organise a 'CSR conclave' to create a platform for the corporates to contribute more to the state considering their footprints and markets in Assam.
He said for the convenience of administration and to take governance to the people, the Assam government would take the digitization process to a new level.
Calling for targeted intervention, Sarma said that Health and Family Welfare Department will take more goal-oriented steps for reducing IMR and MMR in the tea garden areas.
He also said that to ensure security in the social sector, especially in the tea garden areas, all the tea garden hospitals need to be made functional with the ability to perform institutional delivery.
Moreover, steps will be taken to set up blood banks to address the issue of material mortality, he said.
He said that the government will also ensure that no post of doctors remains vacant in the state, especially in the char and tea garden areas.
The Chief Minister further said that the Government will work for reviving the plywood industry in the state. Moreover, during the last 16 months, the Government has taken several decisions, Sarma asked Chief Secretary to prepare a 'Compendium of decisions' and publish it.
On the sidelines of the Chintan Shivir, Chief Minister Sarma held a talk to a delegation of PM's Economic Advisory Council led by its Chairman Dr Bibek Debroy.
Besides presenting Assam, its potential and resources that can guide the development narrative of the state, he also put forward the perennial problems which sometimes stand on the way for the expeditious growth of Assam.
Sarma thanked the delegation for having visited Assam and graced the Chintan Shivir. Member of EAC -PM Shri Sanjeev Sanyal and Joint Secretary to PMO Pawan Kumar Sain were also present during the meeting. The delegation of PM's Economic Advisory Council later addressed the Chintan Shivir. (ANI)


Health officials in California and elsewhere have warned that more than 200,000 Californians who were vaccinated with the flu shot may not get the vaccine, even though federal officials have said they will be able to provide it.
California Department of Public Health officials said Tuesday that as many as 6,000 people in the state may not receive the vaccine and said they are working to provide them with the vaccine.
The state will also not be able send out vaccine-specific letters and won’t have to send out vaccinations to people who have not been vaccinated.
The state’s Department of Finance said in a statement that the county of San Diego will begin mailing vaccine packets to its residents and counties in 2018.
California’s health department said the county has begun receiving vaccine packets.
It said the letters will be mailed on February 16, and it will mail more than 4 million packets.
California’s Health and Human Services Department said the department will be sending the vaccine to those who were not vaccinated.
“It is the Department of State Health Services, acting on the direction of the Secretary of State, that is distributing the vaccines, and not the Department or local health departments, the department said in its statement.
Officials said it was a decision that was made because there was no vaccine available that was sufficient for the distribution of the vaccine in the community.
The department also said the counties in the Bay Area, Sacramento and San Diego counties will be receiving the vaccine on the same day that the letter was sent to the rest of the state.
According to the Department, it has received more than 10,000,000 doses of the flu-shot vaccine.
California’s state health department also warned that the state will not be sending out the vaccine packets as planned for the next few weeks, as it waits for the Department to send a letter to all of the affected counties.
The letter said that the Department will be providing vaccines for those who have received their vaccine but are not receiving it, and the state has not yet determined whether to send the vaccine packages to those in the county who have had their vaccine and are not yet receiving it.


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Minister of Statesfor Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed said construction work on Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) would be started in 2014. The minister said it was very important road which links all the industrial cities to port. He said that in 2010 the ECNEC had asked the government to award funds for the project and also said that to construct it on public private partnership. M-9 was a four lane road and it would be converted to six lanes. The Prime Minister has strictly asked the government to complete the project as soon as possible.
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Michelle Obama, during her official trip to South Africa focused on youth and topics related to them. She is going to emphasize on leadership and education while it is expected that many of the key people of the industry would be coming up during the same. Many of these are going to be from the time when anti-apartheid struggle was going on.
As per her schedule, Michelle is going to make stoppage in South Africa and Bostwana during her weeklong visit. The lady is going to highlight on the benefits of education and also expected to urge youth to take care of their wellness.


Eddie McGuire Reveals How The Season Suspension Unfolded Behind Closed Doors
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Eddie McGuire gave some insight into how quickly the decision to postpone the AFL season unfolded yesterday.
McGuire said that when state borders were starting to be closed, the league's hands were tied.
Eddie has been heavily involved behind the scenes assisting the AFL Commission and Gillon McLachlan over the past week.
McGuire believes it was the right decision to start the season last week based on the advice they received last week. But the level of caution taken by the government increased over the weekend and the advise to continue had changed.
He also outlined the timeline of when the league will notify the clubs that the season will resume.
Eddie also flagged that there is uncertainty about the season surviving the June/July period when the coronavirus is expected to peak.


The division’s deputy head Alawi Dahalin and several other members lodged the report at the Brickfields police station.
Alawi said he had heard Kok complain about the food she was given while detained under the ISA, at a press conference at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya, shown on the night news on TV on Sept 20, a day after she was released from custody.
He said Kok had said the food she was served was "fit only for dogs".
"By saying this, she had insulted the police and the poor. Eggs are an important food for low-income earners and the poor. As an elected representative of the people she should not have said that," he said.


EC To Consider Request To Allow Sri Lankans Overseas To Vote
(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) The Election Commission is to consider a request to allow Sri Lankans living overseas to vote at future elections.
A request in this regard was put forward to the Election Commission by a civil society organization.
The group noted that there are thousands of Sri Lankans who are either employed overseas or are dual citizens.
The Election Commission was requested to make arrangements for Sri Lankans overseas to be able to vote from their respective counties at future elections in Sri Lanka.
The group noted that the Election Commission gave a positive response to the request. (Colombo Gazette)
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City contemplating local sales tax, food/bev tax
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BANNU: Transgender people on Saturday continued their demonstration to protest a ban imposed by the district government on their performances at ceremonies.
The protesting transgender persons, who gathered outside Bannu Press Club, were holding banners and placards and chanted slogans against the district government for the ban imposed on their profession.
They blocked road outside the press club for traffic for half-an-hour and demanded of the provincial government to take notice of the illegal ban.
They said that the police have ban on their functions across the district since last one-and-a-half year forcing them to starve as they had no alternative source of income.
They said that there was no ban in any part of the province on their functions while Bannu police have illegally banned them from performing their profession.
They demanded that the ban should be lifted as soon as possible and exempt them from receiving a no-objection certificate from police stations.
The protesters later dispersed after DSP Attiqur Rahman assured them to raise the issue with high-ups.


Ghana already exports electricity to Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Benin regularly. Burkina Faso has joined the three.
Speaking at the 3rd Ecowas Sustainable Energy Forum in Accra, Dr Bawumia said the government has plans to export power to countries such as Niger and Mali.
“Ghana has also expanded the reach of exporting power to the regional block to improve the socio-economic conditions of our neighbours. Apart from power exports to Togo and Benin, we have also started the export of affordable and reliable electricity to Burkina Faso,” the Vice President revealed.
Dr Bawumia explained that Ghana is undertaking grid expansions which will help in the further exports to other West African countries in the sub-region including those in Sahelian regions such as Niger and Mali.
“We also continue to work to ensure that we have a robust and financially strong power sector in Ghana to support the ECOWAS regional efforts in the long term.
To ensure that Ghana remains committed to its renewable energy portfolio standards, we have completed a comprehensive National Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP) with a comprehensive strategy for implementation. As a government, we would ensure that the plan is implemented to the letter,” Dr. Bawumia added.


