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The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the growing global food safety crisis, reporting that an estimated 1.6 million people become sick from unsafe food every day, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. Speaking at a UN press briefing…

Nepal’s army has collected a staggering 11,000 kilograms of waste from Mount Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse as part of the country’s “Clean Himal” campaign, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The haul included 2,226 kg of biodegradable and 8,774 kg of non-biodegradable…

At least seven people were killed and 20 injured, mostly children, when a school bus plunged into a river in northwestern Syria on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The accident happened near the town of Darkush, west of Idlib, when…

The United Nations’ Food Agency projects that a staggering 12.4 million people in Afghanistan will face acute food insecurity from May to October 2024, Amu TV reported yesterday. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), 2.9 million of these individuals…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed deep concern about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, reliefweb reported yesterday. Over 3.3 million people have been forcibly displaced in the Central Sahel countries of Burkina Faso,…

Scientists have, for the first time, discovered a complete skull of the bird species Genyornis newtoni. The intact skull, unearthed in Australia, belongs to a massive flightless bird weighing about 230 kg, nearly four times the weight of an average…

The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has announced that tomorrow Saturday—corresponding to 8 June 2024—marks the first of the month of Dhu’l-Hijjah, 1445 AH. The office said in a statement: “The…

Doctors Without Borders— also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—a humanitarian medical charity, has expressed worry over the high rate hospital admissions of severely malnourished children in Northern Nigeria in recent weeks. The charity’s representative in Nigeria, Dr Simba Tirima,…

The local government of Holy Karbala has completed all its security and service preparations for the Arafa Pilgrimage, Director of Media and Government Communication in the holy city said. Tawfiq Ghalib pointed out that: “External and internal roads have been…

A breakthrough study has revealed that teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. The study has possibly captured…