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US ‘disappointed’ in Mexico’s new GMO corn decree

February 16, 2023

Corn sits on a drying rack at the home of Norma and Eugene “Hutch” Naranjo in Ohkay Owingeh, formerly known as San Juan Pueblo, in northern New Mexico on Aug 21, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON - The United States said on Tuesday it was "disappointed" in the Mexican government's...

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Uganda says it won’t renew mandate of UN human rights office

February 8, 2023

In this file photo taken on Nov 19, 2020, street traders sell mangos and other fruit before being told by security forces to pack up and leave, on a street in Kampala, Uganda. (PHOTO / AP) KAMPALA - Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United...

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US rights body calls for stronger reproductive protections

February 1, 2023

This July 25, 2022, photo shows abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library where US Vice President Kamala Harris was meeting with Indiana legislators to discuss reproductive rights in Indianapolis. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday called for countries in the Americas...

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Venezuela accuses US of distorting human rights issues

January 21, 2023

People raise a new Venezuelan flag on the dome of the Federal Legislative Palace before a session for the installation of the National Parliament for the legislative period 2023-2024 at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, on Jan 5, 2023. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS - The United States has...

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Peru families mourn protest dead after worst violence in decades

January 12, 2023

Relatives and friends of the victims of clashes with the Peruvian police gather at a field adjacent to the airport carrying their coffins in the Andean city of Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 11, 2023. (JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS / AFP) LIMA – Peruvians in the southern region of Puno carried...

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‘New US border measures could undermine fundamental human rights’

January 12, 2023

Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between the United States and Mexico, with the purpose of reinforcing border security and inhibiting the crossing of migrants to the US, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec 27, 2022. (JOSE LUIS...

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Ecuador confirms first human bird flu infection in 9-year-old

January 11, 2023

A volunteer wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as a precaution against the spread of bird flu observes an injured rescued bird at a temporary shelter in Ahmedabad on January 13, 2021. (SAM PANTHAKY / AFP) QUITO — Ecuador reported its first case of human transmission of bird flu in a...

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CleverTap appoints Satyadeep Mishra as Chief Human Resources Officer

December 19, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MUMBAI, India, Dec 19, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - CleverTap, the World's #1 Retention Cloud today announced the appointment of Satyadeep Mishra as their new Chief Human Resources Officer. He joins from the hospitality-technology platform, OYO where he worked as the Chief Human Resources...

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Indonesian new criminal code respects privacy, human rights

December 19, 2022

JAKARTA, Dec 19, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Indonesia clarifies that the New Criminal Code was drafted carefully and obeys Human Rights aspects, following the emergence of reactions related to the ratification of the code.Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej on Friday stated...

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Venezuela blasts EU’s decision to renew sanctions

November 13, 2022

The shadows of synthetic macaws are cast on the pavement backdropped by a mural of a macaw as pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk past, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, June 5, 2020.(ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP) CARACAS - The Venezuelan government on Saturday lambasted the decision of the...

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UN warns of worst human rights situation in decades in Haiti

November 4, 2022

Haitians work in Port-au-Prince on Oct 29, 2022. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) GENEVA - Continued armed violence has pushed Haiti into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation it has seen in decades, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday. Urgent solutions to this "protracted, multifaceted...

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Access to healthy environment now a universal human right

July 29, 2022

Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and volunteers perform an environmental clean-up in the UN-enforced buffer zone separating the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island, near Troulli about 17 kilometers north of Larnaca, on Nov 12, 2021. (ETIENNE TORBEY / AFP) UNITED...

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Meta Octagon Releases Meta Human DJ NFT Project

July 21, 2022

HONG KONG, July 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- Posters and videos of Meta Octagon NFT project by Meta player, which is developing complex cultural space and performance entertainment metaverse projects, have been released based on world class EDM club and entertainment brand “Club Octagon”. The "METAGONZ" project is...

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Genetron Health Receives CE Mark for FusionScan Plus Kit for Human Multi-Genes

June 1, 2022

BEIJING, June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- Genetron Holdings Limited (“Genetron Health” or the “Company”, Nasdaq: GTH), a leading precision oncology platform company in China that specializes in offering molecular profiling tests, early cancer screening products and companion diagnostics development, today announced it has obtained a CE Mark...

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Trintech Announces New Chief Human Resources Officer

April 21, 2022

DALLAS, TX, Apr 20, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Trintech, a leading global provider of cloud-based financial close solutions for the Office of Finance, today announced the appointment of Monna Nevils as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Trintech. With a focus on employees, Nevils will help Trintech...

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Asia’s HR Community to Reunite at HR Tech Festival Asia 2022 Both In-person and Virtually to Refresh and Reimagine the Future of Workforce Management

April 5, 2022

Singapore, Apr 5, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - 2022 continues to be a challenging year for APAC's HR leaders as companies return to the workplace, refresh talent strategies, and reimagine the future workforce to optimise business impact. HR Tech Festival 2022, organized by HRM Asia, returns May 10-13...

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Scientists publish the first complete human genome

April 2, 2022

This undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. (PHOTO / NHGRI VIA AP) WASHINGTON - Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for...

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Ethiopia pushes to block UN funding for abuse inquiry

April 1, 2022

People look at their phones as they relax in Meskel square, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 25, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - A United Nations General Assembly budget committee is due to vote Thursday on an Ethiopian push to block funding for an independent investigation into...

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UN rights chief concerned over killings of Black people in US

March 10, 2022

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivers a speech at the opening of a session of the UN Human Rights Council on Feb 28, 2022 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA - People of African descent die at the hands of law enforcement in disproportionately large...