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21
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Several Russian companies are already working in Azerbaijan's
territories liberated from Armenian occupation [in the 2020 second
Karabakh war], Niyazi Safarov, deputy economy minister of
Azerbaijan told reporters, Trend reports.
According to Safarov, totally about 20 Russian companies have
expressed interest in activities in the liberated territories.
The deputy minister noted that investment projects and a
mechanism for exchanging information have also been determined.
Attention was also focused on the liberated lands of Azerbaijan,
which have huge economic potential. The development of cooperation,
the reintegration of these territories into the economy of
Azerbaijan open up great opportunities for Russian, including
Udmurt, companies, to participate in this process, Safarov
The Azerbaijani side believes that all these factors will
determine the further development of trade and economic relations
with Udmurtia, he added.
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Mr George Oduro, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, says the government will continue to work to open more factories in local communities to create jobs for the youth.
He said the government through the planting for food and jobs, planting for exports and rural development as well as the one district one factory programmes, was creating avenues to expand employment opportunities for the youth in the country.
Mr Oduro, who is also the Member of Parliament for Adansi South, stated this when he addressed party supporters after a health walk in some principal streets of New Edubiase.
He said the government was currently expanding infrastructural facilities in senior high schools to help accommodate the high number of students benefiting from the free senior high school initiative.
Additionally, facilities in public universities were being expanded to help admit the increasing number of students who would be enrolled following the introduction of the free SHS policy.
The government was also expanding access to tertiary education by removing bottlenecks that prevented poor and needy students from going to the university through the introduction of the free guarantor system, to enable needy students have easy access to finance to support their education.
Mr Oduro said the NPP government had done well in its first term and needed another term to continue to work to consolidate the gains and transform the country to improve the living conditions of the people.
Mr Francis Ankomah, District Chief Executive for Adansi South, said the party was poised to retain the parliamentary seat to enable the government continue its development agenda in the area.
He stressed the need for the youth to lead the campaign to retain the seat.


QCB: 25,000 Local Transactions Over Qr230m Executed
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Doha: The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) announced yesterday that more than 25,000 local transactions, worth more than QR230m, were executed within the first 24 hours of the start of the money transfer service outside official working hours.
QCB had earlier directed all banks to start implementing local transfer requests throughout the week, including the weekend.
This directive comes within QCB's endeavor to activate the role of banks and financial institutions in providing the best services to their customers.
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Karachi: India should adapt a more positive and open minded approach towards Pakistan to improve bilateral ties, President Mamnoon Hussain today said.
Speaking to reporters after visiting the Quaid-e-Azam`s mausoleum here, the President said that Pakistan wanted cordial relations with its neighboring country.
"But I think India also needs to adapt a more positive and open minded approach towards Pakistan which would help bilateral relations," he said.
There has been tension between the two nuclear armed nations in recent times due to repeated incidents of firing at the Line of Control.
The President also said that he believed that the upcoming elections in India were the cause behind the slow peace process and increased violence across the Line of Control.
He said some some politicians in India didn`t want to push the peace process between the two countries.
He said that "election gimmicks" by India`s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in an attempt to gain favour of voters had kept their government occupied.
He also expressed hope that the problem will resolve itself after the elections in India are over adding that a strict warning had already been issued to the neighbouring country warning of a "tit-for-tat" situation which would force Pakistan to respond with violence.


(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat – The Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations (BCJI) arrested, Thursday, 'three dangerous supporters' of the Islamic State terrorist organization (ISIS), said a statement from the Interior ministry.
The three suspects were operating in the cities of Laayoune, Salé and Marrakech and have pledged allegiance to ISIS' caliph, said the ministry.
Investigations revealed that the suspects, aged between 24 and 30, were involved in inciting murder in accordance the bloody approach of this terrorist organization, and were trying to acquire expertise in the field of manufacturing explosive devices, said the statement.
The first elements of the investigations also found that one of these individuals, which had previously joined in the the camps of the 'polisario' separatists in Tindouf, was preparing to commit terrorist acts inside the Kingdom in accordance with ISIS' agenda, added the ministry.
A search operation allowed the seizure of a set of electronic equipment, an 'identity card' issued to one of the suspects by the 'puppet republic', a military uniform and a flag of the so-called 'Polisario.'
The suspects will be brought to justice upon the completion of the investigation, led under the supervision of the public prosecutor's office, concluded the same source.
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Residents of the east affected by the recent weather system will receive financial support from the government to ease the financial burden of families struggling to recover.
That’s according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit following his latest visit to the east on Wednesday.
Government has already provided emergency supplies to residents while road clearing works continue and utility companies work tirelessly to restore water access and electricity to the area.
The Prime Minister says impacted farmers will also receive support.
Prime Minister Skerrit says government continues its efforts to mitigate against the impact of climate change in Dominica.
He says, government is spending 127 million dollars on roadworks in the east.
The Prime minister went on to note, the relocation of several families is also on the cards.
He says government is fully committed to building new resilient homes as it has in the past.


Pervez, Mashood seem not to spare Imran Khan
Pervez Rasheed said that talking about transparent elections together with PMLQ leaders, does not suit Shah Mehmood Qureshi and he might have forgotten the 2002 elections.
He said that PTI’s long march is against the judiciary and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), it should rather present its suggestions in the Parliament.
On the other hand, Rana Mashood alleged that PTI wants to divert the attention of the people from core issues like terrorism and mass migration of people from North Waziristan.
He said that the nation is arrayed against terrorists, but Imran Khan is planning rallies.
Mashood said that already spent cartridges, now tend to sabotage the development process, but the people will not fall prey to their tricks.
The Law Minister Punjab further said that the people want to know about the destination of ‘tsunami’ and ‘revolution’.


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim sent Saturday cables to heads of the Japanese National Diet's House of Councilors and House of Representatives, President Chuichi Date and Speaker Tadamori Oshima respectively, congratulating them on Emperor Akihito's birthday occasion. (end) hb
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Pakistan in a state of war, says CJ LHC
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) Mansoor Ali Shah has said that there can be no compromise on the security situation as Pakistan has been in a state of war, ARY News reported.
Speaking to media on Monday, CJ LHC said that the nation has to be united for fighting the war against terrorism.
He said that the nation salutes the security forces who have sacrificed their lives for the country.
The chief justice said that a special gate has been made for the entry of litigants in the Lahore High Court whereas the quarters have been cleared off LHC employees due to security reasons.
The Chief Justice said that accountability process must be started in order to make the judicial system exemplary and keeping the people’s trust.
He had earlier said that new techniques must be used for resolving cases.


