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Global Energy Consumption Trends: Fossil Fuels Still Dominate, Renewables on the Rise
June 20, 2024
Global Energy Consumption Trends: Fossil Fuels Still Dominate, Renewables on the Rise
A new industry report reveals that while renewable energy sources continue to gain ground globally, fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions hit record highs in 2023, Al Jazeera reported today. The Statistical Review of World Energy report shows fossil…
World Refugee Day: Millions Displaced Amid Ongoing Crises
June 20, 2024
World Refugee Day: Millions Displaced Amid Ongoing Crises
On World Refugee Day, a new UN report sheds light on the staggering global refugee crisis. According to the data, by the end of 2023, approximately 117 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict,…
Tell MAMA launches Manifesto for next UK government to tackle hate crime
June 19, 2024
Tell MAMA launches Manifesto for next UK government to tackle hate crime
Tell MAMA, a national initiative tracking anti-Muslim incidents in the UK, has introduced its Manifesto Against Hate ahead of the upcoming General Elections on July 4. In its Manifesto, the pro-Muslim organization calls on British political candidates to tackle the…
US lawmakers propose motion to designate major Muslim Eids as national public holidays
June 19, 2024
US lawmakers propose motion to designate major Muslim Eids as national public holidays
A group of progressive Democrats in the US House of Representatives has proposed a bill to designate Eid Al Adha and Eid Al Fitr as national public holidays in the United States, the National reported. Despite this effort, the bill’s…
Indian doctors successfully perform first-ever telesurgery using robotic instruments
June 19, 2024
Indian doctors successfully perform first-ever telesurgery using robotic instruments
A team of Indian doctors from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre in Delhi’s Rohini city has successfully performed the first-ever telesurgery using the first indigenous surgical robot, The Times of India reported. According to the report, the fibre-optic…
Uyghur Woman Gets 14 More Years in Jail After Finishing 10-Year Sentence for Teaching Quran
June 19, 2024
Uyghur Woman Gets 14 More Years in Jail After Finishing 10-Year Sentence for Teaching Quran
A Uyghur woman, Heyrinisa Memet, was sentenced to 14 additional years in jail just days after completing a 10-year sentence for teaching the Quran to teenagers at the request of neighbors, RFA reported today. Memet is one of several Uyghurs…
Gobal conflicts result in significant rise in civilian casualties in 2023, UN says
June 19, 2024
Gobal conflicts result in significant rise in civilian casualties in 2023, UN says
In 2023, global conflicts resulted in a significant rise in civilian casualties, with child deaths tripling and women fatalities doubling compared to the previous year, according to the United Nations. Overall civilian deaths increased by 72 percent, as reported by…
UNICEF warns of cholera risk as Nigerian students resume school
June 19, 2024
UNICEF warns of cholera risk as Nigerian students resume school
Nigerian students returning from the mid-term break and Eid holiday face a heightened risk of contracting cholera, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, UNICEF has warned. Public health experts caution that the food and water-borne disease could rapidly spread in…
Imam Ali Holy Shrine prepares hundreds of thousands of fresh flowers to adorn holy shrine ahead of Eid al-Ghadir
June 19, 2024
Imam Ali Holy Shrine prepares hundreds of thousands of fresh flowers to adorn holy shrine ahead of Eid al-Ghadir
The Imam Ali Holy Shrine has begun preparing hundreds of thousands of fresh flowers to adorn the shrine in celebration of Eid al-Ghadir, the Greatest Eid of God. Barq Hadi, an official in the Decoration Unit, told Shia Waves Agency…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi recalls biography of Imam Sheikh Mohammad Taqi al-Shirazi
June 19, 2024
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi recalls biography of Imam Sheikh Mohammad Taqi al-Shirazi
The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, remembered with great sorrow the anniversary of the passing of the leader of the 1920 Revolution, Imam Mirza Sheikh Mohammad Taqi al-Shirazi, may Allah Almighty have mercy on him. Grand…