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Amnesty report: Western countries apply “double standards” in the field of human rights | Abroad

Amnesty report: Western countries apply “double standards” in the field of human rights |  Abroad

Western countries apply double standards and fail to respond adequately to human rights abuses, which fosters impunity and instability. This is the conclusion of the human rights organization Amnesty International in its new annual report published on Tuesday. “The international system for managing global crises is failing,” the review read. The human rights organization acknowledges that Western countries reacted quickly …

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Humza Yousaf succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as Scottish Prime Minister | Abroad

Humza Yousaf succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as Scottish Prime Minister |  Abroad

27 mrt 2023 om 15:34Update: 3 uur geleden Humza Yousaf becomes the new Scottish Prime Minister. He won the battle for the leadership of the Scottish ruling party SNP on Monday. Yousaf, 37, succeeds Nicola Sturgeon, who surprisingly stepped down six weeks ago. Like his predecessor, Yousaf says he is determined to make Scotland independent of the UK. He thinks …

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Italy seizes German charity lifeboat | Abroad

Italy seizes German charity lifeboat |  Abroad

26 mrt 2023 om 23:05Update: 4 uur geleden Italian authorities stopped and seized a migrant lifeboat on Saturday. The craft named Louise Michel belongs to a German charity. On Friday, Italy also seized a lifeboat belonging to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that it has limited the number of asylum seekers …

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Sniffing armpit sweat may help with anxiety, Swedish researchers say

Sniffing armpit sweat may help with anxiety, Swedish researchers say

Scientists suspect that the smell of sweat has a calming effect, as it stimulates a certain part of the brain. This is written by various foreign media, including the BBC. How exactly the volunteers took the sweat samples from themselves, the story does not say. Some of the volunteers have been known to collect sweat while watching a horror movie …

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Iraq wins oil arbitration against Turkey

Iraq wins oil arbitration against Turkey

International•25 March ’23 17:00Author: Remy Cook Iraq has won an ongoing arbitration case over the export of crude oil from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan. This reports Bloomberg. Turkey has already informed Iraq that it will honor the deal and not export a drop of crude oil from Kurdistan without Iraq’s explicit consent. Iraq has won an ongoing arbitration case …

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