Sacramento is grappling with a curfew and continued nights of protest and unrest.
City officials said the curfew will run from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. until further notice, as residents are being asked to stay off public roads and other public property. It comes as the city welcomes the presence of the National Guard, who is also in place indefinitely.
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KARACHI -- Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday said that overnight Covid-19 claimed 46 more lives and infected 1,708 lifting the death toll to 1,572 and the tally of cases to 96,236.
In a statement issued here from CM House, he said that 46 more patients lost their lives while struggling against coronavirus lifting the death toll to 1,572 that constituted 1.6 per cent death rate.
He added that 1,708 new cases emerged when 12,479 samples were tested which constituted 14pc detection rate.
The CM said that so far 514,905 samples had been tested against which 96,236 cases were detected. He added that the detection rate came to 19pc.
Mr Shah said that 679 persons recovered after contracting coronavirus and added that the number of patients recovered so far had reached 53,855 constituting 56pc recovery rate.
He said that currently 40,809 patients were under treatment, of them 38,875 in home isolation, 327 at isolation centres and 1,607 at different hospitals.


Following the violence during the farmers' tractor march in Delhi on Republic Day, the Congress leader Digvijay Singh said that farmers have handed over 15 people who started the violence.
"The farmers have handed over 15 people who started the violence yesterday," said Digvijay Singh on violence during the farmers' tractor march in Delhi on Republic Day.
He further said that they (15 people) have been found to have govt identity cards. "Now you only understand who is in the govt. This was an act of concerted conspiracy to malign a peaceful movement," he said.
Digvijay also said that "the police barricaded the route at the Ghazipur border which was the planned route for the tractor rally. Then police used tear gas which precipitated the violence."
As per the report, the FIR registered by the Delhi Police on ITO mentioned the sequence of the incident. It stated that the farmers started coming towards Central Delhi while constant requests were made to maintain law and order. It also mentioned that the incident of a farmer who died after his tractor overturned.
The FIR stated that the Police and others started rescuing them but the protesting farmers came there with tractors and attempted to hit Police officials.
"The police had a close shave and left from the spot, later they got to know that the farmer succumbed to his injuries," Delhi Police stated.


Afghanistan: UAE cooperates with Taliban to organize airport operations.
(MENAFN) United Arab Emirates has concluded to monitor and control airports in the country with the Taliban administration.
Officials from both sides gathered for a press conference on Tuesday, May 24th, and made an agreement to share responsibility for airport operations in Afghanistan, according to Bakhtar News Agency.
Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar released a statement on Twitter after months of discussions with the UAE, Turkey, and Qatar to agree on terms on airport security cooperation.
As reported by Reuters, UAE officials have conducted a series of sessions with the group in previous weeks to discuss operating the airport, that also functions as Afghanistan's main air connection to the rest of the globe.
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JPMorgan’s hedge fund firm, Highbridge Capital Management, has raised $3 billion for a direct lending fund.
Financial Times reported that the new fund, which will capitalize on the decline in traditional bank lending, will target middle-sized companies.
The article also said according to the International Monetary Fund, European banks are expected to decrease their balance sheets by about 7% of their assets by next year.
Mike Patterson, who will manage the new fund, told Financial Times that the new offering will invest 80% in the U.S., and the rest in Europe.
Highbridge Capital manages about $26 billion in capital.


The Islamic Jihad movement said that the military activities against the movement and its fighters will lead to retaliation against the Israeli army and settlers.
The movement threatened that these attacks, the declared Israeli intentions against the movement, ad the Ã¢â‚¬Å“hunt after its activistsÃ¢â‚¬Â will make the movement retaliate.
Ã¢â‚¬Å“The movement, and other Palestinian factions, has the right to respond to the Israeli violations in the appropriate time and placeÃ¢â‚¬Â, the movement added.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said that the army Ã¢â‚¬Å“will continue to act against the Islamic JihadÃ¢â‚¬Â.
Mofaz claimed that the army is operating against the movement because Ã¢â‚¬Å“Israel will never allow the settlers to be endangered during pulloutÃ¢â‚¬Â, adding that the soldiers will Ã¢â‚¬Å“arrest whomever they canÃ¢â‚¬Â.Ã‚Â
Recently, the Shabak (Israeli security service) and army decided to concentrate their attack against cells and members of the Islamic Jihad in Tulkarem, Jenin and Bethlehem
Over the last few days, the Israeli army arrested 300 members of the Islamic Jihad in several Palestinians areas.
The movement said called on the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to stop the meetings with Israeli officials.
Also, the movement added that the Israeli army conducted repeated violations to the truce while it refrained from retaliating.


