China on Wednesday started an anti-subsidy investigation into certain dairy products imported from the European Union (EU), according to the Ministry of Commerce. The investigation has been launched in response to an application submitted by the Dairy Association of China and the China Dairy Industry Association on behalf of the domestic industry in July, the…
At least 28 people were killed and 23 others injured as a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims to Iraq overturned in the central Iranian province of Yazd Tuesday night. According to local media reports, the incident occurred in Dehshir village, Taft County, at around 9:50 p.m. local time (18:20 GMT) Tuesday night. The bus was en…
The Germany’s state-owned railway boss, Deutsche Bahn, which has been plagued by chronic delays and unhappy passengers in recent years, switched to travel by car and aeroplane. He has done this for several business trips last year, the Transport Ministry said on Wednesday. Richard Lutz, the chief executive of Deutsche Bahn, travelled by car on…
Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu. The security personnel had attempted to halt the vehicle as it approached the checkpoint at speed, a police spokesman said. The al-Shabaab Islamist terrorist group claimed responsibility….
Hundreds of wildfires are currently raging across Canada, with over 800 active fires, 223 of which are out of control. According to the latest report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) dated Monday. Meanwhile, scientists note that this year’s fires are unusually widespread, affecting regions from the West Coast to the Atlantic Provinces…
Rules for liquids in hand luggage are being tightened again at airports throughout the European Union beginning on September 1. Passengers would once again be limited to containers of no more than 100 millilitres. Passengers are also required to pack liquid containers together in a single transparent plastic bag with a maximum volume of 1…
A commander linked with the Palestinian faction Fatah was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Khalil al-Makdah was killed in a drone attack in the port city of Sidon, 40 kilometers south of Beirut, according to the Lebanese army. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is the military wing of Fatah, also…
German police have arrested a 54-year-old suspect believed to be the gunman behind a fatal shooting on a railway platform in the busy Frankfurt Central Station, police said on Wednesday. The victim, a 27-year-old man, was standing on the station’s Platform nine at around 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Tuesday when a gunman approached him…
European governments need to show strong political commitment to eliminate Mpox, while standing in solidarity with Africa, a top official of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Briefing journalists in Geneva, Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, insisted Mpox is which “not the ‘new COVID’” and that the risk from…
The United Kingdom has donated a counter-insurgency (COIN) training facility to the Nigerian Armed Forces to help enhance the reality of their training and better prepare the force for future operations. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by Ndidiamaka Eze, Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer | Comms Lead, Prosperity and Economic Development Foreign…
