Beijing: Released Xinjiang Police FilesThe extent and extremely repressive nature of China’s mass detention policies in East Turkestan have forced companies that source cotton from China’s territory to rethink their supply chains. Cotton xinjiang Widely used in the global apparel industry. As of last fall, 16 percent of cotton clothing on store shelves in […]

NEWS PROVIDED BYUMass Boston Gerontology Institute  Nov 19, 2019, 09:00 ET UMass Boston Research Finds Nearly One-Third Live “In the Gap” Between Poverty, Economic Security. Researchers tracking the economic security of America’s older adults have found that half who live alone and nearly a quarter of those living in two-person […]

By John YoonThe New York Times South Korea has a reputation for world-class medical care. But faith in its hospitals has been shaken by years of complaints about doctors mishandling unconscious patients, including turning them over to unsupervised assistants who perform what are known as “ghost surgeries.” To stem the […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Onstage, Lebanese politicians spoke of upholding national sovereignty, fighting corruption and fixing the state. Their leader said he would fight to disarm Hezbollah, the political party that is also Lebanon’s strongest military force. But those concerns were far from the mind of Mohammed Siblini, 57, who like […]

May 15, 2022, 03:05 pm IST Thousands of pro-abortion activists demonstrated throughout the country on Saturday, incensed by the possibility that the Supreme Court could soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which legalised abortion nationwide half a century ago. The demonstrations started off what organisers believe will be […]

BY: SHAUN GRISWOLD – MAY 11, 2022 9:16 PM The atrocities committed at boarding schools designed and run by the federal government to eradicate Indigenous people were outlined by the U.S. Interior Department for the first time in a report published Wednesday. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland held back tears as she described the […]

BRONX, New York (PIX11)– A woman was raped at knifepoint in the elevator of a Bronx building Monday night, police said. 3 Hours ago; An unidentified man followed the 40-year-old victim into the apartment building near Bolton Street and Lydig Avenue at around 10 p.m., according to the NYPD. The […]

May 10, 2022 Debapriya Bhattacharya, a special fellow at the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a private research institute, said Bangladesh may find itself in an uncomfortable position in terms of external debt after the next three years, ie after 2024-25. Bangladesh is currently in a green (comfortable) position. It […]

The command to purify our hearts from sin was an essential Islamic teaching ever since the early stages of the revelation in Makkah. This is known as ‘purification of the soul’ (tazkiyyat an-nafs).Allah said: “He has succeeded who purifies the soul, and he has failed who corrupts the soul.” (Qur’an, […]