(MENAFN) UniCredit and Citigroup are looking into the potential of swapping holdings with Russian banks in order to avoid huge write-downs on operations in Russia as a result of their withdrawal from the embargo nation, according to FT, quoting people familiar with the situation.
The idea comes as Russia faces a large flight of foreign lenders as a result of Western penalties imposed on the nation for its military campaign in Ukraine. According to estimates released the previous week, European banks have written down holdings and put aside cash to safeguard themselves from the projected economic consequences of anti-Russia penalties worth approximately USD10 billion.
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Polish economy may grow to 3% late 2014: CB
(MENAFN) A Polish central bank official said that the country's economy may expand to around 3 percent at the end of 2014, reported Reuters.
During the first quarter, the country's economy grew by 0.4 percent, the lowest level in 4 years.
As for inflation, which reached 0.8 percent in April, there's a little chance that it will quickly return to the bank's 2.5 percent target, according to Jerzy Hausner, one of the bank's 10 rate-setters.
In order to push economic growth, since November 2012, the central bank has lowered interest rates by a total of 175 basis points, with the latest rate cut of 25 basis points in May bringing the bank's key rate to its lowest level of 3 percent.
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(MENAFN) Marking Palestinian Children's Day 2018, Thursday, out of 6,742 Palestinians detained by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip in 2017, an estimated 1,467 were children under the age 18, constituting about 21.8% of the total number of detainees.
This is reported by to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) which added in a report that according to the data released by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs about 350 of them are still in detention deprived of their childhood, including continuing their studies, as well as being subjected to abuse during detention.
The PCBS said also that according to the records of the Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), 15 children were killed by Israeli gunfire in 2017, including one child in the age group 9 to 12 years, three children in the age group 13 to 15 years, and 11 children in the age group 16 to 17 years.
DCIP's records also showed that six children were shot dead by Israelis during January and February of 2018.
The PCBS press release said that based on the recent Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017 report, the number of children under the age of 18 by the end of 2017 amounted to 2,115,370 children, or 45.3% of the total population.
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Putting their hearts into it
On Saturday, more than 300 people gathered at Alexandria's City Park for the fourth annual Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Awareness Walk.
The event honors local children and adults who have lost their battle with CHD and the families that were affected by their loss. Plus, it's a fundraiser for Lasting Imprint, Inc., a local nonprofit organization that supports families of children with CHD. This year, the walk raised close to $17,000.
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Amman, Feb. 27 (Petra) -- His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday received, USAID Administrator Samantha Power at Al Husseiniya Palace.
The meeting, attended by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, covered Jordan's intensive efforts to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza and ensure its sustainable and uninterrupted flow to mitigate the situation in the Strip, with His Majesty stressing the need for the international community to take immediate action on this.
The King also noted the importance of international support for Jordan's humanitarian role and the need to step up efforts to ensure the flow of aid to Gaza via land, with Jordan operating as a launching point.
His Majesty called for opening land crossings and expanding airdrop operations to support Gazans, especially in the north.
The meeting also addressed the humanitarian role of UNRWA, as the King warned of the negative impact of suspending support for the agency in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jordan.
The strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States, and ways to expand cooperation across all sectors were also discussed.
Discussions covered USAID-supported projects in Jordan, especially in the water sector and the Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project, with His Majesty expressing appreciation for the United States' development support in Jordan.
For her part, Administrator Power expressed her appreciation for Jordan's humanitarian efforts to alleviate the situation in Gaza.
She stressed the importance of enhancing cooperation between Jordan and the United States by building on their strategic partnership.
Director of the Office of His Majesty Jafar Hassan and Planning Minister Zeina Toukan attended the meeting.
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GENEVA, 14th February, 2018 (WAM) -- UN human rights experts have expressed alarm over the case of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, after she appeared before an Israeli military court yesterday. The experts called for her release during the proceedings and that future hearings be held in strict accordance with international legal standards, the UN Human Rights Office has said.
Tamimi, who is now 17 years old, has been held in detention since she was arrested at her home by Israeli soldiers on 19th December 2017. At the time, she was 16. Four days earlier, she was filmed physically confronting Israeli soldiers on her family's property in Nabi Salah, in the occupied West Bank.
"The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Israel has ratified, clearly states that children are to be deprived of their liberty only as a last resort, and only for the shortest appropriate period of time," said Michael Lynk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.
The experts said states were obliged to explore as far as possible alternatives to detention, and to ensure that children are dealt with in a manner appropriate to their well-being.
They noted that Tamimi was arrested in the middle of the night by well-armed soldiers, and then questioned by Israeli security officials without a lawyer or family members present. "This violates the fundamental legal guarantee to have access to counsel during interrogation," said Jose Guevara, Chair of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
The experts called on the Israeli authorities to respect and ensure basic due process rights, with particular attention to the rights and protections afforded to children and re-emphasised their call for Tamimi to be released in accordance with these protections.
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PARENTS in the Isle have been urged to warn their children that anti-social behaviour won’t be tolerated.
Residents have also been been asked to call the police instantly when any disturbances are taking place.
This is part of the police response to increasing reports of disturbances all over the Isle, especially in Crowle, Epworth and West Butterwick.
A spokesman for the force said: “May we remind parents to make sure they speak to their children regarding their behaviour, and that they should give consideration to people living nearby.
“Parents should know where their children are and what they’re getting up to.”
But it’s not just young- sters who are causing problems.
Police have also had to speak to the owners of vehicles amongst groups of youths gathering in car parks, where criminal damage is also being done.
“We encourage local residents observing such anti-social behaviour in these areas to contact us on 0845 6060 222 with as much detail and descriptions of offenders as possible,” added the spokesman.
“It is better to ring straightaway and report when such an occurrence happens.”


“In Botsalano village, the community members were throwing stones at police on the main gravel road between Morokweng and Morokwaneng. There was no damage to polling stations,” said Ngubane.
The protests took place between 10pm and just after midnight and extra police were deployed to contain the situation, which included the placing of burning tyres on roads.
Protests such as the one in Botsalano have been a feature in many towns in the run up to the local government elections as residents highlight their demands from councillors.
Ngubane said that otherwise, the province was doing “very fine” for the elections.
“We can safely say the province of North West is secured in terms of security forces.”
In the Brits and Madibeng areas, voting got off to a slow start.
There were between 20 and 30 people at the town hall in Brits.
Dr Tumelontle Thiba, the North West provincial electoral officer, said things were fine but that there had been a report of a disruption in Taung.
There had been a disruption by the community and although further details were not immediately known, it was being dealt with.


In its 4th page, the report specifically refers to the last quarter of last year, stating that the political issues further aggravated the country’s economic challenges.
It further states that due to the sluggishness of the construction field in 2018 technical development was also affected.
In this publication’s 32nd page it states that this situation has a serious bearing on the state debt situation.
Due to the political instability in the country, several challenges were posed in 2018.
The report states that during the latter stages of 2018, with the rise in the yield rates of state securities high interest loans had to be taken.
In its summery on page 38, the report indicates that the economy is at a vulnerable level.
It states that there are further challenges and threats and that there are many uncertainties that could impact on the economy and financial network, which has taken a turn for the worse after the political instability.
All sectors of the economy had been affected due to the 52 day political instability which is estimated to be around Rs. 820 billion, according to analysts.


Shehzad Akbar, Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability while addressing the media said that Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) has been found guilty of money laundering.
Speaking to the press on Friday he said that the family had used other people’s accounts to do their corruption and according to British law there will be no visit visa for the accused.
He also accused the former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and said that he opened the Benami accounts. He said that Shehbaz Sharif was chief minister of Punjab when money was laundered.
He said that the Sharif family did not cooperate with the Federal Investigation Agency at all and the challan of this case took almost a year to be prepared. He said that the government was very hopeful that all cases of money laundering would be soon completed.
He also commented on Nawaz Sharif and said that he has not received any medical treatment in London. Earlier Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Political Communication Dr. Shahbaz Gill also shared a list of names and transactions which he claimed were of those people whose accounts were used for the transactions.
He said, “These are the few Chaprasi watchmen, clerks, barbers, milk shoe owners, in whose account billions of rupees were accumulated after the looting of Shehbaz Sharif.”
Gill also said that there have been 17,000 such transactions. Earlier these were allegations but now after inquiry, these allegations have been proved with evidence and the case would go to court, he said.


Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Ministry has said it has requested the court to grant permission to publish the investigation report of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
The government has said it has already completed the investigation process and filed the challan in the court, reports the Daily Times.
"The prior permission of the court is required to make the report public," Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
Malik said the witnesses are being cross-examined while the court has also been requested to hear the case on a day-to-day basis. He said the killers of Benazir Bhutto would not be spared and brought to justice.
Malik said the investigation document is "very important" as people wanted to know about those who were behind the assassination.


