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Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: Islam is a religion of peace and harmony
October 9, 2024
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: Islam is a religion of peace and harmony
The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, emphasized that Islam is a religion of peace, always striving to promote security and harmony worldwide. In a series of brief messages published by his office, his Eminence highlighted that…
SpaceX Successfully Launches ESA’s Hera Mission for Asteroid Study
October 9, 2024
SpaceX Successfully Launches ESA’s Hera Mission for Asteroid Study
SpaceX successfully launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission to interplanetary transfer orbit on Monday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time, Xinhua reported yesterday. The mission aims to study the effects of…
Rare Rainfall Transforms Sahara Desert in Morocco
October 9, 2024
Rare Rainfall Transforms Sahara Desert in Morocco
Southeastern Morocco’s Sahara Desert, one of the world’s driest regions, experienced an unprecedented deluge, creating blue lagoons amidst palm trees and sand dunes, Arab News reported yesterday. The Moroccan government reported that two days of rainfall in September surpassed annual…
WFP Can Only Assist 1 Million of 12 Million Hungry Afghans Due to Funding Shortages
October 9, 2024
WFP Can Only Assist 1 Million of 12 Million Hungry Afghans Due to Funding Shortages
The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that it can provide emergency food assistance to only one million of the 12 million people facing hunger in Afghanistan, citing a critical lack of funds, Afghanistan International reported yesterday. The organization requires…
Governments in Africa Prioritize Older Children Over Early Childhood Development, Study Finds
October 9, 2024
Governments in Africa Prioritize Older Children Over Early Childhood Development, Study Finds
A recent study by UNICEF and the Learning for Well-being Institute reveals a troubling disparity in social spending across Africa, with governments allocating 16 times more financial resources to older children compared to their youngest counterparts. This trend not only…
WHO Warns of Disease Outbreaks Amid Lebanon Crisis
October 9, 2024
WHO Warns of Disease Outbreaks Amid Lebanon Crisis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarms over potential disease outbreaks in Lebanon due to overcrowded displacement shelters and the closure of hospitals amid ongoing conflict, Arab News reported yesterday. As Israeli ground operations escalate against Hezbollah, over 1,000…
Deadly Bombing Targets Chinese Nationals in Karachi, Claims Two Lives
October 8, 2024
Deadly Bombing Targets Chinese Nationals in Karachi, Claims Two Lives
A late-night bombing outside Karachi’s largest airport targeted a convoy of Chinese nationals, resulting in the deaths of two Chinese workers and injuries to eight others, including police officers, the Associated Press reported yesterday. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed…
NIH Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Rare Eye Disease
October 8, 2024
NIH Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Rare Eye Disease
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered the UBAP1L gene as a cause of certain inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which impact over 2 million people worldwide, SciTech Daily reported yesterday. The findings, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, emerged…
Kais Saied Secures Second Term in Tunisian Presidential Election
October 8, 2024
Kais Saied Secures Second Term in Tunisian Presidential Election
Tunisian President Kais Saied has won re-election with 90.69% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. The election, held on October 6, 2024, saw a turnout of just 28.8%. Saied faced two challengers: his former ally,…
Global Tourism Sector Sees Significant Emission Reductions
October 8, 2024
Global Tourism Sector Sees Significant Emission Reductions
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the travel and tourism sector fell to 3.5 billion tons of CO2 in 2023, representing 6.7% of total emissions, down from 7.8% in 2019, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. WTTC President Julia Simpson announced these findings…