Last month, a 62-year-old Japanese diplomat was attacked in the US state of Oregon. The woman who attacked has been arrested. American media reports called it a racist attack against Asian citizens. Yuzo Yoshioka, the head of the consular section at the Japanese consulate in Portland, USA, was pushed to the ground by a woman,…
More than 100 people were injured by hail the size of a tennis ball in northern Italian towns and villages. According to the report of the American broadcasting organization, the diameter of the hailstones was 10 cm. The local authorities were also shocked. Emergency services received more than 500 calls from citizens requesting help. Videos…
NASA experts warned of extreme heat; Photo: File Washington: Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climatologist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has warned that July 2023 is set to be the hottest month of the century. According to the world news agency, NASA meteorologist Gavin Schmidt says that the continuous heat wave is covering large…
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah says that Saudi citizens can invite friends for Umrah. According to Arab media, Saudi authorities say that Saudi citizens can invite friends for Umrah on a ‘personal visit visa’. This visa will be issued for single or multiple trips. According to the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah,…
The guilty grandson who brutally killed his grandmother in Saudi Arabia has met his end. He was sentenced to death yesterday. According to foreign media, some time ago in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia, a citizen Rayan bin Sami bin Abdullah Al-Dosari brutally killed his grandmother Namsha Al-Dosari with a stick on her head…
The discussions centred around a UN report that offers recommendations to bolster collaboration towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, specifically those on financing for development and affordable green energy. The report reveals that almost 600 million people on the continent still do not have access to sustainable energy due to two main…
“I wanted to write a song that felt like a home for those of us made homeless by conflict,” Mr. Warsame wrote on social media when launching the single, now on YouTube. The lyrics reflect his childhood experience escaping war in Somalia and those of others whose “every suitcase held their home”. More than 110…
“About half of the world’s population is at risk of dengue, and dengue affects approximately 129 countries,” said Dr Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s Head of the Global Programme on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. “We estimate that about 100 to 400 million cases are reported every year. This is basically an estimate and the American region alone…
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, is the first independent rights expert to gain access to the infamous facilities Al Hol and Al Raj, as well as other places of detention. After her six-day visit to northeast Syria, Ms. Ni Aolain said…
Ms. DiCarlo strongly condemned the aerial strikes this week on the ports in Odesa, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, which destroyed critical infrastructure and killed or injured civilians. The attacks followed Russia’s decision on Monday to effectively end the Black Sea Initiative, the UN-brokered accord that facilitated Ukrainian grain and foodstuffs to be shipped to international markets…