(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) Kottayam: The family has made serious allegations against the bank in the case of the suicide of a entrepreneur in Aymanam Kudayampadi, Kottayam. An entrepreneur identified as Binu K C (50) committed suicide on Monday afternoon in Kottayam.
The family told Asianet News that Binu committed suicide because of threats from a Karnataka Bank employee.
Binu was running a shoe shop at Kudayampadi Junction.
Binu's daughter said that the bank employee repeatedly entered the shop and threatened him with the default of two months' dues.
The family has levelled serious allegations against Pradeep, an employee of the Karnataka bank. Daughter Nandana also revealed that Binu had said that the bank employee would be responsible if he died.
Binu took a loan of Rs 5 lakh for the purpose of the shop. Before this, Binu had taken a loan twice from the same bank and paid it back correctly. This time, Binu was unable to pay Rs 14,000. The amount has not been paid for the last two months.
As per reports, there was also a situation where money was forcibly taken from the shop. Every day, an official from the bank used to come to the shop. Binu was afraid of the bank employees. Then Binu came home yesterday afternoon and hanged himself. Binu has two daughters. The family has filed a police complaint against the bank.
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No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen at Yelwata Community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
Many people were reportedly injured and one person kidnapped during the attack which locals claimed happened at the community market.
A local who did not want his name in print said that the suspected herdsmen stormed the community around 6:pm on Tuesday and moved straight to the market where they shot at people.
According to the locals, the attackers came to the market around 6:00pm yesterday and shot sporadically in the market leading to death of eight people and several others were injured.
“One person was taken away and we have not heard from him since then,” the local said.
Confirming the incident, the chairman of Guma local government, Caleb Aba explained that the herders invaded the community on Yelwata market day.
He added that the people were still in the market when the herders opened fire and killed eight people and injured two others.
The council chairman said that the attacked was unprovoked, saying, “our people had no problems with the herders before they carried out the attack.
“Yesterday was Yelwata market day and the people were still in the market around 6pm when the herdsmen came and started shooting sporadically. In the end, eight people were killed, two injured and one person who was abducted is yet to be released till now.”
The chairman further said that the injured people were taken to a private hospital for treatment because the government hospitals are still on strike.
The State Command spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene confirmed the incident and said that six persons were killed
According to her, “Six persons were shot and almost dead at that point, but they were confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital while two person are receiving treatment as at this morning.


NAIROBI, Kenya July 16 – Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the surge in COVID-19 infections which rose to 11,673 on Thursday should not surprise Kenyans because it was expected.
Kagwe said the government had projected for an increase in positive cases in the country once the travel restrictions were listed on July 6.
“It should not shock Kenyans because we expected these numbers,” Kagwe said Thursday when he announced 421 new cases detected from 3,895 samples since Wednesday.
He made the announcement during a tour of Nakuru County where he went to assess the county government’s level of preparedness to tackle the pandemic.
Kagwe said 570 more patients were cleared after recovering from coronavirus, and praised healthcare workers for their dedication.
512 were receiving home-based care while 58 were admitted to various hospitals.
Eight fatalities were also recorded Thursday, raising the death toll so far since March to 217.
Kagwe said more than 3,000 community healthcare volunteers have been engaged by the government to help manage COVID-19 cases.
He said 31,780 volunteers had been listed as part of measures to ensure 100 per cent Universal Health Coverage.
Kagwe said that the healthcare volunteers are undergoing training before deployment to various counties to manage home-based patients of COVID-19.
“This will ensure full coverage of community health services in the country which will support the home-based isolation and care for the COVID-19 patients and achievement of the Universal Health Care. The Ministry has developed the community health policy which will lead to better leadership and governance of community health services both at the National and County level,” Kagwe said.
The number of patients who have recovered from coronavirus rose to 3,638 Thursday after 570 more patients were cleared.
Kagwe said 512 were receiving home-based care while 58 were admitted to various hospitals.
The CS was speaking after touring health facilities in Nakuru County where he launched the government’s Primary Health Care Strategic Plan for the financial year 2021-2024.
“Recruitment and training issues have been addressed in the policy. Even in the midst of our response coronavirus pandemic, the government continues to focus on providing continuous, equitable accessible and quality essential healthcare services which can only be attained through a robust primary healthcare system,” said Kagwe.
Kagwe has been visiting various counties distributing the medical kits to public hospitals and assessing their level of preparedness to handle the surging coronavirus cases in the country.


While 49 percent said they will not spend more on social channels next year, the substantial increase demonstrates the value companies have seen in the marketing platform.
Social media marketing can be time consuming for some, but its status as a competitive necessity is driving businesses to fine tune their campaigns.
Developing the kind of content likely to boost engagement is a challenge businesses are seeing. Though, as their plans evolve, it’s likely that some of the other concerns will dissipate. Thirty-two percent of businesses said they don’t have the time to effectively generate social content, while 28 percent named creating original content as their most pressing issue and 13 percent pointed to driving engagement.
Once companies identify the type of content that best suits their goals, it’s likely that the process will become less time consuming, easier and more effective. With the expanded social investment, businesses will likely find their stride.
However, Brafton recently reported that 27 percent of companies have opted to use third-party agencies to manage their social media marketing campaigns. As the channel becomes more popular and effective, using a third party can help companies avoid some of the issues that plague initiatives in their earliest stages.


June 14, Colombo: The main opposition United National Party (UNP) has called on the Sri Lankan government to act diplomatically and not cause any rifts between India and Sri Lanka.
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told a press conference that the government needed to be diplomatic when dealing with the international community.
He said the issues between India and Sri Lanka should be resolved through discussion.
Attanayake also called on the government to release the details of the discussion held with the Indian government delegation that visited the country last week.
He said the people needed to know what the government had agreed to implement and refused to do.
Media reports said the Sri Lankan President had told a recent high-powered Indian delegation that the government was not able to concede land and police powers to provincial councils in accordance with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.


In the next one-and-half year, half of Goa will get 24×7 water supply and remaining parts will get 12 hours water supply as the government is implementing a comprehensive plan, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has announced.
Replying on the demand of grants on public works department on Wednesday in the state assembly, Parrikar said that the requirement of water supply in the state is 565 MLD and the government is supplying 498 MLD water.
“Work of various water treatment plants including Opa, Mhaisal, Assonora plants and others is in the pipeline which will increase the capacity by 152 MLD water,” he said.
He also stressed on the need to increase water tariff for rich people while giving relief to poor people, adding that there is also need to stop wastage of water.
Speaking on roads, Parrikar informed that the PWD has already started the work to patch up potholes.
Further, he said that the government has undertaken the works of various sewerage projects costing Rs 1140 crore and already started the work of giving 13,000 sewerage connections in Margao and Fatorda.
He said that the government will give financial support to Kadamba Transport Corporation to buy new 100 buses.
Parrikar maintained that the death rate in road accidents has decreased by 22 per cent in the state, adding that the government is giving subsidy to private bus owners to replace their old buses.
The Chief Minister further informed that the river navigation department will build three more ferryboats this year.


