Geneva: One billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera — a “pandemic killing the poor” — despite prevention and treatment being relatively straightforward, the United Nations warned on Friday. The UN branded the outlook bleak, saying it did not have the resources to
Jeddah: Years after the deadly civil war which led to the expulsion of Syria from the Arab League, President Bashar al-Assad received a warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) Friday at the summit in Jeddah. "We are pleased today by the attendance
Yangon: The death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145 in Myanmar, its junta said Friday, with most of the dead from the persecuted Rohingya minority. Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour) to Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh
Beijing: China’s economic growth is forecast to increase by 5.3 percent in 2023, said the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in its mid-2023 report on economic expectations. Global economy is expected to grow by 2.3 percent in 2023, up 0.4 percentage points from a
Srinagar: China and Turkey are unlikely to attend the controversial G20 meeting on tourism in Srinagar in a move that would be seen as some diplomatic victory for Pakistan, which is opposing Indian attempts to portray the normalcy in the disputed region. India, the current president
Paris: The James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers detect the first chemical signs of supermassive stars, ‘celestial monsters’ blazing with the brightness of millions of Suns in the early universe. So far, the largest stars observed anywhere have a mass of around 300 times that
Xian, China: Central Asian heads of state converged in China's historic city of Xian on Thursday for one-on-ones with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seal pledges of "enduring" friendship, paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing. The bilaterals
United Nations: More than six million boys and girls in Turkiye and Syria are still struggling to cope 100 days after the deadly earthquakes that hit both countries, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Thursday. In total, 2.5 million children in Türkiye, and another 3.7
Beijing: China slapped one of the country's best-known comedy companies with a 14.7 million yuan ($2.13 million) penalty, accusing it of "harming society" after a military joke made by one of its comedians drew strong public criticism. The Beijing arm of China's Ministry of Culture and
Canberra: A Chinese envoy asked Australian authorities Thursday to increase efforts to find survivors in an Indian Ocean search for 39 crew members missing from a capsized Chinese fishing boat. Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said the Australian authority had already sent four airplanes and three