Author: News Desk

Iceland: Thousands of women, including the Prime Minister, in Iceland are on strike against the gender pay gap and gender-based violence. Sectors like healthcare and education, where women make up the majority of the workforce, are particularly impacted. The upcoming strike is the first all-day women’s walkout since 1975. Women and non-binary individuals have been encouraged to decline both paid and unpaid tasks on October 24, 2023, which include household chores. “I will not work this day, as I expect all the women will do as well,” Iceland’s PM, Ms. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, told a website ahead of the protest. Ms.…

Canada: Canada has reported a disinformation campaign led by China that has targeted dozens of its politicians, including Prime Minister Mr. Justin Trudeau. The Foreign Ministry noted that the “spamouflage” campaign used waves of online posts to discredit Canadian MPs. Earlier, China denied any allegations of interference in Canadian affairs. Global Affairs Canada revealed that its Rapid Response Mechanism, which was set up to monitor foreign state-sponsored disinformation efforts, detected a “spamouflage” campaign in August connected with China. According to the department, the campaign featured a bot network that “left thousands of comments” in Canada’s two official languages, English and…

London, UK: Over 19,000 people in Lebanon have been displaced since early October 2023 due to escalated tensions near the Israel-Lebanon border following the Israel-Hamas conflict. This was released by the United Nations (UN) migration agency. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 19,646 people in Lebanon have been displaced since they began monitoring movements on October 8, 2023. This displacement occurred in the aftermath of an attack on Israel by Hamas fighters and an Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The majority of these movements were made by people escaping from southern Lebanon, although some individuals from other…

Antarctica: A news study has stated that the accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica will continue for the rest of the century, no matter how much carbon emissions are cut. According to scientists, the consequences of sea level rise are “dire,” and some coastal cities may have to be abandoned. The  study noted that  ice sheet of west Antarctica would push up the oceans by 5 meters if lost completely. Previous researchers have shown that it is doomed to collapse over the course of centuries, but the new study shows that even drastic emissions cuts in the coming decades may…

Iran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned Israel that the Middle East will “go out of control” if it does not stop the war in Gaza. The Foreign Minister further commented that the US was also “to blame” for providing military support to Israel. According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, more than 4,600 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks in Gaza, and Israel is intensifying air strikes. “I warn the US and its proxy Israel that if they do not immediately stop the crime against humanity and genocide in Gaza, anything is possible at any…

Philippines: The Philippines has repeated its call on China to stop its “provocative actions” in the South China Sea. Manila summoned the Chinese ambassador after two near collisions between Chinese and Filipino ships over the weekend. The collision near Second Thomas Shoal, which lies within Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), occurred as the Philippines tried to resupply sailors on the Sierra Madre, a ship it grounded there in 1999. Mr. Jonathan Malaya, a spokesperson for the Philippines National Security Council, told a press conference that one of the Philippines’s boats was damaged in the incident, although nobody on board was…

Australia: A new report has revealed that 3.7 million households in Australia have experienced food insecurity over the past 12 months. According to the Foodbank’s annual hunger report, more than 2.3 million of those households were “severely food insecure”, which means that they were actively going hungry, reducing food intake, skipping meals, or going entire days without eating. The report, based on a survey of 4,342 people conducted in July, noted that, compared with 2022, about 383,000 more households struggled to find food this year. The major cause of food insecurity was the cost-of-living crisis, with 77 percent of households…

United States: A new clinical report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has stated that no nutritional benefits are found in “formulas” given to toddlers between 6 months and 36 months of age. “The word toddler formula is misleading,” Ms. Jenelle Ferry, a neonatologist and director of feeding, nutrition, and infant development at Pediatrix Medical Group in Florida, commented. It is widely considered that infant formulas are a nutritionally complete dietary source designed for babies from birth to 12 months and can act as a replacement for infants who cannot get mother’s milk. “Toddler milk is not the…

Philippines: The Philippine authorities have accused a Chinese coast guard of colliding with a Filipino supply boat in the South China Sea. The Filipino vessel was moving towards a Philippine outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal, where tensions have surged recently. Manila commented that China’s “dangerous blocking manoeuvres” are endangering the safety of the Filipino crew. Beijing replied that the Philippines “deliberately stirred up trouble”. Chinese and Philippine ships often engage in conflicts around the shoal because a few Filipino soldiers stationed on the outpost require monthly rations. However, Filipino authorities noted that China has grown more aggressive following the…

Egypt: Leaders and top officials gathered at the Cairo Summit for Peace have discussed ways to “de-escalate” the Israel-Hamas war. The summit held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, was attended by representatives from countries including Jordan, France, Germany, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, Qatar, and South Africa, together with United Nations and European Union officials. Egypt’s President Mr. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula as the first aid convoy entered Gaza after two weeks of war. Mr. Sisi added that the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians. “About…