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HRW reports LGBTQ jail beatings before Qatar World Cup
Police in Qatar have arbitrarily detained and abused members of the LGBTQ community ahead of the World Cup next month, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday. If Human Rights Watch had contacted us, we would have been able to disprove the allegations."
UN suspends Australia anti-torture mission after inspectors barred
The United Nations has abruptly suspended its anti-torture mission to Australia after inspectors were barred from several jails, with a key oversight body condemning on Monday the "embarrassing debacle". Australia will now have to answer for this embarrassing debacle in front of the United Nations Committee against Torture."
ECB again eyes jumbo rate hike to 'tame inflation beast'
The European Central Bank is expected to set aside recession worries and deliver another jumbo interest rate hike this week to cool inflation, as Russia's war on Ukraine sends energy prices soaring. Like other central banks, the ECB is using a series of rate hikes to bring inflation under control -- at the risk of slowing economic activity to such an extent that it triggers a downturn.
Most Asian markets up on rate hopes but China fear casts shadow
Most Asian markets rose Monday after a surge on Wall Street fuelled by hopes the Federal Reserve could begin to slow its pace of interest rate hikes. Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul and Taipei led gains after a strong performance in New York that was sparked by a report the Fed could begin to take its foot off the pedal in its rate hike campaign.
Feathers fly as Philippine cockfighting shakes off Covid closures
In a raucous cockpit in the Philippines, Dennis de la Cruz grins from ear to ear as he watches his roosters slash their opponents to death in a frenzy of blood and feathers. The son of a longtime cockpit operator, de la Cruz said he had never held a regular job.
UK's Sunak poised to become PM as Johnson quits leadership race
British Conservative Rishi Sunak was on Monday poised to become prime minister and the country's first leader of colour, after the dramatic decision by Boris Johnson to abandon an audacious political comeback. Onetime Johnson allies, such as interior minister Grant Shapps, switched to Sunak.
China economy grows 3.9 percent year-on-year in third quarter
China's economy grew 3.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, according to official data released Monday, beating forecasts a day after President Xi Jinping was re-elected to a historic third term as leader.
It's a man's world: no more women leaders in China's Communist Party
The Communist Party Congress has laid bare the striking gender imbalance in the upper echelons of Chinese politics, with not a single woman making the 24-person Politburo for the first time in at least a quarter of a century. Even though women make up about 29 percent of the total Communist Party membership, vanishingly few of them manage to ascend from grassroots positions.
Costa Rica says German businessman Schaller, family in plane crash
Costa Rican authorities on Sunday confirmed that German millionaire Rainer Schaller and his family were on board a small plane that crashed in the Caribbean, as recovery efforts were hindered by bad weather. On Sunday, coast guard vessels departed in the early morning but bad weather complicated the search and it was suspended about 12 hours later.
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