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☆ Violent Unrest Over Economic Strife Erupts in Pakistan’s Kashmir Region
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Salman Masood | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vast protests have broken out in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir, driven by outrage over soaring electricity bills and flour prices in a region that has long suffered economically because of its status as a conflict zone. In an attempt to quell the growing unrest — which has led to a widespread strike and left one police officer dead and 90 injured — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called an emergency meeting for Monday in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. As protesters planned to march this week to Muzaffarabad, the regional capital, the authorities suspended internet service in many areas and shut down schools in the city. “I have never seen such a large-scale uprising in Pakistan-administered Kashmir,” said Mubashar Naqvi, a Muzaffarabad resident and a teacher at the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. “This protest is unique because it unites people from all walks of life in demanding basic necessities.”

Persons: Shehbaz Sharif, ”, Mubashar Naqvi Organizations: —, Monday, University of Azad Locations: Pakistan, Kashmir, Islamabad, “, University of Azad Jammu

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — No law enforcement officers will face criminal charges in the death of a man who fled a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale. The death was ruled an accidental drowning, prosecutors said Monday. Black Lives Matter of Minnesota released a statement in February saying Azad's family believed he was bitten by police dogs and beaten by officers. Moriarty said the BCA's investigation established that Azad's death was a “tragic accidental drowning." "The BCA uncovered no evidence that any member of law enforcement had any physical contact with Khalil after the initial traffic stop,” Moriarty said.

Persons: Mary Moriarty, Khalil Azad, Azad's, Moriarty, Khalil, ” Moriarty, “ Organizations: —, Minnesota, Robbinsdale Police Department, BCA, State Patrol Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Hennepin County, Crystal Lake, Minnesota

☆ Over 100 dead after fire rips through Iraq wedding hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/20]A victim of the fatal fire at a wedding celebration lies at a hospital in Erbil, Iraq September 27. Survivors said hundreds of people were at the wedding celebration, which followed an earlier church service, and the fire began about an hour into the event when flares ignited a ceiling decoration as the bride and groom danced. REUTERS/Azad LashkariERBIL, IRAQ

Persons: Azad Lashkari Locations: Erbil, Iraq, Azad, Azad Lashkari ERBIL, IRAQ

CNN —A crowd vandalized eight churches and several homes following accusations of blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday, according to government authorities and residents, stoking tensions between local Muslim and minority Christian communities. Multiple churches including the town’s Catholic Church, the Salvation Army Church and the Pentecostal Church, as well as the local Christian colony, were also vandalized and set on fire, Talib told CNN. Religious minorities in Pakistan are vulnerable to persecution under the country's strict blasphemy laws. Pakistan is among the countries where blasphemy is a crime punishable by the death sentence. Three years earlier, a mother of five from Punjab was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to hang, after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed.

Persons: “, Prophet Mohammed, ”, Yasir Talib, Talib, Ghazanfar Majidi, ” Pakistan’s, Anwaar, Haq Kakar, Bishop, Church of Pakistan Azad Marshall, ” Marshall, ” Riina Kionka, Asia Bibi Organizations: CNN, National Commission for Human Rights, Centre for Social Justice, Catholic Church, Salvation Army Church, Pentecostal Church, Police, . District Police, AP People, Getty, Church of, European Union Locations: Pakistan’s, Punjab, Jaranwala, Pakistani, Faisalabad, Wednesday, Pakistan, AFP, Church of Pakistan, EU, Lahore’s Badami Bagh

☆ For markets, BoE communication is bottom of the class
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Yoruk Bahceli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank expectations have meanwhile risen only marginally. For investors, clear communication from central bankers is crucial as they transmit their policy to borrowing costs through markets. The BoE was the first major central bank to start hiking rates. In contrast, they have long bet on more hikes than the BoE's main forecasts have implied are needed to tame inflation, rates futures show. BoE messaging, suggesting a reluctance to hike, has made it "very difficult" to own gilts recently, he said.

