Foreign
Opportunities for fresh agri products in Singapore
July 15, 2024, 2:52 pm
HANOI – A working delegation from Singapore visited agricultural farms in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on July 12 to learn about food safety management policies, disease control and agricultural export certification process there. The visit is expected to bring opportunities for… Read More
Findings open path for new ADHD treatment
July 15, 2024, 12:57 pm
JERUSALEM – Israeli researchers identified a specific brain region’s crucial function in controlling alertness levels in a study shedding light on the role of an enigmatic irregular sheet of neurons. The findings open a new door to potential new treatments for disorders characterized by… Read More
Number of babies born in Singapore in 2023 fell to lowest in 20 years
July 15, 2024, 12:44 pm
ANKARA – The number of babies born in Singapore in 2023 has plummeted to its lowest level in 20 years, entrenching the country's "great baby drought." A total of 33,541 babies were born in 2023, a 5.8 percent decline from 35,605 babies born in 2022, Singapore-based The Straits Times reported on… Read More
BTS' Jin carries Paris Olympics torch amid cheers from fans
July 15, 2024, 12:24 pm
PARIS – Jin of global K-pop sensation BTS carried the torch for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on Sunday, greeted by throngs of cheering fans. The South Korean singer led the Louvre Museum section of the relay in Paris, starting around 8 p.m. Crowds of BTS fans, known as ARMY, gathered to catch… Read More
FBI says 20-year-old behind Trump assassination attempt
July 14, 2024, 7:25 pm
WASHINGTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Sunday identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the suspected shooter in former US president Donald Trump's assassination attempt. Crooks, 20, is from Pennsylvania, where the former president was hit during his rally in Butler township. "The… Read More
Trump ‘fine’ after gunshots reported at Pennsylvania rally
July 14, 2024, 9:16 am
WASHINGTON – Former US President Donald Trump “is fine” after he appeared injured Saturday following gunshots that were reported at a rally in the US state of Pennsylvania. Trump was seen bloodied on his right ear as he was being whisked from the stage, according to social media footage.… Read More
12 dead, 66 missing in Nepal's landslides
July 12, 2024, 1:41 pm
KATHMANDU – Twelve people died while 65 others went missing in separate incidents as massive rains triggered flooding and landslides in central Nepal on Thursday night and Friday morning, local police said. On Thursday night, seven members of one family and three others died in landslides in… Read More
Meta to remove posts containing ‘Zionist’
July 11, 2024, 12:27 pm
TEHRAN – Meta has announced a decision to remove posts containing the word “Zionist” on Facebook and Instagram. The giant social media company made the decision on the pretext of fighting hate speech. The term “Zionist” is not a proper word to refer to Jews or Israelis, according to a… Read More
Global population tops 8 billion as aging trend accelerates
July 11, 2024, 9:00 am
ISTANBUL – The global population aged 65 and over has nearly doubled to 10.3%, and this trend is expected to continue. The world's population, which continues to grow at varying rates in different regions, has already surpassed 8 billion people. According to the UN Population Fund's (UNFPA)… Read More
3.6% of teenagers don't identify as male or female - survey
July 10, 2024, 1:40 pm
ROME – Some 3.6 percent of Italian teenagers, or almost one in 30, don't identify as male or female, according to a new survey out Tuesday. The survey by research institute IARD, carried out on 3,427 students between the ages of 13 and 19, for the first time gave the option "I don't identify" in… Read More
White House denies Biden being treated for Parkinson’s
July 9, 2024, 2:06 pm
WASHINGTON – The White House on Monday denied that US President Joe Biden is being treated for Parkinson's disease despite visitor logs showing that a leading neurologist who specializes in the malady visited the executive mansion eight times in as many months. The records, available to the… Read More
Scientists to restore damaged lands in Arctic region
July 8, 2024, 1:58 pm
ISTANBUL – A Turkish team of scientists will develop engineering solutions validated by scientific methods to restore damaged lands in the Arctic region. Orhan Ince, an environmental engineering faculty member at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and head of the school’s Microbial Ecology… Read More
Democrats eye Harris as only possible replacement for Biden
July 8, 2024, 12:50 pm
NEW YORK – The US Democratic Party elite views Kamala Harris as the only candidate to replace Joe Biden in the presidential race, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to WSJ, the party elite has almost reached a consensus that Harris is the only replacement for Biden. There will be some… Read More
Palestinian deputy labor minister killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
July 8, 2024, 12:42 pm
GAZA CITY – Palestinian Deputy Labor Minister Ihab al-Ghussein was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday, local authorities said. Gaza's government media office said al-Ghussein was killed along with a group of Palestinians after he was directly hit by an Israeli plane, without… Read More
11 killed, several missing as massive rains wreak havoc across Nepal
July 8, 2024, 11:46 am
ANKARA – At least 11 people were killed and several went missing as incessant monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods across Nepal, local media reported on Sunday. The floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains over the past 24 hours destroyed several houses, and blocked key… Read More
Papua New Guinea exec arrested in Australia over domestic violence
July 8, 2024, 11:43 am
ANKARA – Australian police arrested an official of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on the charge of domestic assault offense, local media reported on Sunday. The PNG's Minister for Petroleum Jimmy Maladina was arrested in Sydney near famed Bondi beach after police responded to a call by a woman on… Read More
US braces for historic heat wave threatening 130M nationwide
July 7, 2024, 8:18 pm
ISTANBUL – A massive heat wave is sweeping across the US, placing approximately 130 million people under severe heat advisories from the Pacific Northwest to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, Voice of America reported Saturday. This extreme weather event is poised to break numerous temperature… Read More
Vietnam to turn off outdated 2G tech in September
July 7, 2024, 7:46 pm
HÀ NỘI – Vietnam will turn off its 2G technology beginning September 16. Telecommunication service providers are urged to take drastic measures to support their subscribers to switch to mobile phones with higher technology to ensure their interests. But the 2G service will continue to be… Read More
China denounces US deployment of ballistic missiles to PH
July 6, 2024, 4:10 pm
ISTANBUL – China warned against US deployment of intermediate-range missiles to the Philippines, citing a significant regional security threat. "The deployment is a move to turn back the wheel of history, and it gravely threatens regional countries’ security, undermines regional peace and… Read More
Pezeshkian is new Iranian president
July 6, 2024, 4:08 pm
DUBAI – Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won the presidential run-off, the spokesman for the Islamic Republic’s Election Office, Mohsen Eslami, announced Saturday. Pezeshkian received 16.384 million or 53.6 percent of the 30.530 million total votes cast, to become Iran’s… Read More