THE Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Akufo-Addo led government has done enough to reduce the suffering of Ghanaians.
A session of Ghanaians in recent times have raised concerns about the economic hardship in the country, however, according to Dr Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party government has done the best with the resources available to reduce the suffering in the country.
Dr Bawumia who was speaking at the ongoing Workshop organized by the Majority Caucus for the MPs and Ministers of State at Kwahu – Nkwatia in the Eastern Region explained that some intervention programs being done by the government which included the reduction of electricity tariffs, students not paying utility bills, abolishing of BECE and Wassce registration fees, and others.
He noted that the Akufo-Addo led government can boast of about 50 social interventions which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government cannot point out even one during their eight-year term in office. This means they would not be able to deliver.
“When the NDC come up to talk about suffering, you should face them with the fact. The President has done something about the suffering and we are continuing to do something about it” he fired.
He blamed the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic for the delay of the country’s progress but said the NPP government has been able to manage the situation much better than the NDC could have done.
Dr Bawumia expressed optimism about the future and entreated the people to let the public know the good work done by the government.
BY Daniel Bampoe


Nearly 600,000 people in the Midwest are working in the clean energy sector, and that number likely will continue to rise, according to advocates for the industry.
The nonprofit groups Clean Energy Trust and Environmental Entrepreneurs released a report Thursday that showed a significant increase in the past year in the number of people who work in fields such as wind and solar power and energy auditing.
Missouri showed growth in multiple areas, including renewable energy, which saw jobs grow by 14.5 percent in the last year.
Clean energy groups say the rise in employment is due to the falling costs of renewable energy and increasing support from state legislators.
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Minnesota government notebook: Conservative group ads to attack higher taxes
By Don Davis /Forum News Service
ST. PAUL -- A conservative group plans an advertising campaign to remind Minnesotans that Democrats raised taxes more than $2 billion.
Minnesota Majority also launched a website (www.amirich.org) in an attempt to show that the tax changes enacted by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton affect everyone.
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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday lauded the Indian Army for conducting successful surgical strikes on terrorist launchpads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement issued here, the former UP Chief Minister said the army had come true to its promise of revenge on perpetrators of Uri attack and should hence be appreciated.
She however chose to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the military action, which she said, should have been done soon after the attack on the Pathankot air force base in January.
Mayawati also slammed BJP President Amit Shah's statement after the surgical strikes wherein he had said this was the "dawn of a new India".
This statement has a political colour, she said, adding that a lot needed to be done in terms of securing the borders of the country and also to shore up internal security.
The BSP chief also said that the time was not to score political brownie points but to brace up for the new challenges that will come in wake of the surgical strikes on terror camps.
She also said that the government and the people needed to be more cautious in such an environment.


BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged the Centre to sanction Rs 399.83 crore as ‘Phailin’ assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), which was pending due to an erroneous assessment by an inter-ministerial committee.
In a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Patnaik said the state did not get its legitimate dues due to an erroneous assessment by the inter-ministerial central team in the high-level committee meeting chaired by the then Agriculture Minister Sharad Power.
He said the state government had managed the devastating cyclonic storm Phailin before and aftermath in Oct 2013.
He said the union Home Ministry informed the state government that Rs 399.83 crore was approved after it pointed out the error.
However, the central government is yet to sanction the amount despite several requests to the Prime Minister, said the Chief Minister in the letter.


The Republican state senators who voted yes on same-sex marriage have been spending heavily on their re-election campaigns, with three senators facing primary challenges on Sept. 13. Sen. Roy McDonald, facing a tough primary campaign against Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione after his vote “yes” on same-sex marriage, raised more than $50,000 in the final campaign finance report before his primary election next week. But the candidate also spent more than $227,000, including more than $100,000 on TV ads. Sen. Mark Grisanti, who also voted “yes” on the legislation, raised more than $17,000, according to the most recent filing, and spent more than $138,000. Sen. Steve Saland, the third senator running for re-election against a primary opponent after his gay marriage vote, spent more than $224,000 in the most recent campaign filing.
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Colombo :The Sri Lankan government has said that it will give its views regarding a report released by the United States Department of State on the country’s human rights situation last year after studying the report thoroughly.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Harsha De Silva has said that the government will express its views on the report on Sri Lanka in the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices published by the U.S. Department of State after a thorough analysis, reports Lanka Page website.
The executive summary of the report on Sri Lanka said that widespread impunity continued in Sri Lanka last year for the crimes committed during the armed conflict and other crimes committed following the end of the conflict, particularly for cases of torture, sexual violence, corruption, and human rights abuses.
The government arrested a number of military and police personnel and other government officials implicated in human rights violations for the crimes committed during the armed conflict.
The report noted that the government arrested and detained a number of military, police, and other officials implicated in old and new cases that included the killing of parliamentarians and the abduction and suspected killings of journalists and private citizens.
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Rani Wickremesinghe has taken number of measures to address the past human rights abuses and accountability as well as to promote reconciliation.
State Minister of Finance, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena further said that the previous government failed to engage with the international community to resolve misconceptions but now Sri Lanka’s approach has changed.
Regardless of the findings in the report, during the recent past, there has not been anything serious on the matter of democracy and human rights in Sri Lanka, so there is no need for fear, the State Minister said.
He said the Europe has commended the new government’s engagement in protecting human rights and the establishment of democracy in the country. (ANI)


(MENAFN) According to a report by the Institute of International Finance, the risk of a global recession is "rising sharply" as a result of a number of "shocks," such as the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the eurozone, the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus epidemic in China, and the sharp tightening of United States financial conditions.
The IIF stated that its initial forecast was concentrated on the eurozone, where the Ukraine conflict was slowing growth, and on China, where coronavirus lockdowns were causing growth to stagnate in the second quarter of the year. The IIF first raised concerns about the possibility of a global recession six weeks ago.
According to IIF's report, “the combination of these two things was already enough to put our global growth forecast for 2022 near zero, adjusting for sizeable statistical carry-over from last year.”
It noted, “since we made this forecast, however, it has been US data that has surprised to the downside the most. This is driven by the sharp tightening in US financial conditions, with mortgage rates seeing their biggest rise — in real terms — in over 15 years. The rapid slowdown in the US pushes our global growth forecast from near zero into outright contraction.”
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Jordan- Romanian delegation visits Hashemite University
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Zarqa, Oct. 12 (Petra)--President of the Hashemite University Kamal Bani-Hani met with a Romanian delegation led by Prince Radu and Romanian Ambassador to Jordan Nicolae Comanescu.
Prince Radu praised the distinguished reputation that has been achieved by the Hashemite University, noting that the Romanian side was willing to boost cooperation between Romanian universities and the Hashemite University.
He said that Romania is willing to offer scholarships to Jordanian students at Romanian universities in the medical, nursing, agricultural and environment fields and exchange teaching staff.
The Romanian ambassador stressed the embassy's keenness to support academic and scientific cooperation among universities from both countries to achieve common goals.
Presidents of Romanian universities, who attended the meeting, voiced their readiness to establish cooperation with the Hashemite University in the education and research fields.
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The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has decided to remove nearly 200 members who had submitted nominations to contest under other political parties or alliances for the upcoming local government elections.
SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said that certain SLPP members who had been elected to local bodies via the SLPP in the last election are now preparing to contest under other political alliances for the upcoming polls.
He said that letters are being issued to the nearly 200 members of the SLPP who have decided to contest under other political alliances for the upcoming local government elections.
Sagara Kariyawasam further said that prompt measures will be taken to remove those party members and replace them with new members.
The SLPP General Secretary made the remarks while addressing a gathering of the party’s Badulla District contestants for the upcoming election, which was held in Badulla yesterday (07). (NewsWire)


