At least 24 dead, mostly children, in India fire: officials
At least 24 dead, mostly children, in India fire: officialsNEW DELHI, May 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - At least 24 people were killed, mostof them children, when a fire broke out at a packed amusement park arcade inIndia on Saturday, officials said. Prabhav Joshi, the district collector of Rajkot, in the western state ofGujarat, told AFP that 24 people had died in the inferno, "mostly children",and another half-dozen were hospitalised. - Fires common in India -It took nearly an hour to douse the fire, with about a dozen ambulancescarrying the injured to hospital. Fire department officials said a short-circuit was suspected as the causeand police at the site said the bodies of the dead were heavily burned, makingidentification difficult. Fires are common in India due to poor building practices, overcrowding anda lack of adherence to safety regulations.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
May 25, 2024 17:48 UTC
Pakistani Christian community attacked after blasphemy accusation
ReutersAt least five members of a minority Christian community were rescued on Saturday after a Muslim crowd attacked their settlement in eastern Pakistan, police and a community leader said. The crowd, which accused the Christian group of blasphemy, hurled stones and bricks at the police, said Shariq Kamal, the police chief of Sargodha district. The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said the Christian community was "at grave risk to their lives at the hands of the charged mobs". Blasphemy is a sensitive subject in conservative Muslim- majority Pakistan, where just an accusation can lead to a street lynching. A Muslim crowd attacked a Christian community in eastern Pakistan last year, vandalising several churches and setting scores of houses on fire after accusing two of its members of desecrating the Koran.
Source:bd News24
May 25, 2024 17:35 UTC
Ukraine shelling of Russian border town kills 2: governor
MOSCOW, May 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ukrainian shelling of a Russian townclose to the border killed two people on Saturday, Belgorod region governorVyacheslav Gladkov said. To my great sorrow, two people were killed: a man and a woman hadnumerous shrapnel wounds incompatible with life," Gladkov wrote on Telegram. The governor said that according to initial information 10 other peoplereceived shrapnel injuries, including an eight-year-old boy. Ukraine regularly fires across the border into the Belgorod region, whichadjoins the Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on May 10 andhas captured territory. Oktyabrsky is located just over 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
May 25, 2024 17:25 UTC
New Alumni Statement Against Money for Genocide - The Cornell Daily Sun
“If you don’t want to be engaged – if you don’t want to confront oppression – your role as an intellectual is pointless.”— Bassel al-ArajWe write as graduating students, and when this is published, alumni of Cornell University. Cornell prides itself on sustainability initiatives, yet it is funding the decimation of 40 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land. We pledge that Cornell will not receive a single dollar in support until our money no longer funds endless violence, starting with the Palestinian genocide. We instead pledge our support to the dedicated Cornell students, faculty and staff continuing the struggle, recognizing that mutual aid, liberatory education and ongoing protest are what always have and always will create a more just world. Written and signed by members of the Class of ’24 refusing to donate money to Cornell while it continues to profit from genocide.
Source:Daily Sun
May 25, 2024 15:44 UTC
Haiti still waiting for international force to tackle gangs
Haiti is waiting desperately for the first members of a Kenyan-led multinational force tasked with ending the stranglehold of powerful and ultra-violent gangs, but their hoped-for arrival this week was delayed. “The security situation in Haiti cannot wait,” said a spokesperon for the US National Security Council after word emerged of the killings. A Haitian government source had told AFP that a first deployment of the multinational force was expected over the next few days. One big question mark now is how the gangs will respond to the arrival of the Kenya-led force. One possibility behind the change in the intensity of their attacks is that the gangs may be saving ammunition for a big onslaught against the multinational force, Da Rin said.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
May 25, 2024 15:07 UTC
At the Courthouse, May 25, 2024
Brenda K. Mcniff, 52, Beatrice, $25. Blake A. Vanwinkle, 21, Beatrice, $25. CHILD RESTRAINT VIOLATIONLesa Hauptman, 59, Beatrice, $25. FAILURE TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAYCody M. Toland, 21, Beatrice, $25. FAILURE TO DISPLAY 2 PLATESLayla R. Wood, 19, Lincoln, $25.
