Wed 20 November 2024: In the Philippines, women are renting out their wombs. Driven by poverty, young women are offering themselves up as surrogates for those unable to bear children. But the practice is considered taboo in this predominantly Catholic nation. Clinics offering surrogacy services are also breaking the law, with false documents being created […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Saudi Arabia is set to expand the teaching of the Chinese language by creating 800 teaching positions, amid the growing demand for learning the Chinese language in the Kingdom. According to China’s official news agency, Xinhua, the planned appointment of the 800 new teaching roles aligns with the spread of Chinese language […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Schools go online until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the Indian capital’s health crisis Authorities in India’s capital have shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season. A thick […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Following the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amid mass protests, Yunus faces the daunting task of uniting a fractured nation. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, he discusses the severe climate risks Bangladesh faces, political reforms needed to stabilise the country, and shifting diplomatic relations, particularly as Donald Trump, […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday picked a 21-member Cabinet after winning a two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections last week. Dissanayake will keep ministerial portfolios of finance, defense, and digital, while educationist Harini Amarasuriya again took oath as the prime minister of the island nation. Dissanayake won presidential elections in September and […]
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Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro signed a General Security of Military Information Agreement between the two countries on Monday, in Manila, November 18, 2024. Mon 18 November 2024: The Philippines and the United States have signed a military intelligence-sharing deal, in a further deepening of security ties between the two defence treaty allies as they […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: KFC Indonesia has accelerated store closures and lay-offs to stem mounting losses as a long-running campaign to boycott products over their perceived links to Israel shows no sign of easing. Fast Food Indonesia, which operates the American chain in the Southeast Asian nation, said uneven recovery from the pandemic and consumer anger at Israel’s war […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for a multi-sectoral action plan among all relevant Bangladesh ministries to respond to lead poisoning and strengthen laboratory capacity in the health and environment sectors to test heavy metals. Globally, Bangladesh ranks fourth in the number of children affected by lead pollution, and […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: Will the next human to walk on the Moon speak English or Mandarin? In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade. However, the US lunar programme is delayed, in part because the spacesuits […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: The transition team of US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly compiling a list of former and current senior US military officers directly involved in the “disrespectful” withdrawal from Afghanistan to determine whether they could face court martial. Trump’s team is exploring the possibility of forming a commission to investigate the withdrawal from Afghanistan […]
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