Gwadabawa and Illela local governments in Sokoto State plan to immunise 210 000 children of five years an below during the four-day January 2015 polio immunsation which commenced on Saturday.
In Gwadabawa, the Chairman of the caretaker committee, Aminu Aya, said the state government had provided adequate vaccines to cover 112 000 children.
Aya told a non-governmental organisation, Journalists Against Polio, in Gwadabawa that the local government had also earmarked N1.2 million to provide logistics support for the success of the exercise.
”We have also mobilised the traditional rulers in the local government to sensitise their subjects on the need for their children to be immunised against the child-killer disease.
”We also set up six health camps where the children are being immunised and provided with free drugs for other ailments,” he said.
In Illela, the Deputy Director of Health, Abubakar Akoda, said that no fewer than 98,000 children of the same age were targeted for the exercise.
Akoda also said the state government had provided more than 98 000 doses of vaccines for the exercise.
”The state and local governments as well as all the development partners have provided all the needed logistics support to ensure the success of the exercise,” he said.


Cancer is a disease that challenges the patient mentally and physically. And indeed, it requires care. But, just as patients, caregivers also go through a lot while providing the care. Why? As per Roselynn Carter, there are four types of people in this entire world. Those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, those who have been caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.


Police raid busaa dens in Kibera
Police officers have intensified operations within Kibra constituency over the Covid19 pandemic.
Locals say police officers on Friday morning raided several busaa dens and flashed out a number of people.
Collins Kibwage, a local, told Nairobi News that the police raided several busaa dens and made arrests.
“All the people who were found inside the dens were arrested, and the busaa poured,” said Mr Kibwage.
Another local, James Otieno said that the busaa dens have been operational, flouting the rules issued by the Ministry of Health.
Mr Otieno supported the police saying they made the right move.
“We have been raising concerns about the operations of the busaa dens, but the police have never acted. Today, they have done the right thing,” he said.
This comes after the Ministry of Health announced plans to lock down Kibera due to the high number of Covid19 cases recorded in the estate.
This week alone, 28 people have tested positive for the disease in the slum.
The Ministry of Health has raised fears that many people might die within the slum.


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) RIYADH, June 9 (KUNA) -- Egypt and Saudi Arabia won crucial encounters against Algeria and Libya, respectively, on Wednesday to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Arab Futsal Cup 2022, being held in Dammam city, eastern Saudi Arabia, between June 20 and 28.
In a Group B showdown, the Egyptian national team defeated Algeria's 2-0 pushing their tally to four points on top of the group standings, followed by Iraq with a similar tally.
The Saudi team beat Libya 5-3 to lead Group C standings, followed by Palestine and Libya.
Besides Saudi Arabia and Egypt, six teams, namely Kuwait, Morocco, Mauritania, Iraq, Libya and Palestine, previously proceeded to the quarterfinals of the championship which will be held on Friday, June 24.
The semifinals are slated for Sunday, June 26, and the final on Tuesday, June 28. (end)
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President Rupiah Banda said he will not dismiss the health
workers who defied the directive but they will not be paid for the month of June in which they did not work.
Speaking in Ndola today President Banda said he has pardoned the health workers who did not report for work after government gave them an ultimatum to report for work on Monday last week or face dismissal.
He said paying them will make them repeat going on such illegal strikes.
Mr Banda said he has pardoned the health workers because he understands that they have families to look after.
The President urged the workers not to listen to politicians who encourage them to go on strike as it was not the best way of resolving their grievances.
He also condemned labour union leaders who encourage workers to go on strike because such actions will not help build the country.
President Banda noted that it was regrettable that many lives were lost during the strike by the health workers.
Health workers went on strike for the whole month of June demanding improved conditions of service.
They have since called off their strike following government’s assurance that it will attend to their demands.


Kuala Lumpur, Aug (IANS) Malaysia reported 17,786 new Covid-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 1,113,272, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that nine of the new cases are imported and 17,777 are local transmissions.
Another 165 deaths have been reported, pushing the death toll to 9,024.
Some 11,718 more patients have been released after recovery, bringing the total cured and discharged to 914,639, or 82.2 per cent of all cases.
Of the remaining 189,609 active cases, 1,062 are being held in intensive care and 534 of those are in need of assisted breathing.
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NEW YORK – Parents in New York City said their children are getting their feet burned while playing on blistering hot playgrounds.
The parents and their supporters said more than a dozen children are scorched each year by hot playground equipment, particularly by black mats under jungle gyms and sliding boards. They said the city is ignoring a public health and safety issue.
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said signs have been posted in playgrounds warning against going barefoot. He said his department was not going to remove the mats, calling the city's playgrounds "the safest in the world."
Parks Department spokesman Jama Adams told the Daily News in Monday editions that there have been "no incidents reported" involving children being burned at playgrounds.


United we stand. Divided we fall. It is important that we hold on to things during lows, so that we can see the highs together.
We Indians learnt the lesson the hard way, when the British were here. Now they seem to have forgotten their own teachings.


The JVP says the party is currently working on building awareness about a new social system based on socialist principles in order to address the issues that have been faced under the current economic system.
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva told a press conference today that the party is engaged in an island wide awareness campaign to educate the people about the issues faced by the country and the alternatives that could help resolve them.
The JVP on September 1st commenced a two week island wide awareness campaign till September 15th.
Silva said the awareness programme has received a good response from the people despite on going election campaigns in some areas.
He said the government was misleading the people by speaking of development work when the people were struggling to survive in the face of a rising cost of living.
He added that the UNP and the UPFA have both failed in their policies and that the people have been misled by these false policies.


