Author: Trainee Reporter

The key to maintaining women’s health and longevity is to lead an active lifestyle. Regular exercise is a simple and effective way to achieve a healthy lifestyle for most people. It offers a wide range of benefits, including improved heart health, enhanced mood, increased bone density, and reduced risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and some types of cancer. Starting an exercise routine can be daunting for many women, who may think that they need to join a gym or have special equipment at home. Although simple exercises performed at home or outdoors can be extremely beneficial to promoting…

United Kingdom: Resources Minister Robbie Moore has announced that the UK will set up the world’s first United Nations (UN) backed International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management in the Circular Economy. Acknowledging the UK’s world-class educational expertise and advanced scientific research, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) pledged to support the establishment of a centre in the country. A circular economy aims to keep resources in use for as long as possible, rather than disposing of them in a landfill after a single use. The UK will support countries worldwide in maximising the economic and environmental…

Canada: Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister has introduced a draft bill that would force tech platforms to remove ‘harmful’ online content, like child sexual abuse and hate speech. Canada’s Liberal government released the Online Harms Act, which would require tech companies to deal with seven categories of harmful content, including spreading hate online and increasing criminal penalties. The law-making will give Canadians the right to file complaints against hate speech and request the removal of content within 24 hours, subject to review by the Human Rights Tribunal. The bill defines seven categories of harm, which include intimate content that is…

Japan: The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) of Japan has survived a frozen, sunless night on the moon, called the lunar night, which is comparable to two weeks on Earth. The national space agency JAXA has stated on X that, “Last night, a command was sent to SLIM and a response received.” A mishap during landing in January caused the spacecraft to enter sleep mode as its solar panels were misaligned and could not generate power. Later, it was able to send images due to a change in the direction of sunlight, but it was again closed due to the lunar night. According…

Africa: Algeria has inaugurated the largest mosque in Africa after years of political manoeuvring ahead of Ramadan. The Grand Mosque of Algiers on the Mediterranean coast of the North African country was officially inaugurated by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The mosque, locally known as Djamaa El-Djazair, boasts the world’s tallest minaret standing at 265 meters (869 feet) and can accommodate 120,000 people. In terms of size, it is the third-largest mosque in the world, behind Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, which are the two holiest sites of Islam. Spread across an area of 27.75 hectares, which is approximately 70…

Hungary: The Swedish government is expected to receive the Hungarian parliament’s approval nearly two years after it applied for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The vote is set to take place in Budapest after a meeting between Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Despite their differences, they are said to be “prepared to die for each other.” The two countries have signed a new military deal in a warm but tightly controlled joint press conference in the Hungarian capital, in which Sweden promised to sell four new Gripen aircraft. Turkey has approved the…

Brussels: Meta, the owner of Facebook, has announced that it will launch a team committed to combat disinformation and harms induced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the lead-up to the European Parliament elections. The Head of EU Affairs at Meta, Marco Pancini said that, “The EU-specific Elections Operations Center would bring together experts from across the company to focus on tackling misinformation, influence operations and risks related to the abuse of AI.” “Ahead of the elections period, we will make it easier for all our fact-checking partners across the EU to find and rate content related to the elections because…

United Kingdom: Kemi Badenoch, Trade Secretary of the UK is participating the World Trade Organisation (WTO) conference at Abu Dubai to meet international counterparts as well as to defend free and fair trade and to protect UK businesses from increasing global trade barriers. More than 150 world trade ministers will gather together for WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in order to discuss global trade rules that affect tariffs, restrictions and how businesses sell their goods and services abroad. At MC13, the Trade Secretary said that, “Free trade creates jobs, opportunities for businesses, and puts money in people’s pockets. We want to see more…

United Kingdom: A study of the mental health crisis in the UK found that youths in their 20s are more likely to be unemployed than middle-aged people. Resolution Foundation research has revealed that people in their early 20s with mental health problems may not be able to access regular education and may end up out of work and in low-paying jobs. According to official figures, 34 percent of individuals aged 18 to 24 experienced symptoms of mental disorders like depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder during 2021-22. This is a significant rise from 24 percent in 2000 when young women were…

United States: After the Alabama court ruling, doctors have recommended that freezing embryos for IVF treatment in order to ensure the best possible outcome for the mother and her child. If fertility clinics cease to use frozen embryos, women who undergo in vitro fertilization and their babies would face major health risks, while young cancer patients would lose the opportunity to have children. Dr. Irene Dimitriadis, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at the Mass General Fertility Center in Boston, expressed her concern about a possible reality where medicine would move backwards. She said that, “That is a possible reality.…