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On the Ground at Milano Unica: Luxury Textile Fair Kicks Off With 18% Attendance Spike
The Italian textile fair is in “full support” of the future of the made-in-Italy value chain—with every Italian textile district represented.
4 min read - WorldHowStuffWorks
All 48 Countries of Asia, Sorted by Region
Eurasia is the largest continent on Earth, home to a rich tapestry of cultures, languages and histories. From the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia to the bustling cities of the modern era, the countries of Asia offer a glimpse into the diversity of the world's population.
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Russian court issues arrest warrant for opposition figure Navalnaya
A Russian court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for opposition politician Yulia Navalnaya, who lives in exile abroad, on allegations of being involved in an "extremist organization." Yulia Navalnaya is the widow of Russian opposition leader and frequent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in February in a prison camp north of the Arctic Circle in unexplained circumstances. A court spokesman in Moscow announced that the court had granted the public prosecutor's request for pre-trial deten
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Two armies accused of backing DR Congo's feared rebels
Uganda is supporting the M23 rebels and Rwanda has 4,000 troops on Congolese soil, a UN report alleges.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
A Russian court orders the arrest of opposition leader Navalny's widow, who lives abroad
A court in Russia ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a hearing Tuesday that was conducted in absentia as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition. Yulia Navalnaya, who lives abroad, would face arrest if and when she returns to Russia. Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled to arrest Navalnaya on charges of alleged involvement in an extremist group.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Spain’s church to compensate victims whose abusers have died. Victims say the plan lacks guarantees
Spain’s Catholic bishops approved Tuesday a plan to compensate the victims of sexual abuse inside the Church whose alleged aggressors have died or whose possible crimes have been proscribed, an initiative the government and victims’ associations called lacking in real guarantees. The Spanish Episcopal Conference did not provide an estimate on how many victims it could help. Last year a survey by Spain’s public Ombudsman office indicated that the total number of victims, including minors, could
3 min read - WorldJalopnik
Doomed Arctic Expedition Came As Close To A Real-Life Zombie Invasion Humanity Will Ever Get
I am fascinated by both Antarctic and Arctic exploration; no where else on Earth wants humans dead quite like our planet’s poles, but folks still manage to eek out an existence in both places. While human populations in Antarctica are limited to visiting researchers, people have been living in the frozen North for quite a while. For the locals in the Arctic this used to mean they’d get the opportunity to means encounterfool-hardy European explorers in desperate situations.
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Putin and Modi pledge close cooperation in official talks in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have praised the close and decades-old bilateral relations between their two countries during official talks in Moscow. India and Russia are linked by a "privileged strategic partnership," Putin said at the meeting in the Kremlin. Trade between the two nations had increased by 60% in the past year. According to the Indian Ministry of Commerce, it reached the equivalent of $65 billion, with Indian imports of oil and fertiliz
3 min read - WorldBBC
Hyena captured after panic in Nigerian city
Drones and park rangers were sent out to find the animal in Jos, says the local tourist board.
2 min read - WorldBBC
Payout for widow of Pakistani journalist killed by Kenyan police
Arshad Sharif was an outspoken TV anchor who fled Pakistan after receiving death threats.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
German interior minister describes Russian attack as a 'war crime'
Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has strongly condemned the Russian airstrike on Kiev in which a paediatric hospital was damaged. "The missile attack on a paediatric clinic is a terrible war crime that shows once again the inconceivable inhumanity with which Putin is waging his war against Ukraine," she said in a statement, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "When we see this cruelty of war it becomes clear how important it is that 1.18 million people from Ukraine have now fo
1 min read - WorldReuters
Two Israelis critically hurt in Hezbollah retaliatory attack on Golan, says ambulance service
DUBAI (Reuters) -Two people were critically injured when Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at the Golan Heights on Tuesday, Israeli's ambulance service said, as the Lebanese militant group retaliated after a former bodyguard of its leader was killed in an Israeli strike. Israel's ambulance service said in a statement that paramedics had reported two casualties "in critical condition" after red alert sirens went off in the Israeli-occupied Golan. Israel's military did not confirm the casualties
