August2023

The writers’ guild in Hollywood will return to the negotiation table this week after studios sought a meeting to discuss methods to resolve the continuing strike, the group announced Thursday. Since early May, the Writers Guild...

Tory Lanez, the Canadian rapper convicted of shooting US artist Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a drunken dispute after a Hollywood party, was sentenced to ten years in jail on Tuesday. After hearing how...

On Thursday, Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba announced an unexpected 14 percent year-on-year gain in quarterly sales, despite a broader economic slump. Alibaba is a major role in China’s burgeoning digital economy and the owner of a...

A monitor claimed on Friday that at least 23 troops were killed in war-torn Syria’s east, the deadliest in a new series of strikes attributed on Islamic State group terrorists. Despite losing their last piece of...

China announced on Friday that it has just discovered a “case of espionage” involving a Chinese national called Zeng who delivered “core secret information” for money to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “After meticulous investigation,...

According to an OPEC report released in August, OPEC member-states (excluding Iran, Libya, and Venezuela) participating in the OPEC+ deal lowered oil production in July by 912,000 barrels per day to 22.6 million barrels per day,...

According to the World Bank, a major power deficit in Vietnam caused by an unusually hot season and exceptional dryness in May and June cost the country $1.4 billion. Northern Vietnam saw rolling blackouts and unexpected...

On Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh discussed ending the internal schism and moving forward with internal reconciliation. They discussed the outcomes of a meeting held in Egypt...

After a 2.5-metre (8-foot) saltwater crocodile mauled two soldiers who went for a swim in infested waters, Australia’s military department has been charged with a breach of occupational safety. The two personnel, a private and a...

The goal of WaterAid Bangladesh’s five-year Country Programme Strategy (CPS) 2023–28 is to increase the disadvantaged communities of Bangladesh’s access to inclusive, climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The launching ceremony took place on August 9,...