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Disabled Apartment Owners Fear Fire Traps in Aftermath of Grenfell Disaster

Years after the Grenfell Tower fire in London killed 72 people, disabled residents of high-rises worry whether they would be able to evacuate if needed. "We've been an afterthought," one activist says.

Fading Sri Lankan Hopes for Justice Rest on UN Rights Council

That's no coincidence. Sri Lanka's new government is led by the same people who brought the three-decade war to a brutal end in 2009, then squelched discussion of it for half a decade after. During the final, brutal phase of the civil war, Mr. Rajapaksa, a former ...

Covid-19 Live Updates: Big Shipments to Africa Ramp Up Global Vaccine Drive

The initiative known as Covax plans to deliver some two billion doses worldwide this year, the largest mass inoculation operation in history. Coronavirus lockdowns led to dramatic spike in domestic violence, an analysis of studies finds.

Sri Lanka Easter bombings investigation calls for former President to be prosecuted

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The commission of inquiry said Wednesday that "criminal proceedings" should be brought against former President Maithripala Sirisena, who left office in November 2019, for "criminal liability on his part" over the attacks.

The Alex Salmond inquiry and the political stink at Holyrood

In his evidence to the Scottish Parliament, he accuses some of the most powerful people in the country of plotting to remove him from public life and send him to jail. He points ...

Marcus Rashford interview nets BBC scoop of the year at RTS awards

Rashford spoke to BBC Breakfast in June as he urged the government to extend the provision of free school meals. The awards' judges said it was the exclusive "everyone wanted".

Putin warns of unnamed foreign efforts to destabilize Russia

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation's top counterintelligence agency Wednesday to redouble its efforts to address what he described as Western attempts to destabilize Russia. Speaking at a meeting of top officials of the Federal ...

Neighbours' efforts to help end Myanmar crisis raise suspicions among protesters

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military-appointed foreign minister flew into Thailand on Wednesday, a Thai government source said, as Myanmar's neighbours intensified efforts to resolve a crisis that began when its army seized power in a Feb. 1 coup. FILE PHOTO: ...

Facebook bans Myanmar's military, citing threat of new violence after Feb. 1 coup

Facebook banned accounts for the military of Myanmar and its related media entities on Wednesday night, citing its "history of exceptionally severe human rights abuses" and potential to use social media to pursue new rounds of violence following a coup this ...

First COVID-19 vaccine doses dispatched by COVAX arrive in Ghana

ACCRA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX delivered its first COVID-19 shots on Wednesday, as the race to get doses to the world's poorest people and tame the pandemic accelerates. FILE PHOTO: A test ...