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Friday, 01 July 2022 15:06
Canada: Money laundering
This week, policymakers in Canada received a wake-up call to address the country's money laundering problem, known as ‘snow washing’. Following reports of money laundering through gambling, real estate and luxury car sectors, the government of…
Friday, 01 July 2022 15:05
Global: Top three 2022 ‘Persecutor of the Year Awards’
In Afghanistan, after America and its allies withdrew, the Taliban controlled the government, declaring an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, employing harsh tactics to expose Christians. This has brought persecution in Afghanistan to its highest levels since…
Friday, 01 July 2022 15:04
USA: Global reaction to abortion ruling
The US's overturning of women’s rights to abortion is reverberating globally, with activists on both sides of the debate responding. In 1978 Italy legalised abortion. The current rise of politics, closer to the Catholic church, has…
Thursday, 23 June 2022 22:26
India: discrimination, floods, heatwave
India is the most ethnically diverse nation on earth, with over 2,500 people groups, 22 official languages, and thousands of castes. It hosts most of the world’s Hindus and Muslims. The country traditionally maintains free speech…
Thursday, 23 June 2022 22:19
Afghanistan: earthquake kills over 1,000
Pictures show landslides and ruined mud-built homes where rescuers scramble to find people buried under the ground and treat the injured in the deadliest earthquake in twenty years. On 22 June, people started to bury over…
Thursday, 23 June 2022 22:15
Ethiopia: over 200 killed in massacre
An ongoing civil war threatens to tear Ethiopia apart. The latest event is a massacre of over 200 members of the Amhara ethnic group on 19 June. Witnesses claim the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a group…