February2024
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Mine collapse leaves 15 dead in Venezuela
Feb 22, 2024According to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a mine collapse in La Paragua, the city of Angostura in the country’s southeast Bolivar state, resulted in fifteen fatalities and eleven injuries on Wednesday night. Following the tragic event,... -
HSBC reports ‘record profit’ of $30.3 bn in 2023
Feb 22, 2024The financial behemoth HSBC announced on Wednesday that it had made a “record profit” in 2023 due to a nearly eighty percent increase in pre-tax income. The bank also announced more share buybacks. Although higher interest... -
UK sanctions six officials at Russian prison where Navalny died
Feb 22, 2024On Wednesday, UK Foreign Minister David Cameron said that six officials leading the Siberian jail colony where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died had been sanctioned by London. “Those responsible for Navalny’s brutal treatment should be... -
China says US veto in UN truce vote makes Gaza ‘even more dangerous’
Feb 22, 2024China issued a warning on Wednesday, claiming that the crisis has become “even more dangerous” as a result of the US decision to reject a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A... -
Rampant water pollution threatens Iraq’s shrinking rivers
Feb 22, 2024Iraq’s once-mighty rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, are choking under pollution from sewage to medical waste, trickled by drought and diminished by upstream dams. According to UN estimates, half the nation’s population does not have access... -
In a doughnut in Japan, unlocking the power of the Sun
Feb 22, 2024To the uninformed eye, Japan’s JT-60SA machine resembles a device from a science fiction movie from the 1970s, with its maze-like network of pipes and pumps leading to a metal pot the size of a five-story... -
Australian bishop charged with sex crimes
Feb 22, 2024One of the oldest Catholics in the nation to be accused of sex crimes is an Australian bishop who is being accused of rape and indecent abuse. On Wednesday night, child abuse detectives in Western Australia... -
Today is World Thinking Day
Feb 22, 2024The goal of today’s World Thinking Day, which is being observed nationwide as well as globally, is to create an environmentally sustainable future free from poverty for young women and girls. ‘Our World, Our Thriving Future:... -
Bangladesh improved its position in the logistics index
Feb 22, 2024Bangladesh moved up two spots in the logistics index but remained in the bottom spot among four South Asian economies, having lagged behind since 2019. Agility, a global logistics business with headquarters in Kuwait, released the... -
Police fire tear gas at protesting Indian farmers
Feb 22, 2024Following their rejection of a government offer on agricultural prices, which prompted an offer of further discussions, thousands of farmers attempted to stage a protest march to Delhi on Wednesday but were dispersed by Indian police...