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Fragrance-free toiletries and lots of snacks: The ultimate packing list for the Hajj pilgrimage
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, can often fall during one of the hottest periods of the year.
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It's not just AI — China's quickly gaining an edge over the U.S. in biotech
For all the attention on U.S.-China AI competition, new studies point to China's rapid rise in biotechnology, especially for drug and agricultural development.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Russia Confirms an Attack on Railway Tracks in Voronezh
Due to recent terrorist actions, Putin rejected the possibility of a cease-fire and ruled out a summit with Zelenskyy. On Thursday, Russian authorities suspended traffic on one of the railway lines in the Voronezh region, located about 280 miles south of Moscow, due to a new explosion on the tracks. RELATED: Breakthrough in Donbass: Russian […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Red flags rising over China’s trade surplus with Indonesia
Indonesia’s widening trade deficit with China has evolved into more than an economic concern—it now poses the risk of becoming a destabilizing fissure within the country’s social fabric and, by extension, ASEAN’s regional stability. According to Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS), between January and April 2025, Chinese imports to Indonesia surged to US$25.8 billion, while […] The post Red flags rising over...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:From summits to street art to schools: Here’s how we’re marking World Environment Day
5 June marks the 52ndWorld Environment Day, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and hosted by Jeju, South Korea, under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with the disease still claiming one life every minute. The impact of funding cuts is severe, causing widespread disruption to HIV services and threatening hard-won gains.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:UN hails new era of cooperation over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile – but concerns persist
The UN’s top disarmament official has welcomed signs of increased cooperation from Syria’s interim authorities in efforts to eliminate the country’s chemical weapons once and for all, as preparations move forward for a third round of inspections by international experts.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in45 casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution ‘alive’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their lives in 2024. They include 126 personnel killed in Gaza, all but one of whom served with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation
As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors and pregnant women from essential health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Like it or not, NATO’s hitting a 5% defense spending target, U.S. says
A 5% defense spending target for NATO members is looking increasingly likely as the alliance prepares for its big bang summit later in June.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:#FreeAlaa: Will hunger strikes release Alaa Abdel-Fattah?
A new UN report, the UK and human rights organizations call for the release of Egypt's most prominent detainee. After around 250 days of hunger strike, Alaa Abdel-Fattah's mother is in a life-threatening condition.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Negotiations With EU on Reciprocal Tariff Advancing Quickly: Greer
However, Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum risks undermining recent progress. On Wednesday, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that the negotiations between his country and the European Union (EU) on a settlement of a tense tariff spat were “advancing quickly.” RELATED: Federal Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump’s Tariffs: A Blow to U.S. […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Marcus Aurelius: a Roman emperor as social media influencer
How do you keep calm in times of crisis? What do people need to be happy? Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is often quoted online for answers. This once-powerful man would have preferred to be a philosopher.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Russia prepping drones that call home, hide and start fires
Russia launched its largest single drone attack of the war against Ukraine’s cities on June 1. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that they faced 472 unmanned one-way attack (OWA) drones overnight. The record may not stand for long. The prior record was on May 26, when Moscow launched some 355 drones. The day before, Russia […] The post Russia prepping drones that call home, hide and start fires appeared first on Asia...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:China issues arrest warrants for 20 Taiwanese accused of hacking missions
China refuses to deal with Taiwan's pro-independence government and has been pressing its diplomatic campaign to isolate the island.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:South Africa: What The Child Protection Pledge Needs to Succeed
[ISS] The plan is up against dysfunction within social development departments and fraught relations with NGOs that deliver most services.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Africa: Entrepreneurship As Resilience - Sudanese Women, Displacement, and the Remaking of Home in Exile
[African Arguments] The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation - Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments - Debating Ideas. Through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced, highlight...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Trump orders a review of Biden White House, citing political rival's 'cognitive decline'
U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden's actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor's "cognitive decline" and casting doubts on the legitimacy of his use of the autopen to sign pardons and other documents.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Sierra Leone: IMF Spokesman in Exclusive Chat on Country's Program
[Awareness Times] As ECF is still "Current" with No Suspension over $67m
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Planning a holiday in Europe this year? All of 2025’s tourist taxes, bans and restrictions explained
To save you trawling sites for the latest regulations and fines, we’ve compiled a comprehensive summary for visiting Europe this year.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Forever chemicals: Brussels' mission to clean up Europe's water
The European Commission plans to support water treatment to eliminate forever chemicals (PFAS), according to the European Water Resilience Strategy, adopted in Brussels on Wednesday.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Smoke from Canada’s wildfires reaches Europe amid extreme start to the 2025 fire season
About 200 fires are actively burning in Canada and have consumed about 19,900 square kilometres of terrain, most of it in the last week.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Danish PM seeks to extend religious full-face veil ban to educational institutions
Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday she was seeking to extend the 2018 niqab ban to educational institutions and remove prayer rooms, citing concerns about social control and oppression.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:AI, trade and $24 socks: Inside the inaugural SXSW in London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan opened the event and touted the U.K. capital as a key tech and investment hub, while also taking veiled swipes at U.S. trade policy.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:India is reaching for its own world-class AI engine
Despite thousands of AI startups cropping up in India, the nation has yet to produce its own premium AI engine. Why is there no Indian version of DeepSeek or ChatGPT?
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Close Ties Between Boakai Officials and AGL Raise Concerns Amid Ongoing Corruption Probe of Company's 'Controversial' Former Owners
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The close relationship between President Joseph Boakai's political advisor, MacDella Cooper, and House Speaker Richard Koon--particularly their alleged ties to African Global Logistics (AGL), the controversial successor of Bolloré Africa Logistics--has raised serious concerns about transparency and integrity at the highest levels of Liberia's leadership.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Shadow of dynastic politics shrouds Southeast Asia
Political dynasties are stronger than ever in Southeast Asia, as the offspring of former leaders hold power in half of the region's countries.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Uganda: We Got Intel About Planned Attacks Two Days Before Martyrs Day - Col. Magezi
[Nile Post] The acting Defence Public Information Officer, Col. Chris Magezi has revealed that security were not caught off guard by the June 3 Martyrs' Day suicide bombing attempt, having received intelligence two days earlier.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Why are these 12 countries on Trump's travel-ban list?
The new restrictions primarily affect African and Middle Eastern nations, with a range of justifications given.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:East Africa: East Africa's Lone Duck - Burundi Singled Out in Trump's Latest U.S. Travel Ban
[Nile Post] East African nation Burundi is the lone duck in the latest US emigration travel ban after the Trump administration listed it among just seven countries facing partial travel restrictions to the United States.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Burnout Among the Youngest Climate Activists
In the past few years, young people have emerged as some of the most passionate, informed, and persuasive leaders of the climate movement. But despite their youth, burnout has come for them too.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right
With the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, Global South countries are showing a path for a livable - and financially sustainable - future The post Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right appeared first on Climate Home News.
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