Global economic outlook worsens, AI emerges as both catalyst and risk
Geneva, Switzerland – The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism and...
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US no longer recommends Covid shots for children, pregnant women
Washington, United States - The US will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary...
Economy
Tackling Covid, reviving economy priorities: Raisi
More than 16.3 million people out of Iran’s 83 million inhabitants have been given a first vaccine dose, but only...
- Raisi has tapped 63-year-old optometrist Bahram Eynollahi as his health minister
- Iran, battling the Middle East's deadliest Covid outbreak, launched a vaccination drive in February
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Cryptocurrencies dazzle investors with high returns
Cryptocurrencies seem to be the flavor of the season as increasingly more people around the world are embracing them; sometimes...
- Though the concept of crypto (as they are informally called) investment seems novel, the first cryptocurrency came into the market more than a decade back
- One cryptocurrency, recently launched, is destined to change all that, and is already making waves around the world as people are lapping it up in droves.
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Saudi Arabia takes offense at EU duties
Saudi Arabia has filed a World Trade Organization complaint over EU anti-dumping duties on imports of a chemical compound used...
- In the complaint, dated Aug. 17 but circulated to WTO members on Thursday, Saudi Arabia charges that the EU unfairly imposed provisional anti-dumping duties
- The chemical compound is used in a variety of industrial processes, including to produce polyester fibers and components for manufacturing plastic bottles
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Afghan evacuees touch down in UAE
About 5,000 Afghan nationals believed to be at risk due to the current crisis will be resettled in the UK.
- The UK plans calling back 2,000 Britons and Afghan employees in the days ahead.
- About 5,000 Afghan nationals believed to be at risk due to the current crisis will be resettled in the UK.
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Nokia launches 5G course
New course addresses the challenges faced by all industries, governments, and individuals in securing 5G systems
- The course is part of Nokia’s program to train and certify industry professionals on 5G technology
- New course addresses the challenges faced by all industries, governments, and individuals in securing 5G systems
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Death toll crosses 2,000 in quake-stricken Haiti
The quake also injured at least 12,268 people and damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of buildings in the Caribbean...
- The quake also injured at least 12,268 people and damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of buildings in the Caribbean nation
- The government has declared a month-long state of emergency in the four provinces impacted by the latest quake
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Recorded Covid deaths top 100,000 in Iran
Iranian health officials have acknowledged that the ministry's figures understate the real toll
- Iranian health officials have acknowledged that the ministry's figures understate the real toll
- Since late June, Iran has seen what officials have called a "fifth wave" of infections
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Hezbollah says Iran fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon
The move, prohibited by US sanctions on Iran's oil industry, could drag Lebanon into the covert naval war between Tehran...
- Neither the Iranian nor the Lebanese governments have confirmed the paramilitary organisation's claim
- The move, prohibited by US sanctions on Iran's oil industry, could drag Lebanon into the covert naval war between Tehran and Israel
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Toyota to cut Sept production
The world's largest automaker had planned to build just under 900,000 vehicles next month
- The world's largest automaker had planned to build just under 900,000 vehicles next month
- The Japanese giant's rivals have also been forced to slash production targets
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Pfizer Covid jab declines faster than AstraZeneca: study
The study, which has not been peer reviewed, is based on the results of a survey by Britain's Office for...
- The study, which has not been peer reviewed, is based on the results of a survey by Britain's Office for National Statistics
- Pfizer had "greater initial effectiveness" but saw "faster declines in protection against high viral burden and symptomatic infection."
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Global economic outlook worsens, AI emerges as both catalyst and risk
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US military shoots down another drone over Red Sea
The Houthis say they are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels to push for a stop to the offensive in Gaza....
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Hamas command structure ‘dismantled’ in north Gaza: Israel
The army spokesman told reporters that its forces dismantled "the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip" and that...
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EU’s Borrell meets Hezbollah official in bid to avoid wider war
Josep Borrell held talks with the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, Lebanese media reported. An EU source confirmed...
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India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 enters Sun’s orbit
New Delhi, India - India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success...
- The Aditya-L1 mission was launched in September and is carrying an array of instruments to measure and observe the Sun's outermost layers.
- The latest mission by the Indian Space Research Organization is the first by any Asian nation to be placed in orbit around the Sun.
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EU urges peace at Israel-Lebanon border amid escalation fears
The European Union foreign policy chief warned against a regional conflict that would involve Lebanon, as border clashes intensified nearly...
- Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack
- But a strike that killed Hamas's deputy leader in Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Tuesday intensified fears of a wider conflagration
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Hamas urges US diplomat to end Israeli aggression in Gaza
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use his current...
- US support for Israel's military campaign "has caused unprecedented massacres and war crimes against our people in Gaza", Hamas chief Haniyeh said.
- Haniyeh also urged regional leaders due to meet Blinken to tell him that stability in the Middle East was "closely linked to our Palestinian cause".