Sun 07 April 2024: Rising temperatures associated with climate change are leading to more diseases transmitted by animals and longer periods of seasonal illnesses such as the flu, according to experts. Dr. Emine Didem Evci Kiraz of Adnan Menderes University Medical School in Aydin, Türkiye said rising temperatures could lead to significant increases in the […]
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Sun 07 April 2024: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Galant said on Sunday that Israel has completed its preparations to respond to any possible scenario against Iran days after Iran’s consular building in Damascus had been subjected to a bombing, Anadolu Agency reports. This came in light of Israeli preparedness for Iran’s response to the assassination of several […]
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Sun 07 April 2024: The United States is holding its first joint military drills with the Philippines, Japan, and Australia on the same day that China has raised the stakes in the disputed seas by conducting military “combat patrols” in the South China Sea. The news of a surprise naval drill by Beijing on Sunday […]
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Saleem Rehmani was shot dead in January 2022 in Pakistan. Indian government placed his name on its most-wanted list [File: Farooq Khan/EPA] Sun 07 April 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — Since June 2021, Pakistan has tracked and accused Indian intelligence agencies of multiple attempts — some successful — at assassinating individuals New Delhi views as terrorists […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health notice on Friday (April 5) in response to the country’s growing avian flu outbreak. In the caution, the CDC discussed a recent case in which a Texas agricultural worker tested positive for H5N1 avian flu. “The virus obtained from […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for worldwide efforts to tackle the waste crisis. In a video message for the International Day of Zero Waste, which falls on March 30 annually, the UN chief highlighted the perilous state of the planet. “Our planet is drowning under a torrent of trash,” […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: Governments across the region are grappling with how to respond. In the Philippines, almost 4,000 schools have suspended in-person classes as the heat index passed 42C in some areas, a dangerous level that the weather bureau warned could cause heat cramps and exhaustion. During the Easter week in Manila, children played in portable […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: Official American sources told CBS News that the Iranian retaliation to the Israeli-attributed assassination of a Revolutionary Guards general in Damascus is expected to take place at some point in the coming week. According to those sources, the U.S. “picked up intelligence that Iran is planning a retaliatory attack that would […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: Israeli Eran mental health crisis hotline releases statistics for the first six months of the war with Hamas in Gaza. The organization refers to the numbers as “notable and worrisome.” In the last half year since October 7, Eran received 172,000 requests for mental health support by phone or internet. This […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: New Delhi: The Supreme Court today, April 5, stayed the Allahabad high court judgment quashing Uttar Pradesh’s madrasa law. The Wire has reported on how the March 22 verdict by the high court, declaring the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Act, 2004 – through which madrasas are governed in the state – unconstitutional, has left around […]
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