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Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Study links 'forever chemicals' to increased risk of...

New York [US], July 24: Exposure to a class of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly...

UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as 'nightmare of historic proportions' unfolds

UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as...

Gaza [Palestine], July 24: A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate ceasefire...

ITFC allocated US$2.66 bn to Least Developed Member Countries in 2024

ITFC allocated US$2.66 bn to Least Developed Member...

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], July 24: The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)...

EU: Over €33 billion in VAT revenues collected in 2024

EU: Over €33 billion in VAT revenues collected...

Berlin [Germany], July 24: New figures from Member States show that more than €33 billion in VAT revenues were collected...

Wildfire in central Türkiye kills 10, injures 14

Wildfire in central Türkiye kills 10, injures 14

Istanbul [Türkiye], July 24: Ten firefighters were killed, and 14 others were injured in Türkiye's central Eskisehir province while battling...

Tokyo stocks end up over 3% at 1-year highs on Japan-US tariff deal

Tokyo stocks end up over 3% at 1-year...

Tokyo [Japan], July 24: Tokyo stocks' key indexes ended up over 3% at one-year highs on Wednesday after Japan and...

UN report highlights progress in renewable energy transition

UN report highlights progress in renewable energy transition

Geneva [Switzerland], July 24: A new United Nations special report highlights how far the world has come in renewable energy...

Zelensky promises new bill amid protests over anti-corruption law

Zelensky promises new bill amid protests over anti-corruption...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday announced he would propose a bill to "ensure the strength...

Interpol deletes wanted notice for anti-whaler Paul Watson

Interpol deletes wanted notice for anti-whaler Paul Watson

Paris [France], July 24: Well-known anti-whaling activist Paul Watson is no longer wanted by the international police organization Interpol, after...

Trump unveils AI plan that aims to clamp down on regulations and 'bias'

Trump unveils AI plan that aims to clamp...

Olympia [Washington], July 24: The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping roadmap to develop artificial intelligence, pledging to boost US...

Countries must address climate change: ICJ

Countries must address climate change: ICJ

The Hague [Netherlands], July 24: The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday said countries must address the "urgent and existential...

WHO warns of 'surge' in malnutrition deaths in Gaza

WHO warns of 'surge' in malnutrition deaths in...

Geneva [Switzerland], July 24: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against a deadly hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip,...

Al Jazeera calls for global action to protect Gaza's journalists

Al Jazeera calls for global action to protect...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: Al Jazeera Media Network has called upon the journalistic community, press freedom organisations, and relevant...

Israel's starvation of Gaza is a cruel display of impunity of power

Israel's starvation of Gaza is a cruel display...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: A grim and powerful act of protest has taken place in Gaza. In the midst...

Israeli strike kills hungry Gaza family in their sleep

Israeli strike kills hungry Gaza family in their...

Gaza City [Gaza], July 24: The Al-Shaer family went to bed hungry at their home in Gaza City. An Israeli...

Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say

Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses...

Washington DC [US], July 24: Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to...

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change

Top UN court says countries can sue each...

Washington DC [US], July 24: A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to...

US to officially withdraw from UNESCO by 31st December 2026

US to officially withdraw from UNESCO by 31st...

New York [US], July 23: The United States has formally notified Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific...

Austria records first trade surplus in 16 years

Austria records first trade surplus in 16 years

Vienna [Austria], July 23: Austria has recorded its first trade surplus in 16 years, registering a surplus of approximately €1.7...

Negotiating with US authorities, Columbia University fines students protesting against Israel

Negotiating with US authorities, Columbia University fines students...

Washington [US], July 23: Columbia University announced on July 22 that it has imposed various penalties on students who participated...

Dhaka plane crash: Death toll rises to 31

Dhaka plane crash: Death toll rises to 31

Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 23: The death toll from the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training jet into a school...

Trump announces 'largest deal ever' with Japan, claims US to gain 90% profits

Trump announces 'largest deal ever' with Japan, claims...

Washington [US], July 23: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night (local time) announced the completion of what he called...

"We cannot give up our enrichment": FM Araghchi says Iran open to talks

"We cannot give up our enrichment": FM Araghchi...

Tehran [Iran], July 23: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment programme despite...

Ukraine lost its first French-supplied Mirage 2000 fighter jet

Ukraine lost its first French-supplied Mirage 2000 fighter...

Kiev [Ukraine], July 23: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on July 23 that the country's air force had recorded the...

UK man obsessed with James Bond convicted of trying to spy for Russia

UK man obsessed with James Bond convicted of...

London [UK], July 23: A British man who "dreamt about being like James Bond" has been found guilty of trying...

AI to be trialled for disputes over asylum seekers' ages in UK

AI to be trialled for disputes over asylum...

London [UK], July 23: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be trialled to assess disputed ages of asylum seekers who say...

Number of aid seekers killed by Israel in Gaza tops 1,000: UN

Number of aid seekers killed by Israel in...

Gaza [Palestine], July 23: Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians as they were trying to access food in...