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Victoria Theilvig walked out of the sashing ceremony at the Miss Universe delegates' hotel in Bangkok, Thailand , after the senior official berated Melissa Flores Bosch in front of dozens of other beauty queens

Astonishing moment Miss Universe winner storms out of this year’s event after pageant president reprimands Miss Mexico and tells security to remove her for not showing ‘respect’

November 5, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

This is the dramatic moment the Miss Universe winner staged a mass walkout from one of this year’s events in solidarity with Miss Mexico, after the pageant president publicly reprimanded the contestant for showing ‘no respect’. Victoria Theilvig, the first Dane to win the top title, stormed out of the sashing ceremony at the Miss […]

Saudi Arabia's envoy to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil (pictured), was elected as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a completely unopposed race

Outrage as Saudi Arabia is chosen to lead UN women’s rights group – despite ‘abysmal’ record on equality in kingdom where wives can be stoned to death for adultery

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Saudia Arabia is now chairing the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women The group is dedicated to furthering the rights of women across the world But Saudi Arabia has a shocking gender equality record By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 10:07 GMT, 28 March 2024 | Updated: 02:49 GMT, 29 March 2024 Human rights groups are up […]

The trigger was the jailing of anti-war activist Fail Alsyonov, 37, who was sentenced to four years behind bars for 'inciting hatred'

Russia is hit by huge civil protest in support of anti-Ukraine war activist as 10,000 take to the streets and clash with riot police: Putin speechwriter warns ‘This is how the Soviet Union collapsed’

January 17, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Russia has been hit by its biggest civil protest since Putin invaded Ukraine – with 10,000 taking to the streets and violent clashes breaking out over the jailing of an anti-war activist. Riot police and demonstrators were involved in battles and a number of ‘wounded’ were reported at the protest in the small town of Baymak, […]

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution | Environment News

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Cloud seeding was used to counter the hazardous smog in the megacity of Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities. Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of pollution in the megacity of Lahore, says the provincial government. Planes equipped with cloud-seeding equipment […]

Police and soldiers killed as more violence flares in northwest Pakistan | Armed Groups News

December 15, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Three attackers were also reported killed in the second attack this week on police posts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Several officers and soldiers have been killed and injured in attacks by armed men on a police station and an army outpost in northwest Pakistan, police said. The assaults came on Friday morning, extending a growing campaign […]

Global coal use to reach record high in 2023, energy agency says | Climate Crisis News

December 15, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

IEA report says demand is expected to grow in India, China but decline in United States, European Union. Global coal use is expected to reach a record high in 2023 as demand in emerging and developing economies remains strong, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The demand for coal is seen rising 1.4 percent […]

Pakistan extends deadline for Afghans awaiting third-country resettlement | Refugees News

December 14, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

More than 450,000 Afghans have left the country since Pakistani authorities launched a deportation drive in October. Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani government has announced that undocumented Afghans awaiting paperwork to resettle to a third country will be allowed to stay in Pakistan for two more months. The extension of the deadline on Wednesday from […]

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange prisoners in step towards normalisation | Border Disputes News

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Azerbaijan releases 32 Armenians, most of whom were held since 2020, in exchange for two soldiers held since April. Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded prisoners of war at their border in a step towards normalising their relations three months after Azerbaijan achieved a decisive breakthrough in their decades-old conflict. The exchange took place on Wednesday […]

Pakistan court indicts jailed ex-PM Imran Khan in state secrets case | Imran Khan News

December 13, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Guilty verdict could bring up to 10 years in prison in a case that reduces Khan’s chances of being released in time to campaign before elections next year. Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has pleaded not guilty to charges of leaking state secrets under an indictment that deals a new blow to his chances […]

‘Clear threat’: Kashmiris on India top court upholding removal of autonomy | Demographics News

December 12, 2023AfricTeamLeave a Comment

People in Indian-administered Kashmir have reacted with fear and anger to a Supreme Court judgement upholding the government’s decision to remove the partial autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority region. For most residents, fears of a demographic change triggered by the 2019 decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government are slowly becoming reality. “There’s now a […]

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