Officials on Tuesday confirmed that more than 150 people were injured in a fireworks accident during a temple festival in the southern Indian state of Kerala. According to the police officials, the accident took place late Monday night in Kasaragod district, about 555 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. The police said…
A report by researchers from Victoria University on Tuesday said the health gap between advantaged and disadvantaged communities in Australia is growing. It said Australians living in the nation’s poorest areas are up to three times more likely to suffer from preventable chronic diseases than those from advantaged communities. According to the report published on…
Rodrigo has won the Ballon d’Or2024 award, becomes the first Manchester City player to claim the coveted best player honour. The Spaniard has grown into a pivotal figure in Pep Guardiola’s incredible side, who earned a record breaking fourth successive English top-flight title last season. His impact on Manchester City, as well as his role…
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday announced its decision to renew anti-dumping duties on ethanolamines imported from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The duties were initially introduced in 2018 for a period of five years as such imports had caused substantial damage to China’s domestic industry. Following the end of the term…
The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed a contract worth 163 million dollars for the construction of a cement plant in northern Jawzjan province. The office of the acting deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs said in a statement on Tuesday. At the signing ceremony, Mullah Hedayatullah Badri, acting minister of…
Gunmen shot and killed a policeman deployed on security detail for polio vaccinators in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, in yet another attack on health workers. The country struggled to contain the spread of the crippling disease. Another policeman was wounded in the attack that took place in Orakzai district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in collaboration with ECOBANK Plc on Tuesday in Abuja unveiled a 6-month training programme for the empowerment of West African women traders. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme seeks to empower women-led businesses by supporting and enhancing their growth, leveraging the African Continental…
TikTok founder Zhang Yiming has topped China’s rich list for the first time, according to Shanghai-based Hurun magazine, which put his fortune at 49.3 billion dollars. Zhang, 41, belongs to the new generation of Chinese business people who are more internationally focused than their predecessors, according to Hurun. TikTok owner ByteDance, also founded by Zhang,…
On the night of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the New York Times introduced the “needle,” a data visualization reminiscent of a car’s speedometer. This tool aimed to inform readers about the potential implications of early vote counts on the final outcome. As election night unfolded, millions of Americans watched the needle with a mix…
The Washington Post is experiencing a significant wave of cancellations from its digital subscribers and a spate of resignations from its columnists, a backlash stemming from owner Jeff Bezos’s decision to prevent the endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential election. According to sources within the paper, over 200,000 subscribers had cancelled their…