Persons: BoE, Toby Melville, Shamik Dhar, Andrew Bailey, Bailey, Schroders, Azad Zangana, Zangana, Liz Truss, Myles Bradshaw, Chris Jeffery, Jerome, Powell, Christine, Lagarde, it's, Craig, Yoruk, Dhara Ranasinghe, William Schomberg, John Stonestreet Organizations: Bank of England, REUTERS, Fed, ECB, of England, Traders, . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, BNY Mellon Investment Management, Bank of England's, Investors, Graphics, of England's, Reuters, Asset Management, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, U.S, Dhar

☆ India's outsourcing giants cut hiring; disheartening for economy, students
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Navamya Ganesh Acharya | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

There are pockets of optimism elsewhere in the services sector - especially in accounting, where there is a surge in hiring. NLB sees a 20-25% drop in IT employee additions in the first half of the current financial year, while TeamLease Digital expects a 40% decrease for the entire year. Nasscom declined comment on the hiring slowdown. That has "surely left applicants concerned about future prospects", said staffing firm Xpheno's co-founder Kamal Karanth, who highlighted how current hiring activity was "under a third of what was recorded in the buoyant peak". Pai highlighted sectors such as financial services, consumer goods, specialised manufacturing, medicine, law, chartered accounting and other services as more viable options.

Persons: Rohit Azad, Azad, Rishad Premji, Sakshi Gupta, Sachin Alug, NLB, Nilanjan Roy, Nasscom, Gautam, Xpheno's, Kamal Karanth, LTIMindtree, Karanth, Siana, Siddharth Pai, Pai, Dhanya Skariachan, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: New, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Wipro, HDFC, Apple, Citigroup, American Express, Europe's Credit Suisse, UBS, NLB Services, TeamLease, IT, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Reuters Graphics, Sethuraman, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Punjab

PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting violent protests in nearby streets as night fell. President Emmanuel Macron said France's Kurdish community had been the target of a heinous attack. All three of those who died were Kurdish, a lawyer for the Kurdish cultural centre told Reuters. Julien Verplancke who works at another local restaurant, Chez Minna, said staff from the Kurdish restaurant emerged from the premise in tears after the shooting. Salih Azad, a prominent figure from the Kurdish community in Marseille, said he knew one of the victims, a 26-year-old woman who had lived in Paris for several years.

☆ Common treatment for joint pain may be linked to faster arthritis progression, research suggests
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Angela Yang | Angela Yang Is An Intern For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

One of the most common pain relief treatments for arthritis, corticosteroid injections, may actually be associated with faster progression of the disease, according to new research. There is no cure, but the discomfort is sometimes treated with corticosteroid shots. The scans, collected annually for four years, revealed worse arthritis progression among participants injected with corticosteroids compared to the other two groups. Just because imaging shows more arthritis progression doesn’t mean a patient feels more pain. And second, he said, the results shouldn’t lead people to avoid corticosteroid shots in all situations.

☆ Steroid use for knee osteoarthritis may make it worse, studies say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A common treatment for some arthritis pain might actually be making the condition worse, according to two new studies. Some of those patients didn’t receive any treatment and others got corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections, according to the studies. The takeaway from the studies is that corticosteroids should be administered with caution for osteoarthritis pain. “Perhaps hyaluronic acid injections need to be studied for pain management more thoroughly,” he said. And some people may not see significant benefit from either steroid or hyaluronic acid injections, Kim added.

☆ Iranians strike to mark 2019 protests in fresh rebuff to ruling clerics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

In the latest protests, the rights activist HRANA news agency said 344 people have been killed, including 52 minors. Videos shared on social media showed strikes and gatherings in several cities and towns. On Monday, the European Union imposed additional sanctions over the crackdown on protests and French President Emmanuel Macron characterised the unrest as a revolution. A video on 1500Tasvir showed people running down a street in Tehran's western neighbourhood of Shahrak Gharb after several gunshots could be heard. The 1500Tasvir account also showed a video of people at a metro shouting "death to the dictator", a slogan referring to Khamenei.

