How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people
Paris, France -- Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake,...
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Macron says abandoning Gaza ‘will kill’ West’s credibility
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that abandoning war-torn Gaza to its fate and giving Israel a "free pass"...
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Libya parliament withdraws confidence from unity government
Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs present in the eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration...
- Dbeibah's transitional administration took office in February with a mandate to guide the country to elections on Dec 24.
- Speaker Aguila Saleh earlier this month ratified an electoral law seen as bypassing due process and favoring eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar.
Business
Oman Air to fly to London again
The flights will operate on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- The flights will operate on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- All flights are scheduled to operate with Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Economy
OECD lowers global, US economic growth forecasts
The forecast for China remained unchanged at 8.5 percent. The growth prospects of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea...
- The recovery remains very uneven, with strikingly different outcomes across countries, OECD said.
- Global gross domestic product has surpassed its pre-pandemic level following last year's Covid-induced recession.
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US to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum...
- UNESCO called the repatriation a 'victory' in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
- The rare fragment recounts a dream sequence from the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian cuneiform script.
Geostrategy
Tunisian president Saied promises to name a PM
On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution
- On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution
- He has since renewed the measures for a second 30-day period, and has not responded to calls for a roadmap for lifting them
Science
NASA selects Moon site for ice-hunting rover
The space agency hopes the robot will confirm the presence of water ice just below the surface
- The space agency hopes the robot will confirm the presence of water ice just below the surface
- The mission is part of Artemis, America's plan to return humans to the Moon
Economy
Asian markets stabilize but Evergrande fears linger
The battle in Washington to raise the US debt limit was also fuelling concern that the government could miss payments...
- Dubai led declines among stock markets in the Gulf on Monday, as its main share index fell 1.2 percent.
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which plunged more than three percent Monday, edged up 0.2 percent.
Geostrategy
Lebanese parliament approves new government
Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration...
- Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration card programme to protect the poorest
- Billionaire Mikati was designated as premier in July after his two predecessors failed to form a government
Geostrategy
France to host international conference ahead of Libya elections
The ratification earlier this month of an electoral law that was clearly tailor-made for Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who...
- France is asking for the elections to be held and for the "departure of foreign forces and mercenaries
- Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush has not rule out postponing the elections
Business
Evergrande’s crash crunch stumps investors and homeowners alike
The once-mighty Evergrande Group has long been the face of Chinese real estate, surfing a decades-long property boom to expand...
- The once-mighty Evergrande Group has long been the face of Chinese real estate, surfing a decades-long property boom to expand into more than 280 Chinese cities
- But it is now smothered by a $300 billion liabilities burden that has crushed its credit rating, share prices
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How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people
Paris, France -- Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake,...
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Amazon cuts hundreds of jobs
The cull will reach 27,000 positions across the company.
US regulators authorize first bitcoin funds on public markets
The authorization of the ETFs - which are comparable to stocks or mutual funds as far as accessibility to everyday...
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WHO urges Israel to allow aid delivery in ‘indescribable’ Gaza
"Delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza continues to face nearly insurmountable challenges," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference....
- Ghebreyesus said that WHO teams have had to cancel six planned missions to northern Gaza since December 26 due to lack of assurances of safe passage.
- "People are standing in line for hours for a small amount of water, which may not be clean, or bread, which alone is not sufficiently nutritious," he said.
Geostrategy
Germany resumes arms exports to Saudi Arabia after 5 years
Berlin has loosened its stance on weapons exports to the kingdom recently, with the government praising Saudi Arabia's "constructive approach"...
- Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit confirmed a report that Berlin gave a green signal for the export of 150 Iris-T air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.
- The newly approved Iris-T missiles could "be fired from aircraft at airborne targets, that is to say missiles, drones and so on", he said.
Business
Chinese experts decode Apple’s encrypted AirDrop messaging
Beijing, China - Chinese state-backed experts have found a way to identify people who use Apple's encrypted AirDrop messaging service, according...
- AirDrop allows users to send content to Apple devices in close proximity without an internet connection, encoded so they cannot be viewed by other people
- Chinese officials said experts "cracked the tough technological problem of the transmission of inappropriate information with anonymous traceability via AirDrop"