Amman, Jordan/sky above Gaza – A hulking military cargo plane sits on the tarmac of a Royal Jordanian Air Force base in the early morning light. Two maintenance engineers unlock a compartment in the aircraft’s fuselage and disappear behind a metal hood that shelters a complex nest of wires. The two men, who graduated together from the military academy five …
Global nuclear power generation is set to peak next year, despite claims it is dangerous, costly and plants take too long to build. Critics say nuclear power plants are dangerous, expensive and take a long time to build. But nuclear power is being touted by many experts as a clean source of energy.Many nations aiming to decarbonise are now building …
Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his home in China’s eastern city of Nanjing. Hao worked as an administrator …
Nowruz – meaning “new day” – is an ancient festival celebrating the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. More than 300 million people celebrate the Persian New Year, which has been observed for more than 3,000 years in different regions, including the Balkans, the Black Sea basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East. Nowruz is celebrated …
EXPLAINER US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of the Middle East hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, March 21, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed about 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, an …
In its first in-depth report on the situation in occupied Ukraine, UN says it found evidence of intimidation, arbitrary detention and torture. Russia has tortured and arbitrarily detained people in the parts of eastern Ukraine it occupies, creating a “climate of fear” and suppressing Ukrainian identity, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) …
The bill, known as SB129, bans publicly-funded institutions from maintaining DEI offices or teaching what the bill calls ‘divisive concepts’ about race and identity. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in publicly-funded colleges, making the southern state one of the latest Republican-led states to enact broad measures against what they claim …
Political parties trade blame for economic slump that follows aggressive interest rate hikes to tame inflation. New Zealand has slipped into its second recession in less than 18 months, according to government figures. New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.1 percent during the October-December period, following a 0.3 percent contraction in the third quarter, New Zealand’s official statistics …
Sabalenka’s match at the Miami Open moved back by a day following the death of her former boyfriend Koltsov. Tennis world number two Aryna Sabalenka has described the death of her former boyfriend as an “unthinkable tragedy” as she commented for the first time since the apparent suicide of Konstantin Koltsov. The Miami-Dade police department confirmed on Tuesday that they …
The suspects will remain in custody until May 18 and face as long as 10 years in prison if found guilty. A Russian court has ordered the arrest of a bar administrator and its art director, accusing them of organising an “extremist organisation” under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ community. It is the first criminal case launched since Russia banned …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has approached a major Indian think tank to develop a homegrown democracy ratings index that could help it counter recent downgrades in rankings issued by international groups that New Delhi fears could affect the country’s credit rating. The Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which works closely with the Indian government on multiple initiatives, is preparing the …
Medan, Indonesia – Dozens of Rohingya refugees are feared to have drowned after a wooden boat with an estimated 150 people on board capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province. The boat is thought to have run into trouble some 19km (12 miles) from the beach of Kuala Bubon on the west coast of Aceh after it hit rough …
Video introduces 29-year-old quadriplegic as first patient to use start-up’s brain-chip technology. Elon Musk’s brain-chip start-up, Neuralink, has livestreamed a patient appearing to play online chess using only his mind. In a video posted on the X social media platform on Wednesday, Neuralink introduced Noland Arbaugh, 29, as the first human patient to be implanted with its brain-computer interface technology. …
EXPLAINER Authorities across Cambodia have been ordered to remove musical horns from vehicles and put a stop to roadside dancing. Having ruled with an iron fist for 45 years, Cambodia’s governing party leaders have a lengthy list of practices that have been banned and political opponents jailed or forced to flee the country. Now the country’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Hun …
As the war enters its 756th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Fighting At least five people were killed and eight injured after a Russian missile hit an industrial area in Kharkiv. Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of the northern Ukrainian city, said five others were missing after the strike, which also …
Sub-Saharan Africa to account for one in every two children born in 2100, Lancet study says. Fertility rates in nearly every country will be too low to sustain their populations by the end of this century, a major study has warned. By 2100, populations in 198 of 204 countries will be shrinking, with most births taking place in poor countries, …
