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The “From Zhuji Alley to the World” Guangfu Cultural Exchange Tour took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 27th. The archipelagic country’s diversified culture and the thousand-year-old cultural heritage of
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) declared the reopening of the popular Coconut Palace to the general public today, thus providing yet another chance for Filipinos, as well as other
Due to the hilly topography, flood, landslide, glacier-related disaster, and other climate-related hazards are highly vulnerable in Nepal. Extreme weather events of the past few years have brought into sharp
President Donald Trump Tuesday stated that the Navy has removed or detonated all mines from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz. The president made the direct threat to the
Even with Australia’s tough regulations around social media for under-16s, the platform TikTok is welcoming Australian teens back. New data indicates that the first drop in usage after the ban
From September 5-9, an exhibition will be held in the central province of Gia Lai, involving 17 provinces and cities in Visit Vietnam Year – Gia Lai 2026. The […]
The fire occurred at the Mother and Child Health Ward in its Islamabad district office of the public Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on the third floor, according to
It is reported that U.S., British and Norwegian forces are in full training exercise on and around the remote Jan Mayen island during Operation Atlantic City from August 26 to
Oil fell by over 3% on Tuesday to reach its lowest level since last week amid broad investor passivity on Tuesday’s oil price trading. At present, investors see this trend
Iran has publicly claimed to be successful in resisting the new U.S. sanctions, which were expanded. Iran has made it official that it is confident of countering the new enlarged
In the village of Pomas, in south-western France, 39 people were injured, and hundreds of houses were damaged by a powerful tornado. Fourteen people were taken to hospital, two
Meta is betting that game creation is about to get much easier. The company just rolled out Pocket to all US users. It’s Meta’s new game coding app for
According to Qazinform News Agency from the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information, Kazakhstan is getting ready to participate in the 2027 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, presenting the country’s traditions, music,
S&P Global Ratings for the first time since 2016 has upgraded Kazakhstan’s sovereign credit rating from ‘BBB-’ to ‘BBB’ with a ‘stable’ outlook. It is an important achievement given the
Iran “would love” to reach an agreement with the United States, but is not yet ready for “the right deal,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday. Trump stressed that
On Wednesday, the U.S. forces launched new airstrikes in response to Iranian targets. The military action came amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that Iran is “negotiating on fumes,” meaning
Senegal’s National Assembly voted to bring back ousted Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and, you know, reinstate him as a member of parliament, then appoint him as the new speaker.
Taiwan has again, a bit strongly, reiterated that it is a “sovereign and independent” country, while also stressing that the continuing US arms sales are a kind of necessary ingredient
So, after these two days of intensive diplomatic talks, basically helped along by the United States, Israel and Lebanon have said, in an official way, that they’ll extend the ceasefire
The Solomon Islands has elected Matthew Wale as its new prime minister, after lawmakers did a secret ballot, sorta. Wale, who leads the Solomon Islands Democratic Party, picked up 26
During a very high-stakes summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sharp warning to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying mishandling disagreements over Taiwan could shove bilateral relations into
Peru’s leftist presidential hopeful Roberto Sanchez has officially made the cut to compete in that highly anticipated runoff election, yes. The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) says Sanchez sailed through
Officials from the White House confirmed that US President Donald Trump has arrived in China’s capital today. He was met with an elaborate arrival ceremony, packed with traditional pomp and
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is getting hit with intense scrutiny and a kind of steady pressure to step down , after sharp losses in local and regional elections. Even
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will stick around in office and actually follow through, even after the Labour Party took some pretty hard knocks in the recent
Putin spoke following his address to troops during a reduced version of the military parade in Moscow, where he claimed to be fighting an “aggressive force” in Ukraine supported by
Millions of citizens across the United Kingdom are casting their ballots in what is being described as the most significant election test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, since his general
Foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in the Philippines on Thursday ahead of the bloc’s highly-anticipated main summit. The meeting is urgent due to the severe
In a pretty big de escalation for global trade , Iran and the United States have reportedly stumbled upon a preliminary arrangement to tone down the current naval blockade of
The U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio declared that the White House administration is making continuous efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement of the existing Iran
A 4,400-ton South Korean destroyer has officially left a naval base near the southeastern city of Busan. The ship is starting a rotating mission cycle for a mission abroad along