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May 25, 2024 15:07 UTC
High-tech at high altitude: Flagstaff continues to draw world-class athletes ahead of Olympics
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May 25, 2024 13:16 UTC
Campus protesters need a lesson in intellectual honesty.
I read the recent letters to the editor about campus protests (“Comparing antiwar protests 60 years apart,” May 16). I just wish both sides would engage in a some badly needed intellectual honesty. Any time one of them speaks publicly, you can count on hearing the word “but” in the first sentence. Next, protesters who grew up in Roland Park or Scarsdale might stop wearing the keffiyeh. Is it because as recently as a month ago, campus protests and counter-protests hadn’t yet become trendy?
Source:Daily Sun
May 25, 2024 13:00 UTC
Scarred by 2020 Hindu-Muslim riots, India district voters want peace
REUTERS/Adnan AbidiSuhel Mansuri, who carries scars from Hindu-Muslim riots that killed dozens in his district of India's capital in 2020, says his vote on Saturday in national elections was for "peace and brotherhood" as divisive religious rhetoric rises. Mansuri and his brother were surrounded by a crowd during the riots in Delhi's most densely populated district and beaten with iron rods and bricks, resulting in multiple bone fractures. The Northeast Delhi constituency elected a BJP lawmaker in the past two national elections, in 2014 and 2019. It's difficult that the BJP will garner any votes here," said Mansuri, in a thought echoed by voters in Mustafabad, including some Hindus. "But if he thinks Muslims will vote for him despite these speeches, then he is mistaken."
Source:bd News24
May 25, 2024 11:23 UTC
Bangladesh sets emblem of religious harmony in world: PM
DHAKA, May 25, 2024 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh set an instance of religious harmony in the world as her government wants to pull the country forward taking the people of all religious faiths. In Bangladesh, our journey for advancement is with the people of different religious faiths," she said. The premier said while exchanging pleasantries with the country's Buddhist religious leaders and eminent personalities of Buddhist community on the Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, at Ganabhaban here. The prime minister also referred to setting up of place of worships for different religious faiths apart from Muslim in the country. Sitting in the place of religious worship, they can also practice religious ritual and learn applied necessity.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
May 25, 2024 10:12 UTC
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Source:Daily Sun
May 25, 2024 09:26 UTC
New militant outfit Shahadat emerges from dormant Ansar al-Islam: RAB
A new militant group called ‘Shahadat’ has emerged from the banned Islamist outfit Ansar al-Islam, the Rapid Action Battalion says after arresting three of its members, reports bdnews24.com. The detainees were identified as Md Ismail Hossain (25), Md Jihad Hossain alias Huzaifa (24) and Md Aminul Islam (25). In a press conference at the Karwan Bazar media centre, Commander Arafat said that the activities of Ansar al-Islam have almost come to an impasse due to regular operations by the RAB and other law enforcers. "As part of a strategy, Ansar al-Islam members are operating under the name of a new militant organisation called 'Shahadat'." A year ago, he contacted a militant named Salahuddin, who is living abroad, through social media, the RAB said at the press conference.
Source:bd News24
May 25, 2024 08:08 UTC
Valley Voice: 45 years keeping the writing beat
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May 25, 2024 07:58 UTC
China ends war games, Taiwan details warplane, warship surge
REUTERSTaiwan Air Force F-16 aircrafts fly during a patrolling mission at an undisclosed location in Taiwan in this handout image taken on May 23, 2024, released on May 24, 2024. REUTERSChina ended two days of war games around Taiwan, in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practised boarding ships, and Taiwan's defence ministry detailed on Saturday the surge of Chinese warplanes and warships involved. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, launched the "Joint Sword - 2024A" exercises three days after Lai Ching-te became Taiwan's president, a man Beijing says is a "separatist". On Friday 46 Chinese military planes crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line, which previously served as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday. China has over the past four years regularly staged military activities around Taiwan, including large-scale war games in 2022 and in 2023.
Source:bd News24
May 25, 2024 05:13 UTC