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May 12, 2024
Tokyo [Japan], May 12: The ratio of teleworkers in Japan continued to fall as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes while more turn to "hybrid work" combining remote work and in-office work, a fiscal 2023 government survey showed.
Solar storm puts on brilliant light show across the globe, no serious problems reported
Paris Summit aims to secure commitments toward $4 billion needed to close clean cooking funding gap for Africa
J20 convenes global judicial leaders to deliberate on climate change, its legal implications
Several students kidnapped as gunmen attack university in central Nigeria
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WHO warns of food-borne diseases in Kenya amid flood crisis
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German electrical industry records sharpest order slump in 4 yrs
Berlin [Germany], May 11: Germany's electrical and digital industry recorded its sharpest decline in incoming orders in almost four years in March, it emerged on...
Putin re-appoints Mishustin as Prime Minister
Moscow [Russia], May 11: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree, re-appointing Mikhail Mishustin as the Prime Minister, according to the Kremlin press...
Polish government reshuffles as EU elections draw closer
Warsaw [Poland], May 11: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a partial government reshuffle, after accepting the resignations of four ministers who will...
Death toll of bus crash in Russia's St. Petersburg rises to 7
St. Petersburg [Russia], May 11: The number of fatalities as a result of a passenger bus falling into a river in St. Petersburg has increased...
April 2024 marks warmest April on record: NASA
Los Angeles [US], May 11: April 2024 marks the warmest April on record, according to new data released by NASA on Friday.
At least 50 killed as storms, flash floods lash north Afghanistan province
Pul-e-Khumri [Afghanistan], May 11: At least 50 people were killed as storms and flash floods lashed north Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Friday, a local official...
Cambodia warns of health hazards from smoking e-cigarettes
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 11: Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday called on people, especially youths, to avoid smoking e-cigarettes, which contain high levels...
The Biden administration is worried that Israel is violating international law with American weapons
Washington [US], May 11: The US State Department believes that weapons aid to Israel may be used inconsistently with international human rights law, but there...
Japan is worried because UAVs secretly filmed aircraft carriers in the base
Tokyo [Japan], May 11: Japanese Ministry of Defense officials said that a video of an unlicensed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) filming close-ups of a moored...
Iraq wants the UN mission to end its mission after 2025
Baghdad [Iraq], May 11: The Iraqi government has asked the United Nations to end the mission's mission in the country by 2025, according to AFP.
British commander says air drops a lifesaver
Strongest solar storm in 20 years puts on a light show
UAE, Iran hold 10th meeting of Joint Consular Committee
Train collision in Argentina injures at least 30
UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership
Abdullah bin Zayed congratulates Marko Đurić, discusses UAE-Serbian cooperation, strategic partnership
Special Envoy of Minister of Foreign Affairs discusses enhancing bilateral relations with Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Macron plays political games with nuclear weapons: British peer
May 10, 2024
Plane skids off runway in Senegal; tyre bursts in Turkey
Hot forecast of global temperature