Russia has carried out what looks like its largest aerial assault in two days since the war kicked off more than four years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow sent
The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea recently, sort of offered a rare up-close glimpse at two of the country’s leading defense programs. During a broad demonstration on Wednesday,
The Republic of Serbia and NATO have officially launched their first-ever joint military exercise, and yeah, it’s pretty much a big deal. This historic drill is happening this week, and
Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem has laid out five strict conditions for a permanent ceasefire, and he also officially rejected any sort of direct negotiations with Israel, like outright. In
The United States Central Command, CENTCOM, has made a formal announcement about planning a string of joint military drills this coming June. These upcoming exercises are set to happen on
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that American forces carried out targeted strikes against Iranian military facilities on May 7. It happened in self-defense, after a run of drone, missile,
The Israeli military on 8th May evening targeted Tal al-Ahmar al-Sharqi in the southern countryside of the Quneitra province, using over eight bombs, local sources told. These sources reported
Taiwan has now finished its first torpedo test launch from what it says is its very first domestically built submarine. In Taipei, this is being treated as a real technical
After a long campaign of 15 months, Myanmar’s military say, it has successfully reclaimed a key transportation route up north. This was announced on Thursday, and well, the details sounded
NATO has launched a series of military exercises which extend from Baltic countries to Arctic regions thereby demonstrating its increased operational capacity to defend its territories. This operation represents NATO’s
Leaked military documents show that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) obtained a Chinese spy satellite which they used to plan their military operations across the region. The TEE-01B satellite
Italy has officially declared its decision to suspend its military cooperation agreement which it had maintained with Israel for many years. The diplomatic agreement prevents both countries from sharing military
Russian forces executed a major air assault which included over 660 drones and missiles to strike Ukraine during the night on Friday. The extensive attacks resulted in six fatalities and
Germany is taking proactive military steps by planning the deployment of specialized naval vessels to the Mediterranean Sea. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed to the Rheinische Post newspaper that
World Health Organisation (WHO) expert Anais Legand has confirmed 906 suspected Ebola cases, with 223 deaths reported from an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are
Three people were stabbed and injured in what authorities have called an “act of terror” at a train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur. The assault occurred just
The death of 16 students in a fire on 28th May has brought back the question of the safety of boarding schools in Kenya. The tragedy happened at Utumishi
Ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel called a rally to be held on 26th May in Turkey, which was broken up by riot police using tear gas and water cannon, days
Opposition and government forces have been in heavy gun battles in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as a dispute over the postponement of elections grows more intense. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s
The Nigerian Army reports that soldiers have so far in the past 24 hours destroyed two terrorists, retrieved four kidnapped victims and thwarted attacks on pipelines in a series of
The city is bracing for two separate protests to take place on 16th May, one anti-immigration and one pro-Palestinian, as fears mount of unrest. The two protests will be
At least nine Pakistani security personnel were killed, and a civilian was hurt in a suicide attack against a security institution in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 15th
A U.S. blockade has deprived the Cuban island of fuel, leading to the worst rolling blackouts in decades in Havana on 13th May. Hordes of angry Cubans poured out
An outbreak on a British cruise ship that followed the death of an elderly passenger from a heart attack has been blamed on a gastrointestinal virus, and has been declared
Protestors gathered in numbers in cities around Argentina, including the capital Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza and Tucuman, on 12th May. Protestors demanded that the government of libertarian President Javier
Now that ships are avoiding the war-torn Middle East, piracy off Somalia has returned. The resurgence is increasing insurance and shipping rates and security expenses, and is adding another burden
In the midst of the high-stakes end-of-year season, a cyber attack wreaked havoc on several universities and schools across the United States, Canada and Australia, resulting in disruption, confusion and
The next national protest is being organised by the Democratic Party today at 19:00, in the ‘Martyrs of the Nation’ boulevard, after it has informed the Tirana Police about the
The ABW issued a warning on 6th May that minors and youth are becoming more vulnerable to extremism online, where information is being disseminated via messengers, social networks, and gaming
On May 26, Brent crude oil prices saw a sudden jump of 4.6%, which sort of pushed the benchmark back past the $100 mark. At about $100.60 per barrel when […]
U.S. and international stock markets sort of backed off from those shiny recent record highs on Friday. It was a sudden jump in oil prices that brought this uneasy feeling
