Sat 18 January 2025: Global unemployment remains near a historical low of 5%, but significant challenges are slowing the full recovery of labor markets, according to the latest report of the International Labor Organization (ILO) released Thursday. While the unemployment rate stabilized in 2024, the ILO highlighted widening inequalities, high youth unemployment, and the lasting […]
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Sat 18 January 2025: After 467 days of violence, a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been reached and will come into effect on Sunday, pending Israeli government approval. This agreement will not end the war or bring about peace. Ceasefires are not a panacea for the war, trauma, displacement, hunger and death Israelis and Palestinians have […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to jail time over a graft case related to the Al Qadir University Trust. The former premier was sentenced to 14 years behind bars, and his wife to seven, in the thrice-postponed verdict announced inside […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: Iraq is seeking to convince Iran-backed armed factions in the country to lay down their weapons or join the official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told Reuters in an interview. Hussein said it was unacceptable for armed groups to operate beyond Baghdad’s writ. “Many political parties started to raise a […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: The United States has finalised a rule effectively barring Chinese and Russian technology from cars in the American market, taking aim at software and hardware from the world’s second-biggest economy over national security risks. The announcement on Tuesday, which also pertains to Russian technology, comes as outgoing President Joe Biden wraps […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: The United States, on Thursday, imposed sanctions on Sudan’s leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of choosing war over negotiations to bring an end to the conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes, Reuters reports. The US Treasury Department said in a statement […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: The Palestinian Sports Media Association (PSMA) reported Saturday that 708 athletes, including 95 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip by Israel since Oct. 7, 2023. The head of the PSMA, Mustafa Siyam, told Anadolu that the deaths of handball coach Ahmad Haroun from the Rabat Handball Club and Anas […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: A migrant boat carrying 80 passengers capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among those presumed dead, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Thursday. . The incident of boat capsizing took place off the Coast of Morocco, while attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa. Pakistani President […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: No illegal miners remain underground after four days of a rescue operation at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa’s North West Province, police confirmed Thursday. National Police Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe reaffirmed that 246 living illegal miners and 78 bodies had been retrieved from the mine since the rescue operation […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: The leaders of the UK and Ukraine will sign a “100 Year Partnership” agreement on Thursday to strengthen security ties and partnership for future generations, as the British prime minister has arrived in Kyiv to pledge additional support to Ukraine. The treaty will bolster military collaboration on maritime security through a […]
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