October2024
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Trio wins economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality
Oct 14, 2024British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson, as well as Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu, were given the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday for their studies on international wealth disparity. The three have shown a connection between society... -
Mozambique’s governing party wins capital election
Oct 14, 2024The governing Frelimo party in Mozambique has won the vote in the capital city of Maputo, the elections commission said Sunday, in a tense vote widely expected to keep Frelimo in power. Vote counting began Wednesday... -
WHO, Red Crescent resupply two hospitals in north Gaza: WHO
Oct 14, 2024World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said late Sunday that a WHO-Palestine Red Crescent operation had managed to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza. “WHO and partners finally managed to reach Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba... -
Role of government, poverty research tipped for economics Nobel
Oct 14, 2024The Norwegian Nobel Committee will reveal the winner of the Nobel economics prize on Monday, capping the season. Experts in the areas of credit, government function, and wealth inequality are seen to be potential candidates. At... -
Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum market Saturday
Oct 14, 2024According to a network of volunteer rescuers in Sudan, the military attacked a marketplace in the country’s capital on Sunday, killing twenty-three individuals. Following “military air strikes on Saturday afternoon on the main market” in southern... -
Israel tells US it will continue steps to avoid harm to UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Oct 14, 2024According to the military ministry on Sunday, Israeli military Minister Yoav Gallant informed his US colleague Lloyd Austin that Israel will keep taking precautions to protect UN forces stationed in southern Lebanon. Following their overnight discussions,... -
Iran condemns ‘illegal and unjustified’ US sanctions on oil industry: ministry
Oct 14, 2024With Tehran’s missile attack on Israel earlier this month, Iran denounced on Sunday what it called a “illegal and unjustified” extension of US sanctions against its oil industry. Iran’s strike on Israel was legitimate, according to... -
Protests in Turkey over violence against women
Oct 14, 2024Following a double homicide in Istanbul, hundreds of women staged anti-feminist demonstrations in Turkish cities. An AFP correspondent said that hundreds of people in Istanbul screamed anti-Islamic slogans against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP... -
Mirpur-10 metro station to reopen tomorrow
Oct 14, 2024The Mirpur-10 metro train station, which was damaged and shut down during the anti-discrimination student protest in July, will reopen tomorrow, or around 88 days later. “Mirpur-10 station will resume operation from tomorrow as the station’s... -
July Shaheed Smriti Foundation launches hotline, website
Oct 14, 2024The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has built a website to educate the public about the organisation and established a hotline number to gather information about martyrs and injured participants in the student movement. According to a...