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Workers launched a second general strike in six months to disrupt services in Portugal on 3rd June, and hundreds of flights were cancelled, as well as train services and schools,
After renewed arms struggle between the U.S. and Iran, oil prices are starting to rise spirally towards $100 a barrel. Fewer people are now hopeful of a peace deal soon,
Abelardo de la Espriella, the hard-right Colombian candidate for president, says he will step up its diplomatic ties with the United States more than ever before. This pledge comes shortly
Microsoft announced the new version of its Majorana quantum processor, which it redesigned with the help of AI, on 2nd June. Microsoft claimed the new chip is a thousand times
The Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Samir Sharifov, made the above statement in an interview with BelTA during Azerbaijan’s Culture Days in Belarus in 2027. Sharifov underlined that cultural
A Kenyan court on 2nd June indefinitely delayed the opening of a proposed U.S. Ebola quarantine facility in the country, which has sparked protests that claimed two lives, calling on
Russian air attacks on a few major Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv, left at least 18 people dead and more than 100 wounded early Tuesday. Those harsh strikes
Eurozone inflation, according to an estimate, picked up to about 3.2% in May, largely because energy prices jumped up again; in fact, they rose at double-digit levels. This kind of
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before lawmakers, sort of stressing that Washington will not give Iran sanctions relief just because Tehran is reopening the Strait of Hormuz. He
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta has fixed a critical security flaw in its AI-powered support assistant that enabled attackers to circumvent security measures and hijack high-traffic Instagram accounts, as
During a visit, a working session was held at the official level with Lazare Eloundou Assomo, UNESCO’s Acting Deputy Director General for Culture – Director of the UNESCO World Heritage
Somalia on 2nd June said it conducted coordinated operations, killing 28 Al Shabab terrorists in the country’s Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions with the support of international partners. There
The two countries have officially begun a joint military exercise, dubbed “Steppe Partner 2026.” More than 600 officers and soldiers of both countries attended the opening ceremony held on Saturday
Polling for the parliamentary elections in Malta is officially underway and opinion polls suggest a fourth consecutive victory for the country’s ruling Labour Party which won a historic 31 of
Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Market Committee of the State Duma, has forecast a possible 2% growth rate for the Russian economy by 2026’s end. He expressed his positive
Police have declared a dispersal order in one of the town centres in Surrey in response to more complaints of anti-social behaviour. It was ordered in Caterham in the afternoon
On 14th November, Rwanda took the opportunity of its special country day at the 25th EAC MSMEs Trade Fair to urge a more ambitious regional approach where culture-based entrepreneurship is
Australia is about to introduce a historic-level digital safety reform, a nationwide ban on children under the age of 16 having social media accounts. Beginning on December 10, TikTok, Snapchat,
Culture Minister Fadli Zon encouraged young Indonesians to conserve the cultural identity of the country and use it as a source of inspiration in their creative endeavors, and that culture
There is no need to overstate the fact that social media is in crisis, and that AI content creation is the reason behind the industry shaking the ground. According to
On 15th November, the Vatican handed over 62 artefacts associated with the Indigenous people of Canada to the Catholic bishops of the country, claiming that the act was “an actual
Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet, and Snap are alleged to be intentionally addicting teenagers. The cases have been granted leave by a Los Angeles court ruling, and this may be a historic
Defendants in a civil trial against thousands of plaintiffs, who argue that the use of social media contributed to “an unprecedented mental health crisis” in teenagers, will include tech giants
The four-day Filipino Film Festival called Celebrating Filipino Culture through Cinema was held at the Social Hall of the Chancery Building, Philippine Embassy in Tehran, from 19 to 22 October
On 5th November, the China Cultural Center in Sri Lanka launched its library in a ceremony in Colombo, which is the capital of Sri Lanka. The guests of the ceremony
The central theme of the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 is youth empowerment. They have the aims of establishing sustainable opportunities to develop the younger generations, and in May 2025,
Greece has embarked on a large-scale project to connect the culture and regional development by establishing fifteen Cultural Masterplans in the entire country. The project is meant to turn heritage
The Ministry of Culture is making special emphasis on the formulation of regulations on the intellectual property (IP) of the cultural heritage because it is seen as a key stepping
The world-first social media ban on children under 16 that will begin in Australia in January has added popular forum site Reddit. Another platform that will be considered in the
On 4th November, the second World Summit on Social Development, held at Doha in Qatar, the UN passed the Doha Political Declaration that urged states to include quality education as
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