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A brain scan and the parasite in a specimen jar
Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first
SYDNEY — In a world first, scientists say that an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.The "string-like structure" was pulled from the patient's damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year.The woman suffered from what doctors called an "unusual constellation of symptoms" — stomach pain, a cough and night sweats, evolving into increasing forgetfulness and depression.The red parasite could have been there for up to two months.Researchers are warning that the case highlights the increased danger of diseases and infections being passed from animals to people."Everyone [in] that operating theater got the shock of their life when [the surgeon] took some forceps to pick up an abnormality and the abnormality turned...
August 29, 2023

Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first

Putin held a phone call with the Indian prime minister
Putin tells Indian PM Modi he will not attend Delhi summit
NEW DELHI — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he will not attend the G20 Summit in Delhi next month.India is hosting this year's summit, which will be held in the capital Delhi from 9-10 September.Putin rang Modi and told him that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would attend the summit on his behalf.The two leaders also discussed several "regional and global issues of mutual concern", India said in a statement.A Russian government spokesperson had said last week that Putin would not attend the summit as he had a "busy schedule".The G20 includes the world's 19 wealthiest countries plus the European Union. India currently holds the G20 presidency, which rotates annually between members.Russia's invasion of...
August 29, 2023

Putin tells Indian PM Modi he will not attend Delhi summit

The campaigners after being cleared of defamation
Thai poultry farmer loses his 36th defamation suit
BANGKOK — Three Thai human rights campaigners have been found not guilty of criminal defamation over social media posts.Poultry businessman Chanchai Pheamphon accused the women of posting comments in support of others he had sued.The comments were about the alleged abuse of migrant workers at his chicken processing factories.Pheamphon has lost all but one of the 37 cases he has filed, a record for Thailand where plaintiffs can sue for defamation quite easily.He argued in court on Tuesday that people reading the campaigners' posts might be encouraged to go to a 107-second video, made by a human rights group, which he believed had defamed him. The judge reached his verdict in less than 10 minutes. To find that video people would have to click on several links, he said. There were no...
August 29, 2023

Thai poultry farmer loses his 36th defamation suit

Nepal's famed Gurkha soldiers have served in the Indian army for decades
The pain of Nepal's Gurkhas over Indian army's new hiring plan
KATHMANDU — For decades, Nepal has allowed its ethnic Gurkha soldiers to join the Indian army under a special agreement. The practice came to an abrupt halt last year after India introduced a controversial new army hiring plan, straining ties between the two neighboring countries.The Gurkhas, famed for their ferocity and bravery, have fought several wars over the decades for both the Indian and British armies.They were first recruited by the British East India Company in 1815 following a peace deal with Nepal.After the end of colonial rule in 1947 a tripartite agreement between Nepal, India and Britain allowed Delhi and London to continue to recruit Gurkhas to their military.But the arrangement with Delhi came to a halt last year after the Indian government announced Agnipath, a new...
August 28, 2023

The pain of Nepal's Gurkhas over Indian army's new hiring plan

A box with a photo of Japan PM Kishida is seen during a protest in Hong Kong against the release of treated water from Fukushima
Japan complains to China over Fukushima abuse calls
TOKYO — Japan has complained to China after local businesses and institutions were inundated with abusive phone calls over the Fukushima plant discharge.The calls come from numbers with Chinese dialling codes. One restaurant chain in Fukushima reported more than 1,000 calls since last Thursday.Tokyo has also warned citizens visiting China to take precautions and avoid speaking Japanese loudly.Beijing has led criticism of last week's release of treated wastewater.Tokyo has made daily reports, saying the seawater around the nuclear plant is showing no detectable levels of radioactivity.Japanese authorities say the calls from Chinese numbers began after the release of water and they were made to government departments, schools and even an aquarium.The callers speak in Chinese, Japanese...
August 28, 2023