Taipei, Taiwan – Eleven years ago, Rex How, writer, publisher, translator, editor, and then-cultural adviser to the Kuomintang (KMT) government of President Ma Ying-jeou, made a decision that would change the direction of his own life, and the future of Taiwan. On June 20, 2013, How posted a letter on social media alerting the Taiwan public to the planned closed-door …
Texas has upped its fight to make a controversial new law — which would allow local authorities to arrest and detain migrants — enforceable. The law has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle, with the United States Supreme Court briefly allowing it to go into effect on Tuesday. But a lower court blocked its implementation hours afterwards, amid …
US secretary of state is expected to discuss a truce deal, the exchange of hostages and prisoners, among other topics. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of the Middle East by holding talks in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Blinken is set to meet Arab foreign ministers …
The new environmental regulations fall short of more ambitious goals previously set by the Biden administration. Washington, DC – The United States has released what it calls the “strongest ever” regulations for car tailpipe pollution, as the country looks to accelerate its sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the rules — released …
Revenues from Qatar’s LNG fields will provide budget surpluses until the 2030s, Fitch said. Fitch Ratings has upgraded Qatar to AA, its third-highest rating, on the back of revenues expected from its expanded gas fields, the agency has said. Revenues from Qatar’s liquified natural gas (LNG) fields will ensure that the country posts budget surpluses until the 2030s, Fitch said …
The UK’s House of Lords delivered another blow to the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda on Wednesday when it voted to reinsert amendments to a bill which had already been rejected by the House of Commons. With the support of opposition Labour and cross-bench peers, as well as some rebel Conservatives, including Lord Ken Clarke, a former …
The UN says a ‘humanitarian travesty’ is playing out in Sudan amid international inattention and inaction. Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history after nearly a year of war, the United Nations has warned. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan …
The UN says about 62 million tonnes of e-waste was generated in 2022. UN agencies have warned in a new report that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including mobile …
Amman, Jordan/sky above Gaza – A hulking military cargo plane sits on the tarmac of a Royal Jordanian Air Force base in the early morning light. Two maintenance engineers unlock a compartment in the aircraft’s fuselage and disappear behind a metal hood that shelters a complex nest of wires. The two men, who graduated together from the military academy five …
Global nuclear power generation is set to peak next year, despite claims it is dangerous, costly and plants take too long to build. Critics say nuclear power plants are dangerous, expensive and take a long time to build. But nuclear power is being touted by many experts as a clean source of energy.Many nations aiming to decarbonise are now building …
Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his home in China’s eastern city of Nanjing. Hao worked as an administrator …
Nowruz – meaning “new day” – is an ancient festival celebrating the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. More than 300 million people celebrate the Persian New Year, which has been observed for more than 3,000 years in different regions, including the Balkans, the Black Sea basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East. Nowruz is celebrated …
EXPLAINER US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of the Middle East hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, March 21, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed about 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, an …
In its first in-depth report on the situation in occupied Ukraine, UN says it found evidence of intimidation, arbitrary detention and torture. Russia has tortured and arbitrarily detained people in the parts of eastern Ukraine it occupies, creating a “climate of fear” and suppressing Ukrainian identity, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) …
The bill, known as SB129, bans publicly-funded institutions from maintaining DEI offices or teaching what the bill calls ‘divisive concepts’ about race and identity. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in publicly-funded colleges, making the southern state one of the latest Republican-led states to enact broad measures against what they claim …
Political parties trade blame for economic slump that follows aggressive interest rate hikes to tame inflation. New Zealand has slipped into its second recession in less than 18 months, according to government figures. New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.1 percent during the October-December period, following a 0.3 percent contraction in the third quarter, New Zealand’s official statistics …
