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Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban

Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban

The CMC 2023 report indicates that 1,172 people were killed or injured in 2022, which is the highest number since regular reporting started in 2010.  Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Human Rights Arms Advocacy Director Mary Wareham, emphasised that 95 per cent of casualties reported were civilians. “It is unconscionable that civilians are still dying…

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Guterres leads call to make Africa ‘a renewable energy superpower’

Guterres leads call to make Africa ‘a renewable energy superpower’

Secretary-General António Guterres was addressing the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, noting that despite “extreme heat, ferocious floods, and tens of thousands dead from devastating droughts”, the continent was responsible for less than four per cent of emissions. “The blow inflicted on development is all around with growing hunger and displacement”, he said. ‘Quantum…

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The arbitrariness of ACC President Jay Shah did not allow the venue of the Asia Cup to be changed, PCB has serious concerns.

The arbitrariness of ACC President Jay Shah did not allow the venue of the Asia Cup to be changed, PCB has serious concerns.

File photo The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) made a joke of the Asia Cup schedule. The arbitrariness of ACC President Jay Shah did not allow the venue of the Asia Cup to be changed. According to the sources, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressed serious reservations about it. First it was agreed to move the…

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