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Law and crime Law of India The Supreme Court of India orders a review of Section 377, a colonial-era law that criminalizes consensual sex between men, and of the Court's December 2013 verdict that upheld the law. In August 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that all Indian citizens have a constitutional right to privacy, noting in the judgment that "sexual orientation is an essential attribute to ...
Current events/2022 November 8. Unidentified warplanes launch airstrikes against Iranian -backed militias on the Iraq–Syria border, including near the Al-Qa'im border crossing, reportedly killing at least 25 people. Fuel tankers carrying Iranian gasoline to Lebanon are also hit.
A force of five hundred Syrian pro-government troops supported by tanks and artillery launched a ground assault on a local headquarters of the Syrian Democratic Forces near the town of Khasham, in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. More than one hundred Syrian government fighters were killed in the battle, including Russian private military ...
Single-player. Portal is a 2007 puzzle - platform game developed and published by Valve. It was released in a bundle, The Orange Box, for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and has been since ported to other systems, including Mac OS X, Linux, Android (via Nvidia Shield ), and Nintendo Switch . Portal consists primarily of a series of puzzles ...
But an early-January 36-10 win over Halifax, with Hepi man of the match, was the turning point. From there, they rose from 16th to 9th – a position which saw them qualify for the first Super League season in 1996. At the end of the 1994-95 campaign, Hepi moved to Australia, signing with the Illawarra Steelers for their 1996 season. He ...
Current events/2022 February 8. Israel says that the Syrian military fired an anti-aircraft missile towards its territory, which exploded in mid-air over the north of the country, triggering air raid sirens. However, Syrian state television reports that an Israeli Air Force airstrike occurred near Damascus. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents Cyclone Harold Cyclone Harold hits Fiji. (UPI) Caprigliola bridge collapse A bridge between the towns of Caprigliola and Albiano Magra in Tuscany, Italy, collapses. It results in only minor injuries of two truck drivers. (BBC News) (The Guardian) (The New York Times) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China ...
Bill Watrous (June 8, 1939 –July 02, 2018), (born William Russell Watrous III) American trombonist, would have turned 85 this year. Kenny Clare (June 8, 1929 –January 11, 1985), Brit drummer, would have turned 95 this year. Erwin Lehn (June 8, 1919 –March 20, 2010), German arranger, bandleader, and vibraphonist, would have turned 105 this ...