Tue 19 November 2024: As the G20 Leaders’ Summit takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for decisive global action to eliminate cervical cancer, a preventable disease that claims the lives of over 350,000 women annually. In an op-ed published ahead of the summit, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday a decree approving Moscow’s updated nuclear doctrine. According to the document, published on the government portal’s website, aggression against Russia and its allies by a non-nuclear country with the support of a nuclear state will be considered as a joint attack. Also, Russia may […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: A new poll released Monday shows that more than half of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should quit. The once-popular leader has bottomed out, with 57% of respondents believing that someone other than Trudeau should head the Liberals in the next election which has to be held no later than […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: As US negotiators head to Lebanon to attempt to broker a deal, Iran’s supreme leader is reportedly pressuring Hezbollah toward a ceasefire with Israel. Two Iranians connected to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said that Ali Larijani, a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sent messages to the Lebanese group on Friday […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: More than half of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure through next year’s lean season starting April, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. The reports data shows 57 per cent of the population will be acutely food insecure, with South Sudanese […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Senegal’s ruling PASTEF party, led by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, secured a large lead in the Nov. 17 legislative elections, according to preliminary tallies. With these results, released Sunday evening by polling stations in Senegal and abroad, PASTEF looks set to win a large majority of seats in the National Assembly. […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch. Australia’s Senate has voted to censure Indigenous lawmaker Lidia Thorpe after she heckled Britain’s King Charles III during his visit to parliament last month. The vote, led by Australia’s governing Labor Party, was passed with […]
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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: President Joe Biden‘s administration will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a significant change to Washington’s policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns. […]
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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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