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Pakistan earthquake: Houses collapse in 5.8 tremor

On September 24, 2019, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake has stuck eastern Pakistan, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 300.

The quakes epicentre was close to the city of Mirpur, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Although, the full extent of the damage is not yet known; unfortunately, thousands of people died in a powerful wake in this same area in 2005.

Indonesia protests over sex before marriage bill

Indonesia has been trying to pass a bill that would outlaw sex before marriage, living together outside or marriage, insulting the president, and abortion if there are no circumstances of a medical emergency or rape.

However, this bill has already been delayed and there are protesting taking place all over the country to protest against the bill being passed. The government in Indonesia believe that this bill would outlaw most abortions and make insulting the president illegal.

Russian doping scandal: Russia faces ban from all major sports events- Wada

After data from Moscow laboratory was handed over as a condition of it reintegration into the sporting fold after a three-year suspension for a state-sponsored doping programme.

The country has now been given three weeks to explain everything, or risk being excluded from the Olymyics and world championships, Russia will also face being banned from hosting major sporting events. This includes possibly being banned from next year’s Olymipics in Tokyo and the 2022 World Cup; therefore, as imaginable, athletes are furious.
['Gabi Cormier']
['World', 'Russia', 'Abortion', 'Earthquake', 'Pakistan']