1 min read - BusinessBenzinga
BYD Has Its Eyes Set On Conquering Europe
On Monday, BYD Company Limited (OTC: BYDDY) signed a deal to open a $1 billion electric-vehicle factory in Turkey, directly threatening the dominance of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) in several European markets. BYD Is Boosting Its Presence In Europe Although BYD has already been selling its EVs in Europe since 2021, most of its sales are still in China, but the Tesla killer is aggressively expanding its footrpint outside its home market. This will be its second facility in Europe, with the first cur
3 min read - ScienceFuturism
China Fortifies Space Station
Space Station Armor Two astronauts ventured outside of China's Tiangong space station to armor its exterior against incoming space debris kicked up by an exploding Russian satellite last week. "The spacewalk primarily focused on installing protective devices on external cables and pipelines to mitigate risks posed by potential space debris collisions, enhancing the long-term safety […]
2 min read - WorldAFP
Old video does not show Ugandan leader warning against upcoming protests
The success of youth-led demonstrations in Kenya has sparked calls in Uganda to fight corruption through street protests. Activists have scheduled a march in the Ugandan capital Kampala for July 23, 2024. Soon after this announcement, a clip emerged online claiming to show President Yoweri Museveni warning those planning on participating. But the claim is false: the video is from 2020 and shows Museveni addressing the nation after protests broke out following the arrest of opposition politician
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Gaza talks to resume in Doha on Wednesday, Egyptian media report
Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza will take place in Doha on Wednesday, Egypt's state-linked Al-Qahera News TV quotes an Egyptian high-level source as saying. The Egyptian security delegation heads to Doha on Wednesday "to bring views closer between Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire deal as soon as possible," the source said. Afterwards, negotiations will resume in Cairo on Thursday. "There is agreement on many points," the source added.
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Man killed in explosion at German refugee centre was from Ethiopia
Police say the person who died in a fire at a refugee centre in northern Germany on Monday was a 28-year-old man from Ethiopia. The man's body was found in a room at the facility in the town of Buchholz in the state of Lower Saxony on Monday after an explosion caused a fire. Investigators believe he probably caused the explosion himself, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. A decision on whether to carry out a post-mortem examination would be taken after consultations with the public prose
1 min read - WorldBBC
Tanzanian artist who burnt president's picture freed
Social media users paid Shadrack Chaula's $2,000 fine following his conviction last week.
2 min read - Businessdpa international
Workers at German ports go on strike over wage dispute
Workers at Germany's largest port in Hamburg in the north of the country started a two-day strike on Tuesday to demand higher wages, with workers from the port in Bremerhaven to the west of Hamburg to join the industrial action on Tuesday afternoon. "The strike has started as planned with the early shift at 6:30 am [0430 GMT]," said a spokesman for the verdi trade union. The employees are initially striking on a decentralized basis in front of their workplaces, and there will be a demonstration
2 min read - WorldReuters
France's election outcome 'negative' for credit rating, Moody's warns
LONDON (Reuters) -The outcome of France's parliamentary election is negative for the country's credit rating, Moody's has warned, as a grand coalition would make decision-making and the task of bringing its debt under control more difficult. France is facing complex negotiations to form a government after a left-wing surge in elections on Sunday blocked Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the far right to power. "In light of the constraints that any future government faces, we are unlikely to see e
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
Russia said it prevented a Ukrainian attempt to hijack a missile-carrying strategic bomber
Russia's FSB said Ukraine promised a Russian pilot money and Italian citizenship to try to persuade him to fly a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber to Ukraine.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
16 Palestinians killed, dozens more injured in several parts of Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are attacking targets in several areas in the Gaza Strip, it posted on the social media platform X on Tuesday. Sixteen Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured, WAFA Palestinian news agency reported. The report said the IDF announced that it was taking action against the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) targets in Gaza City, where the army has been deployed for several days. "So far, the forces have eliminated dozens
2 min read - WorldJust Style
Goldwin-led consortium to establish green polyester fibre supply chain
Seven companies have partnered on the supply chain for green polyester fibre for The North Face Japan products.
