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MANILA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 1,624 people displaced by the unrest of the most active Mayon volcano in the Philippines have suffered from acute respiratory infections, the Philippines' Department of Health said on Monday.

Health Undersecretary Enrique Tayag said health authorities in Albay province have reported that some people in temporary shelters have been sick with coughs, colds, and sore throats.

(Bangkok) - The Malaysian government should immediately prioritize a thorough and transparent investigation into the abduction of the Myanmar refugee activist Thuzar Maung and her family, Human Rights Watch said today.

On July

Moscow and Riyadh have both announced voluntary output cuts in a bid to prop up crude prices

Russia is about to surpass Saudi Arabia as the top OPEC+ crude producer, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report last week. 

Saudi Arabia's total crude output should drop to 9 million

An increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme will help ensure that approximately 100,000 low-income homeowners are able to pay their local council rates this coming financial year, Kieran McAnulty announced today.

The Rates Rebate Scheme is a partial refund for people who pay rates to their council. It exists to provide financial relief for low-income New Z

Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine in June as a result of continued Russian aggression, Georgians began to worry about the possible hazards of Black Sea water for swimmers. 

Authorities give assurances there are no signs of pollutants reaching Georgian shores yet and experts, too, see little risk of the country's coastline being affected. 

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More than 25% of employees could be replaced, a report by OECD has claimed 

The artificial intelligence (AI) "revolution" could jeopardize more than a quarter of jobs in the 38-member Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the group warned in a report this week.

Jobs that c

National's so-called "pothole repair fund" would raid other road safety funding to fix a problem that they created themselves, Transport Minister David Parker said today.

"This Government is spending more on road maintenance, including pothole repairs, than any previous government," David Parker said.

"The curre

 

ABU DHABI, 15th July, 2023 (WAM) -- Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, stated that UAE and India have adopted a package of initiatives and joint action plans to expand the sectors of the new economy in their markets and stimulate the growth of Emirati and Indian startups so as to

(July 15, 2023) - Russia's lower house of parliament adopted a bill on July 14, 2023 that violates a wide range of rights of transgender people, Human Rights Watch said today.

Parliament's upper chamber and President Vladimir Putin are expected to approve the bill shortly. It outlaws trans healthcare, dissolves marriages of transgender people, places a ban on changing gender markers in official documents, and pre

New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Thailand's Thipatcha Putthawong has made her way to the history books as she became the seventh cricketer to pick four wickets in four balls in a T20I game on Friday. Putthawong, who had claimed the sixth-best figures in a women's ODI in April this year by taking an incredible 6/6 against Zimbabwe, found a place in the record books again. The left-arm spinner took 5/8 in the 2nd T20I agai

New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Jamshedpur FC have appointed Irish-English manager Scott Cooper as the club's new head coach on Friday ahead of the 2023-24 season after the club parted ways with Aidy Boothroyd a day earlier. Scott's major success has come in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, the 52-year-old has managed clubs such as Buriram United, Muangthong United, Ubon UMT United, Police Tero, and Port FC. Cooper had a ma

Aotearoa New Zealand is increasing efforts to tackle climate change by joining with partners to support the Asian Mega-Deltas initiative that increases climate resilience and provides greater food security to the region. 

"To succeed in the global fight against climate change we need to find innovative ways to work together, become more sustainable and

Syria permitting the United Nations to use the Bab-al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey to deliver much-needed humanitarian assistance to the opposition-held northwest may seem like positive news to some. But the Syrian government cannot be relied upon to ensure aid gets to those who need it.

Two days ago, the UN Security Council

On Thursday morning, an opposition politician was found dead in his car with gunshot wounds in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city. Cherubin Okende, 61, was a member of parliament and spokesman for the op

Bilateral trade between Moscow and Beijing exceeded $114 billion between January and June, data has revealed  

Russia has become one of China's top-five trading partners for the first time, as the two countries continue to boost cooperation at an unprecedented pace. 

Trade turnover between Moscow and

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, announced on Thursday that his office is probing recent atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region as part of its ongoing Darfur investigation, underscoring the gravity of current abuses.

"Targeting civilians, individuals, targeting their homes, targeting their businesses, intentionally target

(Brussels) - Governments from the Americas and Europe should prioritize the human rights situation in Nicaragua during the upcoming European Union - Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) summit, 160 Nicaraguan victims said today in a letter co-signed

(New York) - The International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) sanctions on top women's basketball officials in Mali confirm the responsibility to remedy systemic abuse of young athletes, Human Rights Watch said today. But the appointment of another official suspected of abuse as head of the Mali Basketball Federation (FMBB) raises concerns that continuing monitoring by