Sri Lanka's plantation workers live on the margins, but politicians want their votes

19.09.2024 (14 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 1 Okunma

SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka — Whoever Sri Lanka's next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn't expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantati[..]

 Indian Kashmir prepares for first local government elections in a decade

19.09.2024 (14 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 2 Okunma

For the first time in over a decade, elections for 90 seats in Indian-administered Kashmir's general assembly are being held

Russia pledges to back Pakistan's BRICS membership

19.09.2024 (14 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 1 Okunma

islamabad — Russia expressed support Wednesday for Pakistan's entry into the BRICS intergovernmental group of major emerging economies from the Global South

Pakistan, Russia expand economic ties amid Western sanctions

19.09.2024 (14 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 2 Okunma

Islamabad/Washington — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk met with Pakistani officials in Islamabad on Wednesday to deepen economic ties and expand cooperation across multiple sectors, as Moscow grapples with U

Uzbekistan opens free economic zone on Afghan border

19.09.2024 (14 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 1 Okunma

Termez, Uzbekistan — Afghans longing for closer connections with the outside world are finding an outlet in the border city of Termez, where neighboring Uzbekistan invites them to visit a new international trade center aimed at boosting regional tra[..]

Indian-controlled Kashmir sees brisk voting for local government

19.09.2024 (14 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 1 Okunma

SRINAGAR, India — Voting in the first phase of a staggered election to choose a local government concluded Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its[..]

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles for second time in a week

19.09.2024 (15 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 3 Okunma

SEOUL/TOKYO — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday that landed in the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said

Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon blasts

19.09.2024 (15 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 4 Okunma

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's Gold Apollo said on Wednesday the pagers that were used in the detonations in Lebanon on Tuesday were not made by it but by a company called BAC which has a license to use its brand

China piles extra work on weary youth to ease pension crisis

19.09.2024 (15 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 4 Okunma

BEIJING — China's decision to raise the retirement age will give a brief boost to its strained pension system but risks further discouraging weary young workers and cannot arrest long-term demographic decline, experts say

Japan says Chinese carrier entered its contiguous waters for first time

19.09.2024 (15 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 4 Okunma

TOKYO/TAIPEI — A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defense ministry said, the latest in a string of military maneuvers that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbors

Malaysia's king to visit China Thursday

19.09.2024 (15 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 4 Okunma

BEIJING — Malaysia's king Sultan Ibrahim will visit China starting Thursday, the first by a Malaysian monarch in a decade, where he will meet President Xi Jinping and likely seek support for projects boosting connectivity to neighboring Singapore

Taiwan's coastal defenses questioned after Chinese man's illegal entry attempt

19.09.2024 (15 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 3 Okunma

Taipei, Taiwan — A recent attempt by a Chinese man to illegally enter Taiwan after crossing the 180-kilometer-wide Taiwan Strait in a rubber boat is raising concerns on the island about its coastal defense capabilities and overall preparedness amid r[..]

Nigeria flags flood risk in 11 states as Cameroon releases dam water 

19.09.2024 (16 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 3 Okunma

LAGOS — Nigeria's hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighboring Cameroon said it was starting to release water from one of its largest dams following recent heavy rainfall in West and Central Africa

Teenage mothers in Tanzania struggle with stigmatization

19.09.2024 (16 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 2 Okunma

According to the U

In Indonesia, Uganda and Ecuador, environmental activists risk lives for planet

19.09.2024 (16 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 3 Okunma

PARIS — Almost 200 environmental activists were murdered last year, with the toll especially heavy in South America, according to rights group Global Witness

Tensions deepen, with Addis Ababa falsely accusing Cairo of aiding Eritrea to secede decades ago

19.09.2024 (16 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 3 Okunma

Egypt ruffled Ethiopia’s feathers after Cairo sent military aid to Somalia, which had accused Ethiopia of planning to annex its territory

Africa needs its own medical research for its health issues, experts say

19.09.2024 (16 Saat, 36 Dakika önce) 2 Okunma

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — One of the hurdles to improving health care systems for African countries is the shortage of scientists and lack of meaningful medical research on the continent, experts say

US lawmakers welcome Russian activist freed in August prisoner swap

19.09.2024 (17 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 2 Okunma

WASHINGTON — U

Germany's expanded border controls reflect concerns over migration ahead of elections

19.09.2024 (17 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 2 Okunma

Germany has expanded border controls on more of its land crossings following two recent knife attacks allegedly committed by migrants

Britain looks to Italy for help amid surge in Channel migrants

19.09.2024 (17 Saat, 6 Dakika önce) 3 Okunma

LONDON — Human rights groups have urged Britain not to copy Italy’s approach in trying to reduce the number of migrants arriving on its shores

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