People from all over Kazakhstan marched to the presidential palace in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan’s capital, to protest rising interest rates and crippling personal debt. Police blocked the march. On May 17, Kazakhstani President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev celebrated his 68th birthday with a demonstration. Birthday greetings and aid demands were yelled by the demonstrators.
Kazakhs protested in Almaty against so-called reeducation camps in China’s Xinjiang province, where relatives are said to be held. The 100th day of demonstrations began on May 18. Qalida Aqytkhan was stopped by police on her way to the Chinese Consulate, holding a photo of her three sons and urging Kazakhstani authorities to force China to free them, claiming they are being detained on “unfounded charges.” No
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In order to educate students lifetime lessons on survival and patriotism, Ukrainian schools have introduced a new subject called “Defense of Ukraine,” which includes first aid, drone operation, and weapons safety handling.
In West Africa, particularly in Ghana and Nigeria, there is a rise in informal academies known as “hustle kingdoms,” where young people are trained how to carry out online frauds.
Election officials in the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon, where ballot box arson has raised concerns, and in the hurricane-damaged parts of North Carolina state are facing additional challenges as voting gets underway in a tightly-contested U.S. presidential election.
Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.
The turn up to the 2024 United States presidential election has been full of twists and turns,but believe it or not,some of the most bizarre events in American election history have happened. America has seen everything, from imprisoned politicians to election chaos.
Marko Đurić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting that heard a report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
With little help from the international community, those in need are being fed by community-funded soup kitchens in war-torn Omdurman, the most populated city in Sudan. As one part of Sudan faces famine for the first time in seven years, the United States and other countries have urged the warring sides to grant humanitarian organizations unfettered access.
Since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, religious parties in Bangladesh have active in national politics.VOA’s Sarah Zaman reports from the capital, Dhaka, on their impact.
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