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January 2, 2024 11:46 AM
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 12th set of sanctions targeting the import of Russian diamonds into G7 nations and placing restrictions on diamond deliveries to the European Union was enforced yesterday. It said in its report that G7 nations announced the introduction of restrictio...
January 2, 2024 10:10 AM
At least 30 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year's Day, with rescue teams on Tuesday struggling to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads wrecked and power cut to tens of thousands of homes. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 s...
January 2, 2024 9:48 AM
South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern city of Busan on Tuesday and was airlifted to a university hospital for treatment, party and fire officials said. The attacker, reported to be a man in his 50s or 60s wearing a ...
January 2, 2024 8:37 AM
Residents of the Japanese region hit by a large earthquake on January 1 should stay alert for further major tremors, authorities say. There is a 10 to 20 percent chance of another similar-sized earthquake striking within the next week, a Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) offical told a Tokyo news...
January 1, 2024 9:10 PM
This expansion, featuring Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, signifies a notable shift in the global landscape, characterized by increasing multipolarity and assertive middle powers challenging the established Western-led order. Notably, Argentina, under its new Pr...
January 1, 2024 4:46 PM
The quake prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue tsunami warnings for coastal prefectures, marking the first major alerts since the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The impact of the earthquake was captured in a subway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefect...
January 1, 2024 4:29 PM
India and Pakistan exchanged information regarding their nuclear installations and facilities through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad, according to an official statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The exchange was conducted under the Agreement on the Prohibition o...
January 1, 2024 4:14 PM
The court also fined Tk 30,000 each and ordered that, in case of default, the convicts would have to suffer 25 more days’ simple imprisonment. The court, however, responding to petitions submitted by the convicts, granted bail to Dr Yunus and the other three convicts for one month. On June 6, 2...
January 1, 2024 3:18 PM
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, has announced her abdication after 52 years on the throne. The 83-year-old queen, who ascended the throne in 1972, surprised the nation during her New Year's Eve speech, citing a successful back operation in February that...
January 1, 2024 2:47 PM
Yehuda Morgenstern, director general of the Construction and Housing Ministry, told the Calcalist financial daily that a plan to increase the quota of foreign construction workers to 70,000 from 50,000 would be approved by the government in the coming days. The quota in November was boosted to 50...
