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Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against oppression of women in Iran

Narges Mohammadi, a human rights advocate in Iran, has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women and her promotion of human rights. Mohammadi has faced numerous arrests and convictions for her activism, and is currently imprisoned.

Biden officials kept ICE jails running despite internal cost concerns; could've saved $235 million

The Biden administration considered closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers last year due to high costs and staffing shortages, which could have saved $235 million, according to a draft memo from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). However, ultimately only two of the centers were shut down. The memo, reviewed by Reuters, did not include the recommendation to close the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico, which had been flagged for critical staffing shortages and unsanitary conditions.

September 11 attacks: Full list of Netflix movies, documentary on 9/11 attacks

Netflix has a wide range of 9/11 attacks documentary and movies. On September 11, one can watch these shows.

Civil rights groups sue Florida officials over new immigration law

The legislation that DeSantis, a Republican, signed into law in May bolsters his migrant relocation program and limits social services for immigrants lacking permanent legal status. It also expands requirements for businesses with more than 25 staffers to use E-Verify, a federal system that determines if employees can legally work in the U.S. Another provision requires hospitals that accept Medicaid to include a citizenship question on intake forms.

New leaders, economy to dominate China's legislative session

Delegates are generally far better traveled, better educated and more politically astute than in the past. Yet, that hasn't produced any apparent desire to turn the NPC into a more representative body that could act as a check on government and the ruling party. With few exceptions, the NPC has been a loyal adjunct to the party leadership, offering a patina of democracy to an increasingly authoritarian one-party police state.

US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sight

But the most useful early warnings came not from spies or intercepts, according to a recent congressional review of classified reports from December 2019 and January 2020. Officials were instead relying on public reporting, diplomatic cables and analysis from medical experts - some examples of so-called open source intelligence, or OSINT.

US Supreme Court keeps Covid-era immigration limits in place indefinitely

The limits, often referred to as Title 42 in reference to a 1944 public health law, were put in place under ten-President Donald Trump at the beginning of the pandemic. Under the restrictions, officials have expelled asylum-seekers inside the United States 2.5 million times and turned away most people who requested asylum at the border on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

KIFF 2022: Amitabh Bachchan voices concern over ‘repression of civil liberties’, SRK says cinema acts as cultural unifier

The stars addressed some pertinent social concerns without referring to any controversy.

2022 Noble Peace Prize: Kremlin asks Russian co-winner Yan Rachinsky to turn down the award

The Kremlin authorities have reportedly asked Russian laureate Yan Rachinsky, the co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize this year to turn down his award. He shared the honour with a Ukrainian human rights organisation and Belarusian rights defender, currently in Jail.

Russia wants to turn Ukraine into 'dependent' like Belarus, wife of jailed Nobel laureate says

Russia wants to turn Ukraine into a "dependent dictatorship" like Belarus, the wife of jailed Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski said on Saturday upon receiving the prize on his behalf, speaking his words.

Nobel awards to take place in Stockholm with full glitz and glamour

Many laureates from 2020 and 2021 will be attending this year as well as the 2022 winners - last year for example there was a ceremony but no laureates attended as they received their medals in their home countries. Throughout this week the laureates have taken part in activities ranging from panel discussions to news conferences, finding time to visit schools and give lectures and attend a lights show.

Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, a call to arms for Ukraine

The CCL has documented war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine for the past eight years, crimes for which Matviichuk wants to see Russian President Putin and his ally, Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, brought to justice. "This war has a genocidal character," she said in English. "If Ukraine stops its resistance, there will be no more of us." "So I have no doubt that sooner or later Putin will appear before an international court."

Nobel Peace Prize 2022: All you need to know about winners from Russia and Ukraine

This year, the Nobel Committee has prioritised people and organisations for the Nobel Prize Award representing democracy and civil society in their countries.

Nobel Peace Prize 2022 goes to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and two organisations

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.

Nobel-winning Ukraine NGO chief says Putin should face 'tribunal'

Russian President Vladimir Putin should face an "international tribunal", the head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties said Friday after the group was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

In a rebuke to Putin & Lukashenko; the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Rights Advocates in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus

9/11 attacks still reverberate as US marks 21st anniversary

He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. It was too painful, he had learned, to become attached to people when "you have no control over what's going to happen to them next." "Every 9/11 is a reminder of what I lost that I can never recover," says Siby, who is now president and CEO of ROC United. The restaurant workers' advocacy group evolved from a relief center for Windows on the World workers who lost their jobs when the twin towers fell.

US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

A tolling bell and a moment of silence began the commemoration at ground zero in New York, where the World Trade Center's twin towers were destroyed by the hijacked-plane attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Victims' relatives and dignitaries also convened at the two other attack sites, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.

Users should be allowed to sue US tech giants under EU rules, civil groups say

The call by the coalition of 31 groups and academics comes as EU lawmakers and EU countries thrashed out the final points of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager just over a year ago before it can become law.

Student's Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case

The topic is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic and rising awareness of the pernicious effects of online bullying

Joe Biden, in LGBTQ interview, vows to pass Equality Act in first 100 days

Biden was a leading voice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights as vice president under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017.

Donald Trump signs immigration order featuring numerous exemptions

Donald Trump ran in 2016 on promising to crack down on both illegal and legal immigration, making the case - disputed by many - that foreign workers compete with Americans for jobs and drive down wages because they are willing to accept lower pay.

How to combat coronavirus: Lessons from the Philadelphia flu of 1918

The 1918 flu could have been prevented. But a toxic mix of corruption and complacency opened door to disaster.