Pakistani midwives on the frontline of climate change
Pacific Asia • Jul 12, 2024, 2:51 PM
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As Pakistan confronts a series of crippling heatwaves, it is pregnant women and newborns who suffer the most. As a result, its midwives have found themselves on the frontline of climate change. Also, as Saudi Arabia declares rights for women in the country has improved considerably, one activist who promoted gender equality in her social media posts, is now in jail. Annette Young talks to Bissan Fakih from Amnesty International about her plight. Plus, the tale of Alice Milliat, the little-known French woman who established the first-ever women's Olympics in Paris in 1922.
Yesterday
Why is the army speaking for Bangladesh following PM Sheikh Hasina's resignation?
Pacific Asia • 3:12 PM
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her downfall. More infor
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Bangladesh's army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman takes charge after PM's ouster
Pacific Asia • 2:17 PM
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Bangladesh army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman spent nearly four decades rising to the top of the military and said on Monday he was "taking full responsibility" after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted and fled. Story by Delano D'Souza.
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Iron lady Sheikh Hasina ends 15-year rule and flees Bangladesh
Pacific Asia • 1:38 PM
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After 15 years of leading Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday as protesters stormed her palace in Dhaka. Daughter of a murdered revolutionary who helped Bangladesh gain independence, Hasina was once hailed for rescuing the country from m
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Bangladesh PM Hasina resigns, army chief says will 'form an interim government'
Pacific Asia • 10:13 AM
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, multiple sources said, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago. More information with F
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Bangladesh army to form interim government amid deadly unrest
Pacific Asia • 10:02 AM
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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence, sparking violence that killed at least 66 people according to local police and hospitals. Army chief Wake
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Asian stocks collapse, Nikkei tumbles past Black Monday milestone
Pacific Asia • 8:42 AM
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Japanese stocks nose-dived to mark their biggest single day rout since 1987's Black Monday selloff, driven by last week's plunge in global stock markets, economic concerns and worries investments funded by a cheap yen were being unwound. More information
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Bangladesh anti-government protesters call for public to join march to Dhaka
Pacific Asia • 6:15 AM
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"Sunday was the deadliest day since the protests (in Bangladesh) began in July," said Navodita Kumari, FRANCE 24's correspondent in New Delhi. "The protesters have now consolidated their demands into one point: asking the (Prime Minister) Sheikh Hasina-l
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Bangladesh's iron lady Sheikh Hasina falls after 15 years in power
Pacific Asia • 12:36 AM
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Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule but her long rule came to a sudden end on Monday as protesters stormed her palace in Dhaka. More information with FRANCE 24 regional correspondent in New Delhi, Navodita Kumari.
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