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Muscovites are getting angry about their new sidewalks. Much of the city center’s walkways are being renewed, but the stone tiling has already become badly uneven in many areas
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PdVSA, in an increased effort to pressure Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power to Juan Guaidó, now recognized by the U.S. and a number of other nations as the country’s legitimate president
Ukraine says it will ensure children in major regional hospitals receive an education from September 2019. Some 2,000 children are currently educated in hospitals, but one group, which runs a “School For Superheroes” in a Kyiv hospital, says 10,000 hospitalized children need schooling
27-year-old Afghan man has begun a quest to improve children’s literacy by getting on his bike and handing out free books to young people across the country
Police have arrested Dakota Theriot who allegedly gunned down five people including his Parents and girlfriend.
UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the protracted crisis in Venezuela has had a grave impact on the population, with high levels of political polarization, growing humanitarian needs and serious human rights concerns
On this day(January 26,1950),India cut her last ties with Britain and became a republic.Dr.Rajendra Prasad became the first president of India
In the Shab’a area, at the request of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), UNIFIL’s Spanish combat engineers conducted three snow clearing operations, facilitating UNIFIL patrols as well as the passage for local residents
Grave rights abuses documented by OHCHR in 2017 included extrajudicial killings, widespread arbitrary detentions, restrictions to freedom of assembly and expression and indiscriminate house raids and attacks
According to Election Commission of India estimate,1.7 million EVMs were used during the last parliamentary election held in 2014. EVMs can record a maximum of 3840 votes. EVMs have the capacity to incorporate 64 candidates