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Navy surgeon suspended over child sex racket

A Navy surgeon has been suspended over the sexual abuse of 15-year-old girl. Navy Commander, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne ordered the surgeon to be suspended with effect from today (07th July 2021). The suspect was arrested yesterday with regard to an alleged incident of sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl. “Accordingly, the Navy suspended the service of this naval surgeon in support of further investigations and judicial proceedings in connection with this incident. Further, the Navy wil

07 Jul, 2021

Australian Senator calls China ‘one of biggest threats’ to country

Canberra [Australia], July 4 (ANI):?Matt Canavan, the Senator of Australia’s National Party, has called China one of the ‘biggest threats’ to the country’s liberties and future prosperity. “There are three Cs which we are challenged with at the moment: There’s COVID, there’s climate change and there’s China,” Sputnik quoted Canavan telling an Australian broadcaster. He further said that China was “by far and away is the biggest threat to our liberties, freedoms and future prosperity.” Tension

07 Jul, 2021

Kazakh Police Detain Activists Involved In Xinjiang Protests Outside Chinese Consulate

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Police in Kazakhstan?s largest city, Almaty, have detained several activists who have been involved in ongoing pickets in front of the Chinese Consulate to demand the release of their relatives held in China’s Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region. Baqyt Sembai, a wife of one of the protesters, told RFE/RL that police arrested her husband and his mother while they were at home on July 1. Baibolat Kunbolat, Sembai’s husband, had been released from jail two days earlier after be

07 Jul, 2021