Japan complains to China over Fukushima abuse calls

The teacher has been accused of making anti-Muslim remarks and asking students to hit their classmate
India school shut down over slapping row
NEW DELHI — Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state have sealed a private school after its teacher asked students to slap their Muslim classmate.Officials said Neha Public School was shut down as it "did not meet the education department's criteria."The school's students would be shifted to a government school or other nearby schools, officials said.Meanwhile, the teacher -- Tripta Tyagi -- has told NDTV news channel that she was "not ashamed" of her actions.The child's family has said he was beaten up for getting his timetables wrong.A video of Ms Tyagi telling her pupils to slap their seven-year-old Muslim classmate at a small private school in Muzaffarnagar district went viral on social media at the weekend."Why are you hitting him so...
August 28, 2023

India school shut down over slapping row

Afghan students outside Kabul University. The Taliban impose many restrictions on women and girls which make it difficult, if not impossible, for them to learn and earn
Taliban stop female students leaving Afghanistan to study in Dubai
KABUL — "After the Taliban shut universities for women, my only hope was to get a scholarship which would help me study abroad," says 20-year-old Afghan student Natkai.Natkai's name has been changed for her own safety.The Taliban have cracked down hard on women who oppose them.Natkai says she kept studying even though there was little chance of her ever attending university in her homeland.Then she was granted a scholarship to study at the University of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Emirati billionaire businessman Sheikh Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor.The scholarships for Afghan women were announced in December 2022 after the Taliban banned women from university.The BBC understands a total of 100 Afghan women have been successful in gaining these scholarships. Some...
August 28, 2023

Taliban stop female students leaving Afghanistan to study in Dubai

Band-e-Amir, seen here in May this year, was Afghanistan’s first national park. — Getty Images
Taliban ban women from visiting popular national park
KABUL — The Taliban government have banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir national park in Bamiyan province.Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Virtue and Vice Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said women had not been observing hijab inside the park.He called on religious clerics and security agencies to forbid women from entering until a solution was found.Band-e-Amir is a significant tourist attraction, becoming Afghanistan’s first national park in 2009.It is a popular destination for families and the ban on women attending will prevent many from being able to enjoy the park.UNESCO describes the park as a “naturally created group of lakes with special geological formations and structure, as well as natural and unique beauty”.However, Hanafi said going to the park to sightsee “was not...
August 27, 2023

Taliban ban women from visiting popular national park

A military parade in Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. — courtesy Unsplash/Micha Brändli
DPR Korea: Dialogue ‘only way forward’, UN official says in wake of latest launch
NEW YORK — The recent launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) of a satellite posed a major risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic, a senior UN political affairs official said on Friday, underscoring the need for practical measures to reduce tensions in the Korean Peninsula and create space for dialogue.“I emphasize the importance of re-establishing communication channels, particularly between military entities,” said Khaled Khiari, assistant secretary-general for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, briefing ambassadors at the Security Council.“Exercising maximum restraints is critical to avoid unintended escalation. Diplomacy and dialogue — not isolation — is the only way forward.”On Aug. 24, DPRK — more commonly known as North...
August 26, 2023

DPR Korea: Dialogue ‘only way forward’, UN official says in wake of latest launch

Xi and Modi met on the sidelines of the Brics summit in Johannesburg
India and China agree to 'de-escalate' border tensions
JOHANNESBURG — India and China have agreed to de-escalate tensions along their disputed border after a conversation between its leaders, a senior Indian official said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping spoke on the sidelines of the Brics summit in South Africa on Wednesday.Beijing said the meeting was held at Modi's request.Relations between India and China have been worsening for more than three years.The two world powers are facing off against each other along their ill-defined 3,440km (2,100-mile)-long border - known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC) - in the Himalayan region.On Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that both sides had agreed to step up efforts for the disengagement of troops along the LAC."The Prime Minister underlined...
August 25, 2023

India and China agree to 'de-escalate' border tensions

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