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Pope begs for new peace efforts after latest attacks in Ukraine, Gaza
Pope Francis appealed for concrete new measures to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza Tuesday after attacks targeted a children's hospital in Kyiv and a school in Gaza. The Vatican press office issued a statement Tuesday expressing Francis’ pain over the new attacks and his “profound upset” at the spiraling of violence. “While he expresses closeness to the innocent victims and injured, he hopes and prays that concrete paths can be identified to put an end to these ongoing conflicts,” the stateme
1 min read - Businessdpa international
Workers at Hamburg port go on strike over wage dispute
Workers at Germany's largest port in Hamburg started a two-day strike on Tuesday to demand higher wages. "The strike has started as planned with the early shift at 6:30 am [0430 GMT]," said a spokesman for the verdi trade union. The employees are initially striking on a decentralized basis in front of their workplaces, and there will be a demonstration on Wednesday, the union said. Verdi said it wanted to increase the pressure on employers in the wage negotiations for employees in seaports With
2 min read - BusinessCNN Business
Chinese EV giant BYD to build $1 billion plant in Turkey
China’s BYD, which vies with Tesla for the title of the world’s top maker of battery electric vehicles, has agreed to build a $1 billion car factory in Turkey, the Turkish government has announced.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
In Spain, just two injured in Pamplona's latest bull run
At least two runners were injured during the third bull run at Pamplona's traditional Festival of San Fermín in northern Spain on Tuesday. That meant fewer people were hurt than in previous races, when five to six of the participants ended up in hospital, according to commentators on the state TV station RTVE. They expressed relief after some dangerous scenes during the event. Hundreds of people chase six massive bulls, some weighing over 600 kilograms, and several oxen into an arena in races he
2 min read - WorldAFP
South African minister's Wikipedia entry falsely claimed he is Zimbabwean
After South Africa’s new government was unveiled in late June, online users shared viral Wikipedia screenshots allegedly proving that Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber was born in Zimbabwe. However, AFP Fact Check found that his Wikipedia entry was changed several times in the space of a few hours after the cabinet announcement, before reverting to the original version created in 2020, which cites South Africa’s Namaqualand as Schreiber’s birthplace.
3 min read - WorldAFP
Video shows tanker blast in Brazil, not South Africa
Thousands of people die on South Africa’s roads every year. One of the country’s major hotspots is the Limpopo province, the scene of a horrific blast that killed 20 people in September 2023. Social media users shared a video claiming it showed a fuel tanker exploding on a stretch of highway about 100 kilometres from the border with Zimbabwe. But the claim is false: the footage is of a blast in northern Brazil.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Child's body retrieved from Kiev building destroyed in Russian attack
The body of a missing boy has been retrieved from the rubble of an apartment block in Kiev that was destroyed in a Russian missile attack, the city's civil defence department said on Tuesday. At least 27 people died in devastating Russian airstrikes on Kiev on Monday, including four children, and 117 people were injured. There were further casualties in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the south. In all, Ukraine reported at least 37 deaths and 170 injuries in the latest attacks. Tuesday is set to be
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Papua New Guinea minister facing domestic assault charge steps down. Opposition demands resignation
Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader urged the country’s premier Tuesday to fire the petroleum minister who is stepping down from office as he faces alleged domestic assault charges in Australia. Australian authorities did not name Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina as the accused, but his identity was widely reported by news outlets in Papua New Guinea and Australia.
3 min read - WorldINSIDER
China is freaking out over an 'open secret' that its cooking oil was ferried for years in chemical tanks that weren't cleaned
China is up in arms after state media discovered trucks interchangeably delivered soy oil and chemicals for fuel without cleaning their tanks.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
The Australian government named a special envoy Tuesday to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began. A similar envoy will soon be appointed to challenge Islamophobia in Australia and both will promote social cohesion, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Albanese’s own Sydney office has been targeted with pro-Palestinian graffiti as rival activists clash over the Israeli-Hamas war in Australian cities and univers
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Rescuers search for dozens buried by an Indonesian landslide that killed at least 23 people
Rescue workers dug through tons of mud and rubble on Tuesday as they searched for dozens of missing people after a landslide hit an unauthorized gold mining area on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 23 people. More than 100 villagers were digging for grains of gold on Sunday in the remote and hilly village of Bone Bolango when tons of mud plunged down the surrounding hills and buried their makeshift camps, said Heriyanto, head of the provincial Search and Rescue Office. “Improved w
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
House keys carry symbolic weight for Gaza families repeatedly displaced by war
On his key chain, Hassan Nofal keeps the keys to two homes. One is to the house of his grandparents in what is now southern Israel, which his family was driven out of by Israeli forces in 1948 and to which they’ve never been able to return. The other is to Nofal’s house in northern Gaza that he had to flee last year after Israel launched its campaign of bombardment and offensives in the territory.
