January2024
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The EU allocates €300,000 in humanitarian aid to gutted Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
Jan 18, 2024The EU has granted €300,000 to help the impacted people in reaction to the recent fire in one of the camps that house almost a million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. More than 5,000 people were... -
Princess of Wales in hospital after surgery
Jan 18, 2024Kate, Princess of Wales, is facing up to two weeks in hospital following planned abdominal surgery, the British royal’s office said on Wednesday. “The surgery was successful and it is expected that she will remain in... -
Pakistan says Iran launched deadly airstrike on its territory
Jan 18, 2024On Wednesday, Pakistan reported that Iran had murdered two children in an airstrike on its territory. This came after Tehran had attacked so-called “anti-Iranian terrorist groups” in Syria and Iraq. Late on Tuesday, Pakistan condemned the... -
Argentina’s ‘anarcho-capitalist’ president descends on Davos
Jan 18, 2024Argentina’s self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” leader, Javier Milei, will address the global elite in Davos on Wednesday as the eccentric libertarian seeks to restore confidence in his country’s economy in his first trip abroad as president. Milei will... -
Trump attends rape defamation case in New York
Jan 18, 2024Donald Trump went straight from his victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses to a New York courtroom Tuesday for the start of a defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll after an earlier jury found... -
WHO coordinator describes Gaza hospitals in ‘rapid deterioration’
Jan 18, 2024A representative of the World Health Organization on Wednesday detailed the appalling conditions in the last hospitals in the Gaza Strip, where patients are essentially “waiting to die” as a result of severe staff and supply... -
China sees one of its worst years of growth since 1990 as recovery stalls
Jan 17, 2024According to official data released on Wednesday, China’s economy expanded at one of the lowest rates in over thirty years last year as a result of the country’s struggles with a severe real estate crisis, weak... -
Boeing shares take another hit from latest safety problem
Jan 17, 2024Following the airline giant’s mid-air safety incident earlier this month, investors expected that more regulatory supervision would have a detrimental effect on Boeing’s financial results, which caused the stock to plunge dramatically on Tuesday. Boeing’s shares... -
China’s population decline accelerates in 2023
Jan 17, 2024China is facing an impending demographic crisis, and official figures released on Wednesday indicated that the country’s population decrease picked up speed in 2023. This continued a decreasing trend that began more than six decades ago.... -
Canada to stop funding research with foreign risks to national security
Jan 17, 2024Citing national security concerns, the Canadian government announced restrictions on research funding on Tuesday to stop the transfer of cutting-edge technologies created by Canadian institutions with China, Iran, and Russia. Additionally, it released a lengthy list...