March2023
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High Street retailer Next has said it will put up its prices by less than expected this year
Mar 29, 2023Next, a prominent High Street retailer, has announced that its planned price increases for 2023 will be lower than previously expected. The company now anticipates a 7% price hike for the spring and summer, followed by... -
IAEA chief to visit Ukraine nuclear plant
Mar 29, 2023The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency, Rafael Grossi, is scheduled to visit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday. The facility is currently under the control of Russian forces, and there are ongoing... -
At least 40 migrants dead in Mexico detention center fire
Mar 29, 2023Authorities announced on Tuesday that a fire, started by migrants in what appears to have been a protest against deportations, has resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people at a Mexican immigration detention center... -
AI could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs
Mar 29, 2023Goldman Sachs’ recent report indicates that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to replace around 300 million full-time jobs, which accounts for a quarter of work tasks in the US and Europe. However, the report also... -
Germany prepares pomp for Charles III’s first foreign trip
Mar 29, 2023King Charles III of Britain is scheduled to embark on his first state visit to Germany on Wednesday, following the postponement of his planned trip to France due to political protests. Ahead of the monarch’s arrival,... -
UN considers ‘historic’ Vanuatu-led climate resolution
Mar 29, 2023A resolution asking for a top court to outline legal duties regarding climate change, an “unprecedented challenge of civilizational proportions,” is anticipated to be adopted by the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. The resolution, which has... -
Japan to provide 1,65,319m Japanese Yen ($1.27b) to Bangladesh
Mar 29, 2023Japan has committed to providing 165,319 million Japanese yen, equivalent to approximately $1.27 billion, to fund three major projects in Bangladesh. Specifically, 105,362 million Japanese yen (or $811 million) will be allocated to the second tranche... -
Asian markets climb, led by Hong Kong, as Alibaba provides momentum
Mar 29, 2023Asian stocks were broadly up on Wednesday to buck losses on Wall Street, led by massive gains for Chinese tech behemoth Alibaba after it announced it would split into six business groups. The Hangzhou-based firm said... -
Vietnam’s economic growth slowed in the Q1 of the year
Mar 29, 2023Vietnam’s economic growth slowed in the first quarter of the year as exports slumped due to reduced consumer demand, authorities said Wednesday. The communist manufacturing hub’s economy expanded by 3.32 percent in the January-March period, down... -
Conflict in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on children’s education
Mar 29, 2023The education of around 750,000 children has been disrupted in two most conflict-affected provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). New figures released by UNICEF show that between January 2022 and March 2023,...
