At least 35 people have been killed in US airstrikes in Syria. The US military said on Wednesday that all those killed in the strikes earlier this week were ISIS members. However, there were no civilian casualties. The US Central Command (Centcom) said that several ISIS positions were attacked in the Syrian desert on Monday. […]
Read MoreFinance Minister Moosa Zameer on Thursday presented a projected state budget of MVR 56.6 billion for next year. The total budget for this year is MVR 55 billion, with the MVR 5.1 billion supplementary budget approved earlier this week. This means next year’s projected budget is higher than this year’s by MVR 1.6 billion. The […]
Read MoreThe UK, the European Union and Canada have imposed new sanctions on Myanmar’s military junta government. The ban was announced on Tuesday on the junta’s “military equipment, supplies and funding”. The UK, in coordination with Canada and the European Union, imposed the ban. The country said the new sanctions on companies that supply aircraft fuel […]
Read MoreTyphoon Kong-Rei could hit Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, prompting the country’s meteorological department to issue warnings of heavy rain and winds in several parts of the island. The US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said on Wednesday that the storm, with winds of about 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour) at its […]
Read MoreFormer Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted to using death squads to suppress crime while he was mayor of one of the largest cities in the Southeast Asian country. He admitted before a government investigation that he used gangsters to carry out extrajudicial killings in the name of the so-called war on drugs. According to […]
Read MoreAccording to Indian fishermen’s associations, the coastal administration under the Sheikh Hasina regime was lenient towards Bengal’s fisherfolk, usually pushing them back if they ‘inadvertently’ crossed the international maritime boundary, especially while seeking a hilsa catch. The Bangladesh Navy and Coast Guard have arrested and seized the boats of 79 Indian fishermen, mostly from South […]
Read MoreQuick commerce has reshaped how Indians shop as Zomato, SoftBank-backed Swiggy and Zepto now promise deliveries from their neighbourhood warehouses within 10 minutes, even beating Amazon. Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is mimicking the strategy of popular Indian grocery startups to drastically change how his retail empire operates: from home deliveries that can take a […]
Read MoreThe nuclear-armed neighbours reached a deal last week on patrolling the frontier to end a four-year military stand-off, paving the way for improved political and business ties between them. India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points on their disputed Himalayan frontier in the Indian territory of Ladakh, an Indian […]
Read MoreThe occupying Israeli soldiers are carrying out a hellish genocide throughout Palestine, including the blockaded Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, about 5,500 soldiers are suffering from severe mental problems after participating in this genocide. They are also having to receive treatment due to serious mental problems. Israel’s war with the Palestinian armed […]
Read MoreThousands of kindergarten schools are closing in China due to the continuous low birth rate and the resulting decrease in the number of children. This information was reported in the latest bulletin issued by the country’s Ministry of Education. The bulletin said that in 2022, there were 289,200 kindergarten schools across China, but in 2023, […]
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