(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, June 6 (IANS) The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) in Tamil Nadu conducted searches at the premises of a senior IAS officer on Tuesday.
The raids were going on at five locations, including the residence of the IAS officer, in Chennai and Villupuram and Dharpamuri districts.
The officer has been identified as Malarvizhi, who is allegedly involved in a receipt book procurement scam.
Allegedly, Malarvizhi as the District Collector of Dharmapuri had diverted funds from the state's fifth plan commission grants for the procurement of receipt books for 251 village panchayats.
It has been alleged that a total of 1,25,500 receipt books for property tax, professional tax collection and other forms of tax collection were bought with these funds from two private companies at higher rates and without calling tender.
As per the charges, Malarvizhi had conspired with the owners of the two firms and swindled Rs 1.31 crore from the funds.
The Dharmpuri unit of DVAC has registered cases against Malarvizhi, H. Thageer Hussain of Crescent Traders, and Veeriah Palanivelu of Naga Traders under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Malarvizhi is presently the Chairperson of Science City.
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It has emerged that General Motors might be intending to offer as much as 700 horsepower in the new C7 Corvette ZR1.
It is also being said that the new Corvette Z06 will continue to be powered by the naturally aspirated 7.0-liter V8 engine but the motor will be considerably more powerful. It is being said that the re-tuned engine might deliver as much as 600 horses and make the new car almost 100PS more powerful than the current Z06.
GM has already said that it plans to bring back the LT5 moniker for the new supercharged V8 and if the Z06 indeed turns out to have 600 horses, the ZR1 is sure to have around 700 horsepower. The Z06 is still an year away and safely expect the ZR1 to come even half a year later.


PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has complained that we do not have rights even in the National Assembly.
In a statement issued from Islamabad, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that we do not have the right to read the bill in the House nor to discuss the bill.
He said that we do not have the right to count our votes in the National Assembly and bring the differences on record.
The PPP chairman further said that the role of the parliament in the legislation was completely undermined, which is highly reprehensible.
He said that in the election rigging, the bills for giving NRO to Kulbhushan Jadeo were forcibly passed.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also said that the bills of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) were also forcibly passed.


Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore as financial assistance to the family of Amrik Singh, who had attained martyrdom during line of duty while serving the Indian Army.
Handing over the cheque to Gurjant Singh, the father of martyr, the Chief Minister said that Amrik Singh hailed from village Jhanduke and had attained martyrdom while serving the motherland during his posting at Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh). He said that the financial assistance is being given to the family as a mark of respect for the supreme sacrifice made by this hero for the country. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the entire nation is indebted to these martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country and its people.
The Chief Minister said that this humble initiative of the state government is in recognition of the immense contribution of these sons of soil towards preserving the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the country. Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to help the families of the soldiers who sacrifice their life at the altar of the motherland, he said that it is the bounden duty of the Punjab government. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the financial assistance to the family of martyr is in consonance with the commitment of the state government to ensure the well being of the soldiers and their families.
In his address, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lauded the Punjab government for recognizing the supreme sacrifice being made by soldiers for their country. Arvind Kejriwal said that the state government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann was giving Rs 1 crore as financial assistance to the families of the Armed forces personnel martyred during service. He said that this was contrary to the Agniveer scheme of the Union government where the families of martyred soldiers were humiliated by not even being given a single penny of financial assistance or honour.


The ruling YSR Congress and the Opposition Telugu Desam Party leaders have locked horns over the social media posts against each other. The leaders of the two parties have thrown open challenge to each other for an open debate on the abusive posts by the social media wings of the rival parties.
The YSR Congress MLAs Jogi Ramesh, T J R Sudhakar Babu and Undavailli Sridevi, have met DGP D Gautam Sawang at his office and lodged a complaint against the TDP’s social media wing. The legislators said that the TDP’s social media wing was posting abusive and objectionable comments against the YSR Congress, particularly the family members of chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. They wanted the DGP take action against the social media activists of the TDP and the party leadership.
Jogi Ramesh, a second time legislator, had also dared the TDP leaders to come for open debate with him on the social media postings. He said that the TDP was spreading hatred against the YSR Congress and the chief minister’s family. He said he would prove the hate campaign of the TDP in the social media and asked if any of the TDP leaders, who are incharge of the party’s social media wing, are ready for debate.
Meanwhile, the TDP refuted the charge and alleged that the ruling party leaders were indulging in criminal intimidation through the social media. Party MP K Ramamohan Naidu, MLC P Ashok Babu and senior leader Varla Ramaiah said that the YSR Congress was running hate and abusive campaign against the TDP and its leaders. They asked the YSR Congress leaders to come for open debate on this.
The TDP leaders also discounted the ruling party’s allegation that the TDP was running a social media wing with 2000 people having hundreds of fake accounts in the social media. The TDP leaders also alleged that the police too were supporting the ruling party and victimising the opposition TDP. The leaders wanted the police to be neutral and deal firmly against the abusive social media posts.
It is to be seen how the police would respond to these challenges and counter challenges.


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(MENAFN) Official figures released on Friday by Italy's statistical department Istat showed that the country's annual inflation rate was 7.7 percent in March, down from 9.1 percent in February. The slowdown was attributed to price decreases in energy products. While prices of food, non-durable and durable goods, and services were almost stable, prices of unprocessed food, tobacco, and services related to recreation, including repair and personal care, increased.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Italian economy, with many businesses forced to shut down or reduce operations, leading to job losses and reduced consumer spending. The government has implemented various measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, including financial assistance to individuals and businesses, tax breaks, and measures to boost employment.
The slowdown in Italy's inflation rate in March may provide some relief to policymakers and businesses, as high inflation can lead to reduced purchasing power and increased costs for both consumers and businesses. However, the increase in prices of unprocessed food, tobacco, and services related to recreation highlights the ongoing challenges facing the Italian economy.
The monthly inflation rate for March was reported to be minus 0.3 percent, suggesting a slight decline in prices compared to the previous month. The Italian government and businesses will need to monitor the situation closely and take steps to address any underlying issues contributing to inflation and to support the country's economic recovery. Overall, the figures suggest that the Italian economy is still on the path to recovery, but there is still much work to be done to ensure sustained growth and stability in the future.
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Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said that when he was with the former Government he had worked with the Foreign Ministry to seek information on people reported missing and believed to have been living in a foreign country.
However Samarasinghe, who was the Minister in charge of human rights under the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government, said that some foreign Government’s refused to share information on Sri Lankans who fled Sri Lanka and are living in a foreign country.
“Those countries did not share the information as that would have been a violation of their laws,” he said.
The Minister however said that it is the responsibility of the Government to make every attempt to look for those still missing.
He said the current Government has the political will to investigate the incidents related to the war and ensure justice is served. (Colombo Gazette)


BANIHAL: In the wake of heavy rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, the strategic 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was today closed for vehicular traffic, a police officer said.
"Rain and snowfall is going on along the Jammu Srinagar National Highway and as a precautionary measure, movement of fresh traffic on the highway has been stopped," SSP Traffic (Highway) Sanjay Kotwal said.
He said that the stranded traffic was being cleared on the highway.
"All the vehicles that are stranded on the highway are being allowed to proceed, whereas movement of fresh traffic from Jammu and Udhampur has been stopped," the SSP said.
He said that further decision to allow the traffic would be taken only after the rain and snowfall stops.
"Once the rain and snowfall stops, we can take further decision on the movement of traffic on the highway," Kotwal said.