Sabalenka’s match at the Miami Open moved back by a day following the death of her former boyfriend Koltsov. Tennis world number two Aryna Sabalenka has described the death of her former boyfriend as an “unthinkable tragedy” as she commented for the first time since the apparent suicide of Konstantin Koltsov. The Miami-Dade police department confirmed on Tuesday that they …
The suspects will remain in custody until May 18 and face as long as 10 years in prison if found guilty. A Russian court has ordered the arrest of a bar administrator and its art director, accusing them of organising an “extremist organisation” under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ community. It is the first criminal case launched since Russia banned …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has approached a major Indian think tank to develop a homegrown democracy ratings index that could help it counter recent downgrades in rankings issued by international groups that New Delhi fears could affect the country’s credit rating. The Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which works closely with the Indian government on multiple initiatives, is preparing the …
Medan, Indonesia – Dozens of Rohingya refugees are feared to have drowned after a wooden boat with an estimated 150 people on board capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province. The boat is thought to have run into trouble some 19km (12 miles) from the beach of Kuala Bubon on the west coast of Aceh after it hit rough …
Video introduces 29-year-old quadriplegic as first patient to use start-up’s brain-chip technology. Elon Musk’s brain-chip start-up, Neuralink, has livestreamed a patient appearing to play online chess using only his mind. In a video posted on the X social media platform on Wednesday, Neuralink introduced Noland Arbaugh, 29, as the first human patient to be implanted with its brain-computer interface technology. …
EXPLAINER Authorities across Cambodia have been ordered to remove musical horns from vehicles and put a stop to roadside dancing. Having ruled with an iron fist for 45 years, Cambodia’s governing party leaders have a lengthy list of practices that have been banned and political opponents jailed or forced to flee the country. Now the country’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Hun …
As the war enters its 756th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Fighting At least five people were killed and eight injured after a Russian missile hit an industrial area in Kharkiv. Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of the northern Ukrainian city, said five others were missing after the strike, which also …
Sub-Saharan Africa to account for one in every two children born in 2100, Lancet study says. Fertility rates in nearly every country will be too low to sustain their populations by the end of this century, a major study has warned. By 2100, populations in 198 of 204 countries will be shrinking, with most births taking place in poor countries, …
Taipei, Taiwan – Eleven years ago, Rex How, writer, publisher, translator, editor, and then-cultural adviser to the Kuomintang (KMT) government of President Ma Ying-jeou, made a decision that would change the direction of his own life, and the future of Taiwan. On June 20, 2013, How posted a letter on social media alerting the Taiwan public to the planned closed-door …
Texas has upped its fight to make a controversial new law — which would allow local authorities to arrest and detain migrants — enforceable. The law has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle, with the United States Supreme Court briefly allowing it to go into effect on Tuesday. But a lower court blocked its implementation hours afterwards, amid …
US secretary of state is expected to discuss a truce deal, the exchange of hostages and prisoners, among other topics. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of the Middle East by holding talks in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Blinken is set to meet Arab foreign ministers …
The new environmental regulations fall short of more ambitious goals previously set by the Biden administration. Washington, DC – The United States has released what it calls the “strongest ever” regulations for car tailpipe pollution, as the country looks to accelerate its sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the rules — released …
Revenues from Qatar’s LNG fields will provide budget surpluses until the 2030s, Fitch said. Fitch Ratings has upgraded Qatar to AA, its third-highest rating, on the back of revenues expected from its expanded gas fields, the agency has said. Revenues from Qatar’s liquified natural gas (LNG) fields will ensure that the country posts budget surpluses until the 2030s, Fitch said …
The UK’s House of Lords delivered another blow to the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda on Wednesday when it voted to reinsert amendments to a bill which had already been rejected by the House of Commons. With the support of opposition Labour and cross-bench peers, as well as some rebel Conservatives, including Lord Ken Clarke, a former …
The UN says a ‘humanitarian travesty’ is playing out in Sudan amid international inattention and inaction. Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history after nearly a year of war, the United Nations has warned. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan …
The UN says about 62 million tonnes of e-waste was generated in 2022. UN agencies have warned in a new report that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including mobile …