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Hong Kong to ban Japan seafood If Fukushima wastewater released

July 18, 2023

As Tokyo plans to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Japanese restaurant operator Sam Lam is busy finding substitutes for Japanese seafood that could soon be banned from entering Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government said last Wednesday that the city would immediately bar the import of aquatic products...

Poland reports Bird Flu outbreak in Cats, Human health risk low

July 18, 2023

The World Health Organisation said more than two dozen cats have been infected with bird flu across Poland, but no people appeared to have been sickened. In a statement on Monday, the UN health agency said it was the first time so many cats had been reported to have bird...

Solomon Islands leader counters critics of China security cooperation

July 18, 2023

The leader of Solomon Islands on Monday hit back at criticism of his nation’s deepening security ties with China, saying the United States and Australia had nothing to fear. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the remarks at a news conference in the capital Honiara after returning from a visit to...

Singer Elton John gives Testimony in Kevin spacey’s sexual assault trial

July 18, 2023

Elton John testified Monday for the defence in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial. John appeared remotely from Monaco to testify after his husband, David Furnish, said Spacey only once attended the annual gala the singer held at his Windsor home.One of the alleged victims accused Spacey of aggressively grabbing his...

Judge in Trump documents case faces Scrutiny as arguments approach

July 18, 2023

A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling classified documents, the judge presiding over the case is set to take on a more visible role as she weighs competing requests on a trial date and hears arguments this week on a procedural, but potentially crucial, area of...

Russia alleges Ukrainian involvement in fatal Crimea bridge assault

July 18, 2023

Vehicle traffic on the single bridge that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and serves as a key supply route for the Kremlin’s forces in the war with Ukraine came to a standstill Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing a married couple and wounding their daughter. Rail...

Climate diplomacy in Beijing: John Kerry works to mend US-China ties

July 18, 2023

US climate envoy John Kerry was holding talks on Monday with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as the US seeks to restore contacts amid disputes over trade, Taiwan, human rights and territorial claims. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Kerry was meeting Monday with Xie Zhenhua for the first extensive...

40 Lives lost in South Korea AMID rainstorm, widespread destruction

July 18, 2023

Heavy downpours lashed South Korea a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year. At least 40 people have died, 34 others are injured and more than 10,000...

MP govt, UNFPA launch chatbot for health issues

July 18, 2023

The Madhya Pradesh government and the United Nations Population Fund launched an Artificial Intelligence-enabled chatbot on Monday to address the critical need for accurate and accessible information on social issues and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among adolescents and young adults. The ‘Just Ask/Khulke Poochho’ chatbot was launched...

Kerala’s SNDP Yogam Supports UCC

July 18, 2023

Amid a growing debate in Kerala over the Centre’s move to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, SNDP Yogam, an outfit of the numerically strong Hindu Ezhava community in the state, has thrown its weight behind PM Narendra Modi’s proposal. The SNDP Yogam, founded by legendary social...

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