Oil prices saw a fairly big jump this Friday, after President Donald Trump seemed to put more attention back on the long-running, almost-stuck conflict with Iran. It all happened not
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has officially gotten to a staff-level agreement with the government of Tanzania, a kind of done deal i guess, but not fully i
India has pushed up its import tariffs on gold, and silver in a fairly strategic way to help hold the depreciating rupee steady and, at the same time, shield the
US consumer prices kind of accelerated in April, and they hit the quickest growth rate since May 2023. The Consumer Price Index , or CPI , rose to 3.8% in […]
A quick read of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) April policy meeting, sort of shows a more hawkish mood building up among the policymakers. With inflationary pressures still feeding in
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has upwardly revised its assumptions for global oil prices for 2026 and 2027, sort of yes. This change comes from the higher view that
The use of euro would definitely improve Hungary’s sovereign creditworthiness if it were to follow meaningful steps toward adoption. The path leading to the single currency may be long, but
The Ministry of Finance of Oman kind of recently hosted delegates from the World Bank Group to go over the newest findings that came out in the Gulf Economic Monitor
The World Bank Group has significantly adjusted its 2026 commodity outlook because it now predicts that global metals and minerals prices will increase by 17% this year. The overall commodity
The finance ministers from 11 powerful countries made an urgent request on April 15 through their appeal which asked for immediate emergency assistance to help control the economic turmoil caused
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has officially reduced its 2026 global economic growth projection to 3.1%. The World Economic Outlook report which the organization released during its spring meetings in
In a move that shows how expensive” frontier AI” technology needs funding Google plans to spend up to $40 billion on the AI safety and research lab Anthropic. The agreement
The bank’s new research note states that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is likely to increase its repo rate by another 25 basis points during its next policy meeting
Meta has officially revealed that paid subscriptions will be available for its major platforms worldwide. Users are now able to subscribe to Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp premium versions. Subscription pricing
The fifth edition of the Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris was held from Friday, May 29th – Sunday, May 31st. The festival, organised by the CDK-F (Conseil Démocratique Kurde
Inter-Tech policy and other differences between Washington and Paris are constraining the ability of the ministers to smooth the process for the G7 heads of state meeting in eastern France’s
President Lee Jae Myung called for thorough preparations for South Korea’s first hosting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, saying the summit should serve as a showcase of the country’s
Meta rarely responds when users complain about being banned from their accounts, according to an EU-based independent dispute resolution body. Appeals Centre Europe looked at 4,600 cases of Facebook,
On May 21, marking the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between China and Pakistan, an exhibition titled “Enduring Culture, Profound Friendship,” celebrating Chinese culture, was inaugurated at the Lahore
One of the features Apple is working on for the new iPhones is an intelligent system that will be able to detect if a device is suddenly being removed from
Greek officials said they won a major diplomatic success at a UNESCO committee meeting as 20 nations from all geographic blocs expressed their support for reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures with
The UK government is unlikely to ban social media for children under 16. The decision comes after a public consultation which garnered over 81,000 responses, indicating a high level of
Since Russian forces launched their full-scale attack on Ukraine, UNESCO has documented damage to 527 cultural sites in Ukraine, it said in its latest assessment on May 13. Of […]
The Ministry of Hotels, Tourism and Culture has targeted the nomination of Myanmar’s traditional culture of Htamanè as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for 2027. “The subject will
Alphabet’s YouTube, Snap and TikTok have settled in the first case set to be tried in a litigation that would see social media companies pay for the expenses school districts
One of Russia’s biggest Asian culture festivals will be packed with K-pop dance battles and instant ramen tastings as well as traditional Korean games this weekend, as the nation continues
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup opens up in North America in June, TikTok will be at the centre of the action, providing coverage from all angles. It was previously
London is just Time Out’s best city for culture. The British capital received a good score after taking into account the opinions of over 24,000 urbanites who were surveyed
Türkiye has obtained the return of a marble head from the ancient Greek city of Smyrna held in the US, the Culture and Tourism Ministry has announced. Smyrna Antik
Rabat will continue its development as one of the key cultural centres in Morocco, as it is also about to launch its own program, World Book Capital 2026, and host
The Lebanese National News Agency reports that Israeli military units have completely demolished the ancient shrine of Prophet Shimon the Just. The sacred site of religious significance and historical research
The Heritage Istanbul event, which took place under the theme of Secure the future of the past, was concluded in Istanbul with a significant turnout, and it has again established
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