☆ Iran strikes dissident sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, two dead - officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Local officials and security sources said the attacks had struck targets near Erbil and Sulaimaniya. The Revolutionary Guards have attacked Iranian Kurdish militant opposition bases in Iraq's Kurdish region since the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16 triggered nationwide unrest. Iran has accused Iraq-based Kurdish militants of fomenting the unrest and threatened strikes against armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents. In an attack by the Guards in September, 13 people were killed and 58 were wounded near Erbil and Sulaimaniya. A media and public relation official with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition party, told Reuters two of its fighters were killed in attacks on four of its offices.

[1/5] A police officer stands guard near a passenger van, cordoned after a blast at the entrance of the Confucius Institute University of Karachi, Pakistan, April 26, 2022. Even though months have passed since the attack, Pakistani authorities remain deeply worried. Shortly afterwards, schoolteacher Shari Hayat Baloch, 30, is filmed walking in a park with her young son and daughter and later addressing the camera in combat fatigues. The Chinese officials supported Pakistan's counter-terrorism forces in areas such as CCTV footage enhancement and data retrieval from cell phones, the ministry said. On the day of the Karachi attack, Habitan, a dentist, tweeted that he was "beaming with pride" at what his wife had done.

☆ Kurdish protesters rally in Erbil over Mahsa Amini's death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

People take part in a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in front of the United Nations headquarters in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2022. Protestors carrying placards with Amini's photograph gathered outside the United Nations compound in Erbil chanting"Death to the dictator" - a reference to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Amini's death has reignited anger over issues including restrictions on personal freedoms in Iran, the strict dress codes for women and an economy reeling from sanctions. "We are not against religion, and we are not against Islam, we are secularists, and we want religion to be separate from politics," said protester Maysoon Majidi, who is a Kurdish Iranian actor and director living in Erbil. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEditing by Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Mărturiile angajaților din crematoriile din India. Cuptoarele încep să se topească
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

Cuptoarele unui crematoriu din Gujarat, India, au funcționat fără pauză de când a început pandemia, iar părțile metalice au început să se topească. India a înregistrat luni un record de 273.810 de cazuri noi și 1.619 decese. Însă cifrele îmbolnăvirilor și a deceselor sunt puse sub semnul întrebării. Se pare că nimeni nu înțelege foarte clar situația și asta este foarte grav”, a spus Bhramar Mukherjee. Șeful crematoriului Azad a declarat că numărul incinerărilor în cadrul protocoalelor COVID a crescut de cinci ori în ultimele săptămâni „Lucrăm zi și noapte”, a spus el.

Persons: Reuters, Bhramar, Prashant, Azad Organizations: Sănătății, Universitatea din, Kurukshetra Locations: Gujarat, India, Surat, SUA, Universitatea din Michigan, crematoriul, Lucknow, Uttar

☆ Mărturiile angajaților din crematoriile indiene sugerează că numărul morților de COVID este mai mare
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: b365.roMărturiile angajaților din crematoriile indiene sugerează că numărul morților de COVID este mai mareCuptoarele unui crematoriu din Gujarat, India, au funcționat fără pauză de când a început pandemia, iar părțile metalice au început să se topească. India a înregistrat luni un record de 273.810 de cazuri noi și 1.619 decese. Însă cifrele îmbolnăvirilor și a deceselor sunt puse sub semnul întrebării. Se pare că nimeni nu înțelege foarte clar situația și asta este foarte grav”, a spus Bhramar Mukherjee. Șeful crematoriului Azad a declarat că numărul incinerărilor în cadrul protocoalelor COVID a crescut de cinci ori în ultimele săptămâni „Lucrăm zi și noapte”, a spus el.

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