UAE Team Emirates announce net zero ambitions at COP28
Dubai [UAE], December 7: Today, the UAE Team Emirates' CEO and Team Principal, Mauro Gianetti, was invited to present at COP28 and used the platform...
Fujairah, Rotterdam explore climate action cooperation
Dubai [UAE], December 7: Aseela Al Mualla, Director of Fujairah Environment Authority (FEA), met Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, to discuss ways to enhance joint...
Death toll of 7.4-magnitude quake rises to 3 in Philippines
Manila [Philippines], December 6: The death toll in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern Philippine Surigao province last Saturday has climbed to three, the...
New Australian telescope to enable deep space communication
Canberra [Australia], December 6: A new telescope in Australia's capital city will enable communication with astronauts from the moon to deep space.
Niger cancels EU missions
Abuja [Nigeria], December 6: EU foreign policy chief JosepBorrell expressed regret on Tuesday at a decision by the ruling military junta in Niger to cancel...
Putin to visit Saudi Arabia and UAE
Moscow [Russia], December 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, his spokesman has said, without...
Gaza's plight grows as Israeli forces push south
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 6: The expansion of Israeli military operations into the south of the Gaza Strip has prompted renewed calls for Israel to...
Civilians trapped inside northern Gaza hospital
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 6: Terrified civilians are trapped inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza as Israeli forces have encircled the medical facility,...
Ukraine destroyed Russian ammunition depot in Luhansk
Kiev [Ukraine], December 6: The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on December 4 that it had destroyed a Russian ammunition depot and armored vehicles...
Warns the world to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold
Washington [US], December 6: Yesterday, a team of world scientists published an annual analysis report on the Global Carbon Project, which warned that the world...
Sexual assaults in the Canadian military have increased significantly
Ottawa [Canada], December 6: Statistics Canada recorded a significant increase in sexual assaults in the country's military in 2022 compared to 2018, reflecting the latest...
If he does not 'rematch' Mr. Trump, President Biden may not run...
Washington [US], December 6: US President Joe Biden said he might not have run for re-election if he had not faced his predecessor Donald Trump,...
America begins to punish Israel
Washington [US], December 6: In a rare move of sanctions against Israel, the US State Department announced it would impose an entry ban on Jewish...
A case of pneumonia appeared in the capital, Indonesia warned people
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 6: The Indonesian Ministry of Health has urged people to wear masks after detecting pneumonia cases in the capital Jakarta.
Promote comprehensive cooperation between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 6: On the morning of December 5, in the capital Vientiane (Laos), the opening ceremony and first plenary session of the first...
Cyclone Michaung hits India's south after 13 killed in floods
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 6: Cyclone Michaungbarrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with intense winds, its arrival preceded by torrential rains and...
Biden 'not sure' he would seek re-election if Trump was not running
Washington [US], December 6: U.S. President Joe Biden said he may have skipped a re-election bid if he were not facing Donald Trump, adding that...
Mathematics, decline in teenagers reading skills
Washington [US], December 6: Teenagers' mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and COVID school closures are only partly...
Marapi volcano eruption leaves 22 dead; one still missing
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 6: The death toll from Indonesia's Marapi volcano eruption jumped to 22 as rescuers found more climbers who had perished near the...
Israeli accounts of sexual violence by Hamas rise but justice is remote
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 6: On Oct. 7, the day Hamas attacked, the Israeli military set up an impromptu morgue of refrigerated shipping containers at...
NCM warns of fog formation and poor visibility
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 6: The National Centre of Meteorology urged UAE motorists to follow the traffic regulations regarding the chance of fog formations.
Sultan bin Ahmed visits South Korean SK Telecom Company
Sharjah [UAE], December 6: Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, visited SK...
5.2-magnitude quake hits Philippine Islands Region - GFZ
Beijing [China], December 5: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Philippine Islands Region at 0058 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center...
At least 14 dead, 35 injured in bus crash in S. Thailand
Bankok [Thaikand], December 5: At least 14 people died and 35 others injured as a passenger tour bus veered off the road and collided with...
Philippines inflation rate hits 20-month low in November with lower food prices
Manila [Philippines], December 5: Year-on-year inflation in the Philippines further eased to 4.1 percent in November, the lowest since March 2022, mainly due to lower...
British Defence Ministry estimates 70,000 Russians killed in Ukraine
London [UK], December 5: Around 70,000 Russian regulars and mercenaries have fallen since the invasion of Ukraine, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) estimated in its...
Climate activists express outrage at COP28 inaction
Dubai [UAE], December 5: German environmental activists attending the UN Climate Change Conference also known as COP28 have called on the 200 countries attending to...