6 min read - Worlddpa international
Israeli army advances further into Gaza City
The Israeli military has advanced further into the southern and western regions of Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Monday. In the early hours of Monday, the military began what it called counterterrorism operations in the area in northern Gaza and called on civilians to leave before the operation began, the IDF said. IDF troops reached the headquarters of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City, it said. Army radio reported clashes with a
3 min read - WorldReuters
Brazil adopts free trade with Palestinian Authority in show of support
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil has put into effect a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority that has been waiting for ratification for more than decade, in a show of support for the Palestinian people. "The agreement is a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state, which can live peacefully and harmoniously with its neighbors," Brazil's foreign ministry said on Monday in a statement. It said Brazil, which recognizes a Palestinian state and allowed a Palestinian
1 min read - WorldExplorersWeb
Australia Doesn’t Have a Croc Problem, Despite Latest Attack
BY BRANDON MICHAEL SIDELEAU Late last week, the remains of a missing 12-year-old girl were found after she was taken by a saltwater crocodile in Australia’s Northern Territory. The incident occurred in a waterway known as Mango Creek near the community of Nganmarriyanga/Palumpa in the remote and sparsely populated West Daly region, about 350 kilometers […]
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Canadian extreme temperatures table omits recent records
Social media posts containing a list of supposed Canadian temperature records from the early 20th century were used to claim recent reports of extreme heat are exaggerated. This is misleading; data from Environment and Climate Change Canada show records not mentioned in the posts, including Canada's highest-ever temperature recorded in British Columbia in 2021.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Rwanda says it is aware of the UK's intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme
Rwanda's government says it is aware of the United Kingdom's intention to terminate its plan to deport asylum-seekers to the East African country. In a statement late Monday, the office of the Rwandan government spokesman said the deal had been initiated by the UK “to address the crisis of irregular migration affecting the UK — a problem of the UK, not Rwanda.” This is the first time Rwandan authorities are officially commenting on plans by the UK's new Labour Party government to cancel the sc
1 min read - USModern Car Collector
Speeding Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Crashes in India
A high-speed incident involving a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ recently unfolded on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, highlighting the potential dangers of fast driving. The luxury supercar reportedly rear-ended an MPV while traveling on a highway, leading to significant damage to the vehicle. The impact was concentrated on the front driver-side corner, necessitating extensive repairs including replacement of the front bumper, hood, driver-side fender, and the windscreen which shattered upon colli
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Hanoi university loosens height requirements for students amid outrage
The Hanoi School of Business and Management (HSB), part of the Vietnam National University in Hanoi, removed its height requirement for students on June 6 amid public outrage. The requirement previously applied to all four of its undergraduate programs, but now HSB only considers the height criterion for its Management and Security course. The requirement: Under the previous rule, female student applicants had to be at least 5-foot-1 tall and male student applicants had to be at least 5-foot-4
1 min read - WorldTHE WARZONE
Ultralight Drone Hunting Planes Now In Use In Ukraine
Ukraine’s unorthodox efforts to develop ways of defeating Russian drones have taken an apparent new turn, with the appearance of a ultralight airplane carrying a sharpshooter to intercept uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). “Non-standard actions are required,” Bochkala says, with the drone-hunting ultralight being the latest example of this.
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Videos show what hit a Ukrainian children's hospital, and Russia is 'gaslighting,' war and weapons experts say
Russia says it's not responsible for the attack on the children's hospital, but experts are challenging its claims about what happened.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
India's PM Modi meets Putin in Russia, plans to discuss Ukraine peace
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than two years ago. An Indian foreign ministry spokesman in New Delhi said ahead of the trip that Modi will likely discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict during his visit. "We will always strive for a peaceful resolution of this issue as quickly as possible, which will be beneficial for everyone," he said. The spokesman said that the return of
1 min read - PoliticsSan Luis Obispo Tribune
Sheinbaum proposes returning to ‘no re-election’ of legislators in México
“The people of México do not want re-election, and we saw this during the pre-campaign and the campaign.”
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Deforestation in Colombia fell to historic lows in 2023, environment minister says
Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% in 2023 versus the previous year, the government said Monday, marking the lowest level since records began. The decline was driven by a drop in environmental destruction in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, including about one-third of it in Colombia, the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro said. Deforestation fell nationwide to about 792 square kilometers (about 305 square miles) in 2023, down from about 1,235 square kilometers (about 477
2 min read - LifestyleExplorersWeb
Wandering 1,400Km to the Northwest Passage
Serial adventurer Frank Wolf has already knocked over two expeditions in 2024. In March, he paddled a sea kayak 500km around the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia. In early June, he joined an all-Canadian team for a 325km sled trip to Baffin Island’s Clyde River region. Today, Wolf embarks on a significantly longer journey. […]
3 min read - WorldBBC
West African bloc risks 'disintegration' if juntas quit
The military leaders of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso say they are leaving Ecowas and forming a new alliance.
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Iran country profile
Provides an overview about Iran, including key facts and dates about this Middle Eastern country.
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