February2024
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Big Grammy year for female nominees spotlights industry progress
Feb 1, 2024Although female artists have long been accused by critics and musicians of receiving less attention from Grammy voters, it seems likely that this year’s winners will be female. Seven of the eight nominees for Album and... -
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to ‘Rust’ killing
Feb 1, 2024According to US court filings on Wednesday, Alec Baldwin has entered a not guilty plea to manslaughter charges pertaining to the death of a young woman who was shot to death on the set of a... -
Maldives chief criminal prosecutor assaulted
Feb 1, 2024Officials reported that on Wednesday in the capital of the Indian Ocean island, the chief criminal prosecutor of the Maldives was attacked with a hammer, an uncommon incident in this upscale vacation destination....Read More -
Egypt faces dollar crunch as debt explodes
Feb 1, 2024High-street retailers like Starbucks and The Body Shop are feeling the pinch of Egypt’s economic turmoil as analysts wonder how the most populous country in the Arab world will pay back its spiraling debt. The US... -
Mongolia keen to recruit agricultural workers from Bangladesh
Feb 1, 2024Bangladeshi agricultural laborers are highly desired by Mongolia. In a meeting with Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun at his office in the city today, the non-resident ambassador of Mongolia to Bangladesh, Ganbold Dambajav, expressed his... -
New Zealand to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in make-up
Feb 1, 2024Environment watchdogs announced on Wednesday that New Zealand is poised to be among the first nations to outlaw dangerous “forever chemicals” from cosmetic items. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals” or PFAS, are... -
India’s elusive snow leopards snapped in key survey
Feb 1, 2024Although snow leopards are known as the “ghosts of the mountains” due to their elusive nature, Indian researchers have managed to capture images of over 200 of them in a historic study that estimates that there... -
Israel floods Hamas tunnels as UN pleads for aid funding
Feb 1, 2024Israel’s army has begun flooding Hamas’s tunnel network as intense fighting rages throughout Gaza. A funding dispute at the UN’s Palestinian assistance agency prompted the organization to issue a warning about the potential “collapse of the... -
Yemen’s Huthis fire missiles at US warship: rebel statement
Feb 1, 2024Hours after the US military claimed to have shot down a missile, the Huthi rebels in Yemen claimed to have fired “several” missiles at a US warship in the Red Sea on Wednesday. “The naval forces... -
Facebook, the social network old-timer, turns 20
Feb 1, 2024When Facebook first came on the scene twenty years ago, it was just a basic place for young people to hang out. But in the intervening years, it has grown into a formidable monster that is...