The updated World Employment and Social Outlook report predicts that the global unemployment rate will be 4.9 per cent in 2024, slightly down from 5.0 per cent in 2023. This represents a revision from the previous projection in January of 5.2 per cent for this year, which is expected to flatten in 2025, with unemployment…
Beijing: Scientists have found in a study that a type of vitamin High consumption of May increase the risk of dementia. A study published in the journal General Psychiatry revealed a link between high vitamin B1 intake and a decline in cognitive function (an indicator of dementia). Vitamin B1 (also known as thiamine) is found…
The Human Rights Council-appointed experts’ call follows on from the election victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this month, who secured a controversial fourth term with the main opposition party deciding to boycott the poll. Ms. Hasina and her Awami League party won 223 of the 300 parliamentary seats being contested amid violent protests…
“We are taking baby steps and stepping far too slowly to work out the best responses to the complex climate impacts we are faced with,” Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change Simon Stiell told delegates gathered for COP28. The 28th annual meeting known as ‘COP’ after the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention…
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, has expressed concern about the dangerous decline in the population, saying that it is inevitable to stop the shrinking population of Japan. Urging action to be taken on an urgent basis, the matter must be resolved on a now-or-never basis. Earlier in a speech to parliament, Prime Minister…
