Use of eco-friendly rice bricks surges in water-scarce Kyrgyzstan
Rice blocks require less cement, which is responsible for approximately eight percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, according to 2023...
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Hosting BRICS, Brazil’s Lula hits out at ‘genocide’ in Gaza
"We cannot remain indifferent to the genocide carried out by Israel in Gaza, the indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians and...
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Ukraine launches website for cryptocurrency donations
On the “Aid for Ukraine” website, users can currently offer donations in 10 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, ether, tether and dogecoin.
- On the “Aid for Ukraine” website, users can currently offer donations in 10 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, ether, tether and dogecoin
- “Cryptocurrencies play a significant role in Ukraine’s defense,” Oleksandre Borniakov, Ukraine’s deputy minister of Digital Transformation, said in a statement
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Israel vows not to bypass Russia sanctions as meditation continues
Israel, which maintains close ties with both Russia and Ukraine, has been facing growing criticism from Washington and Kyiv over...
- Israeli PM spoke with Putin over a call on Monday that lasted 90 minutes after speaking with Ukrainian President on Saturday
- On Friday, Victoria Nuland from US administration has urged Israel to join Western sanction to punish Putin's aggression
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KSA, Greece partner to support growth of digital economy
The two countries discussed cooperation in establishing an advanced digital infrastructure.
- The two countries discussed cooperation in establishing an advanced digital infrastructure
- Partnership was reviewed between Saudi IT Minister Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha and the Greek minister Adonis Georgiadis
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Qatar signs air services agreement with Jordan
The agreement is said to have been formally signed in Qatar’s capital city Doha.
- The Acting Chairman of Qatar’s General Authority of Civil Aviation, Mohammed Al-Hajri, inked the deal for his country
- Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission CEO Haitham Misto signed the agreement on behalf of his country
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Deadly strikes rock Ukraine despite talks with Russia
With Russia threatening to take ‘full control’ of several major cities in Ukraine, the fourth round of talks failed to...
- The UN estimates almost 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale assault on February 24
- It has recorded more than 600 civilian deaths, including dozens of children, though the true toll could be far higher
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Iran says foils sabotage attack on atomic energy agency building
State television said a "sabotage operation against one of the buildings (of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) was foiled"...
- State television said a "sabotage operation against one of the buildings (of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) was foiled" without causing any casualties or damage
- "The saboteurs failed to carry out their plan," the broadcaster added, without identifying the building or the nature of the attack that had been averted
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Power restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl: IAEA
Power has been restored at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986,...
- The retired Chernobyl nuclear reactors -- enclosed in a giant steel and concrete sarcophagus -- had also lost power early last week but supply was restored Sunda
- The 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant killed hundreds and spread a radioactive cloud across Europe
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Starvation in war-torn Yemen likely to increase five times : UN
The number of people in war-torn Yemen starving in famine conditions is projected to increase five-fold this year to 161,000,...
- Over 30,000 people are already struggling in famine conditions, a joint statement by the UN and other global bodies said
- The joint UN statement on Yemen comes two days ahead of a high-level conference to raise aid for the war hit nation
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Arab Youth Council and HSBC to educate Arab students about climate action
HSBC sponsors the program that provides open-source sustainability skills, ideas and solutions to all university and college students in the...
- The two parties signed a pact by which they will cooperate in building the capacities of students and developing their skills.
- The two parties would collaborate to implement an interactive curriculum project available to all students of universities, colleges.
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Amid NFT boom, artists worry about climate costs
Most NFTs are currently traded on Ethereum, which reportedly uses as much electricity as all of the Netherlands, with a...
- K-pop fans in South Korea last year staged a brutal campaign against plans for popular groups include BTS and A.C.E. to sell crypto-art.
- Selling art as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, uses the same technology as crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. The buyer receives a verified digital token as a mark of genuineness.
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Iran denies links to Jordan drone strike that killed 3 US troops
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that "radical Iran-backed fighters groups operating in Syria and Iraq" were behind the...
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Iran puts to death men convicted of spying for Israel
The four defendants, identified as Mohammad Faramarzi, Mohsen Mazloum, Wafa Azarbar, Pejman Fatehi, were arrested in July 2022 and accused...
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Houthi rebels open seized cargo ship to sightseers
For about a dollar per trip, male-only groups of visitors can board wooden boats five times a week to the...
- On board the ship, some visitors performed a traditional dance featuring the daggers that many Yemenis carry tucked into their belts, accompanied by chants glorifying the Houthis
- A Yemeni visitor Hamada al-Baydani, said he had travelled 400 kilometers (250 miles) from Al-Bayda, to see the seized ship, which he labelled "a source of pride for Yemenis
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US vows to respond after troops killed in Jordan
US President Joe Biden held Iran-backed fighters responsible for the killing of US troops and vowed to hold the perpetrators...
- In South Carolina, the president held a moment of silence for the slain troops
- CENTCOM said that the attack had hit a logistics support base in northeast Jordan
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Oil rises on fresh Middle East fears after attack on US base
"The news of three US troops being killed by a drone attack, and President Biden saying 'we shall respond', will...
- The attack - which came two days after Yemen's Huthi rebels struck a vessel in the Red Sea - ramped up tensions in the region
- Both main crude contracts rose more than one percent in early trade - hitting levels not seen since November - before paring the gains slightly