NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/ Independent Online News Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:45:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://nepsnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-09-at-13.03.36-1-32x32.jpeg NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/ 32 32 Trump’s tariffs are ruinous, but are western sanctions any better? Just look at Syria https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/trumps-tariffs-are-ruinous-but-are-western-sanctions-any-better-just-look-at-syria/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/trumps-tariffs-are-ruinous-but-are-western-sanctions-any-better-just-look-at-syria/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:45:34 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4932 OpinionTrump tariffs

Simon Jenkins

Sanctions as a form of economic aggression are macho and myopic, yet countries including the UK refuse to call a halt

mong the more improbable countries that Donald Trump punished most severely last week was Syria, with a 41% tariff in retaliation for its part in the “raping and plundering” of the US economy.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/trumps-tariffs-are-ruinous-but-are-western-sanctions-any-better-just-look-at-syria/feed/ 0 Rory McIlroy back in the mix after prayers answered around Amen Corner https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/rory-mcilroy-back-in-the-mix-after-prayers-answered-around-amen-corner/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/rory-mcilroy-back-in-the-mix-after-prayers-answered-around-amen-corner/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:40:55 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4927 Analysis

Andy Bullat Augusta

After Thursday’s travails, the world No 2 stormed back into contention with a thrilling back nine in the second round

“Psst!” said the man who’d just ambled up to the back of the gallery midway down the 15th fairway.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/rory-mcilroy-back-in-the-mix-after-prayers-answered-around-amen-corner/feed/ 0 Weather tracker: early heatwave sweeps northern India https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/weather-tracker-early-heatwave-sweeps-northern-india/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/weather-tracker-early-heatwave-sweeps-northern-india/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:35:17 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4920 Analysis

Lauren Herdman and Daniel Harris for MetDesk

Temperatures exceeding 40C trigger deadly thunderstorms, as Mali agency issues hot weather warning

Northern India has been experiencing early extreme heat this week as temperatures topped 40C (104F), including in the capital, New Delhi.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/weather-tracker-early-heatwave-sweeps-northern-india/feed/ 0 DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/dr-congo-crisis-children-subjected-to-deliberate-systemic-sexual-violence/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/dr-congo-crisis-children-subjected-to-deliberate-systemic-sexual-violence/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:29:55 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4913 Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reporting thousands of new cases in just two months – evidence that it’s being used as a systemic weapon of war and deliberate terror tactic.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/dr-congo-crisis-children-subjected-to-deliberate-systemic-sexual-violence/feed/ 0 Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/countries-reach-historic-deal-to-cut-shipping-emissions/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/countries-reach-historic-deal-to-cut-shipping-emissions/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:23:46 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4906 After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, setting mandatory fuel standards and introducing an industry-wide carbon pricing mechanism.

The framework – agreed during the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee – aims for net-zero emissions from the sector by 2050 and will be formally adopted in October before coming into force in 2027.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/countries-reach-historic-deal-to-cut-shipping-emissions/feed/ 0 ‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/shame-on-world-leaders-for-neglect-of-displaced-civilians-in-drc-says-aid-chief/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/shame-on-world-leaders-for-neglect-of-displaced-civilians-in-drc-says-aid-chief/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:22:55 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4896

US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/shame-on-world-leaders-for-neglect-of-displaced-civilians-in-drc-says-aid-chief/feed/ 0 Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/sudan-suffering-continues-amid-massive-destruction-across-khartoum/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/sudan-suffering-continues-amid-massive-destruction-across-khartoum/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:02:33 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4889 The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often forced to face unspeakable abuse,” a senior official with the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday in Geneva. 

Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/sudan-suffering-continues-amid-massive-destruction-across-khartoum/feed/ 0 Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/gaza-paramedic-still-missing-after-aid-worker-killings-palestinian-red-crescent-society-calls-for-answers/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/gaza-paramedic-still-missing-after-aid-worker-killings-palestinian-red-crescent-society-calls-for-answers/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:55:57 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4882

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March. 

Last Sunday, a joint PRCS and UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) mission uncovered a shallow grave in Rafah.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/gaza-paramedic-still-missing-after-aid-worker-killings-palestinian-red-crescent-society-calls-for-answers/feed/ 0 Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/myanmar-earthquake-tragedy-compounds-already-dire-crisis/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/myanmar-earthquake-tragedy-compounds-already-dire-crisis/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:51:27 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4875 Entire communities in central Myanmar have been devastated and the full scale of the earthquake disaster “remains unclear”, the UN’s top humanitarian coordinator in the country said on Monday.

Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude quakes with the death toll rising to around 2,000, according to the country’s military junta.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/05/myanmar-earthquake-tragedy-compounds-already-dire-crisis/feed/ 0 Canada to counter ‘unjustified’ US tariffs with 25% taxes on US cars, says Carney https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/04/canada-to-counter-unjustified-us-tariffs-with-25-taxes-on-us-cars-says-carney/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/04/canada-to-counter-unjustified-us-tariffs-with-25-taxes-on-us-cars-says-carney/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:42:36 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4868 Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade deal

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark Carney.… Read the rest

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