Afghanistan closes embassy in India citing lack of diplomatic support ☞ Al Jazeera – Qatar
“The closure follows reports that the ambassador and other senior diplomats had left India in recent months, with infighting among those remaining in New Delhi. But the embassy rejected speculations regarding internal infighting among its staff, stressing that these were ‘unfounded’ rumours.
India will take control of the embassy in a caretaker capacity, it said.”
Japan unleashes terrifying robot wolves to fight off bears attacking the elderly ☞ Mirror Online – UK
“Terrifying robot wolves with gleaming red eyes and bared fangs are being unleashed in Japan after a spate of bear attacks against elderly residents.
The mechanical contraptions were originally designed to act like robotic scarecrows and keep wild animals away from farms. But due to a rise in the number of bears attacking people, authorities are using the wolves to scare them away.”
Canada – Husband and wife dead after bear attack in Banff National Park, grizzly killed ☞ CBC News – Canada
“The people who died were husband and wife, according to Kim Titchener, the founder of Bear Safety and More, who is a friend of the family. The couple’s dog, who was with them at the time, was also killed.”
Archdiocese of Baltimore files for bankruptcy, braces for expected wave of sex abuse lawsuits ☞ TheBlaze
“There was a 456-page investigation that goes into detail about 158 teachers, clergy, seminarians, and deacons within the Archdiocese of Baltimore who had allegedly assaulted more than 600 children going back to the 1940s. The document was compiled by the Maryland Attorney General.”
U.S. must shoulder responsibility for training Bahrain’s law enforcement in social media investigation on terror ☞ Scoop News – New Zealand
“Bahrain, which is known for violating the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the human right of free speech, considering protests terrorism and human rights activists as terrorists and a threat to public order, has now been trained by the U.S. Embassy in Manama in surveilling the so-called ‘terrorist organizations’ social media.”
Cambodia arrests 14,722 drug suspects in nine months ☞ Borneo Bulletin – Malaysia
“PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – Cambodian authorities had arrested 14,722 drug-related suspects, including 331 foreigners, during the first nine months of 2023, the country’s Anti-Drug Department said in a report yesterday…”
“A total of 2.68 tonnes of illicit drugs and some 911 kilogrammes of ingredients were seized in the suspects’ possession during the January-September period of 2023.”
“The Southeast Asian country has no death sentence for drug traffickers. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grammes of illicit drugs could be jailed for life.”
WHO sounds alarm over rise in malaria case numbers ☞ The Star – Malaysia
“In 2021, an estimated 619,000 people died from malaria globally compared with 625,000 in 2020. There were an estimated 247 million new malaria cases, compared with 245 million in 2020.”
Türkiye bombs Iraq after terrorist attack ☞ RT World News – Russian Federation
“Turkish warplanes have conducted airstrikes against the suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) strongholds inside the Iraqi Kurdistan, in response to a suicide bombing attack near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Ankara on Sunday.”
Washington DC – Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled fire alarm as shutdown looms ☞ New York Post
“NY Democrat Jamaal Bowman literally pulled a fire alarm to stall and prevent our efforts to force a vote to keep the federal government open. Pathetic. Criminal investigation needs to happen…”
“’No one in this country is above the law.‘ Bowman himself said just months ago in tweet attacking former president Trump and applauding his various indictments.”
Anthropology Associations Double Down on Their Cancellation of Science-Based Panel ☞ Legal Insurrection
“The move flies in the face of decades of science, which uses forensic techniques on skeletal remains of an individual to identify whether it is male or female. The analysis is based on a number of genetically determined characteristics.”