China's domestic helper agency warns against labour shortage trouble amid population decline
China’s largest online domestic helper agency, Swan Daojia, has said labor shortage will remain a major hurdle for the country in the upcoming days.
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European Council chief says in touch with EU, G7 leaders over situation in Russia
Moscow: European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday he was closely following the situation in Russia and was in contact with European Union leaders and G7 partners.
Libya crypto-mine raid: 10 Chinese national arrested
Public prosecutors in the Libyan city of Zliten have arrested 10 Chinese nationals for allegedly setting an illegal crypto-mining operation in a disused iron factory on the western coast of Libya, media reports said.
Chinese-linked fraudulent activities: Two Nepali citizens arrested
Police have arrested two Nepali people for luring people with job opportunities, sending them to Laos, and engaging them in fraudulent activities, media reports said.
South Africa: 31 suspected illegal miners die in mine
Cape Town: At least 31 suspected illegal miners were believed to have died at an old mine in the Free State province of South Africa, authorities said.
Russia: Vladimir Putin orders neutralization of Wagner rebellion organizers
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered the Russian Armed Forces to neutralize those who organized the armed rebellion of the Wagner private military group.
One killed, 3 injured by gunmen in Pakistan
Islamabad: One man was killed, and three others were injured in an attack in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, local police said.
China: Six dead, 2 injured in highway rear-end collisions
Hangzhou: Six people were killed and two slightly injured after five vehicles waiting for the green light got rear-ended at a highway intersection in east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday afternoon, said local public security authorities.
Ukraine: Air raid warnings issued in Kiev, multiple regions
Moscow: Air raid sirens went off in several regions of Ukraine, including Kiev, late on Friday night, according to air raid data from the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Afghanistan: Shopkeepers in Kabul say sales remain low ahead of Eid
A shopkeeper in Kabul has said on the eve of Eid al-Adha sales of goods remain low.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police releases names of Manitoba highway crash victims
Dauphin(MB)/IBNS: The names of the 16 people who died in a crash involving a semi-truck and a minibus on the Trans-Canada Highway a week ago have reportedly been released by Manitoba RCMP.
After James Cameron accuses Titanic sub-expedition of ignoring safety warnings, OceanGate co-founder contradicts
After Titanic director James Cameron accused OceanGate Expeditions of ignoring safety warnings, former business partner of the Titan submersible pilot Stockton Rush, Guillermo Soehnlein, Friday said that they put safety first when they co-founded their deep-sea exploration company.
Pakistan: Punjab faces 27 percent water scarcity in Kharif crop season
Lahore: The Punjab government is putting efforts to allocate its shares to South Punjab amid ongoing shortage of water in the Kharif season, media reports said.
China is recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn to spy for Beijing unwittingly: Canada Security Intelligence Service
Ottawa: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has warned Canadians are being unwittingly recruited online by Chinese intelligence officers to spy for Beijing.
Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council
New York: The right to keep personal health data private is increasingly under threat in our digital world, with potentially devastating consequences for already vulnerable people, a UN-appointed independent rights expert told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
Agencies join forces with deminers to reclaim agricultural land in Ukraine
New York: Ukraine’s severely damaged agricultural sector will receive a boost from two UN agencies they announced on Thursday, partnering with a Swiss mine action foundation to help make land safe and productive again amidst the ongoing Russian invasion.
China publishes white list of deep fake providers
China recently released the first list of approved suppliers of “deep fake” technology as authorities are trying to bring the rapidly evolving technology under the national security umbrella, media reports said.
Financial system must evolve in ‘giant leap towards global justice’: Guterres
Developing countries are buckling under high debt and exorbitant borrowing costs, that prevent them from reviving their economies, UN chief António Guterres said on Thursday.
US: 2-year-old fatally shoots his pregnant mother
A 2-year-old child shot dead his pregnant mother in the US state of Norwalk recently, media reports said.
UN Counter-Terrorism Week: Preventing violent extremism
New York: Zeinabou Maata, a Muslim from Mauritania, is one of 50 women serving on the frontlines of preventing the spread of violent extremism in her country, with UN support.
Top UN official for Africa calls for added action to stop piracy’s spread
New York: International cooperation is making waves in combatting piracy in West Africa, but addressing its root causes and ensuring sustainable funding must fully eliminate threat, which is spreading to other regions, a top UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report
New York: The latest UN report on the human rights situation in Iran paints a grim picture of a record number of executions in 2022, arrests of thousands of children and numerous allegations of torture and ill-treatment by security forces.
UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people
The UN has worked to extend critical humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine since day one of the invasion, the Organization’s development chief told the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on Wednesday.
With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians
New York: Conflicts, climate change and financial turmoil are increasing the need for humanitarian aid, but a lack of funding is resulting in painful rollbacks, the UN chief told a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday looking at how to respond to the crisis.
Afghan authorities distribute China-donated aid to 213 families in Farah province
Farah: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated assistance to 213 needy families in the western Farah province on Thursday, financial and administrative head of the province Samihullah Tawakali said Friday.
In a dangerous and divided world, yoga yields ‘precious’ benefits
New York: Celebrating the union of body, mind and soul, hundreds of yoga enthusiasts - including UN officials and staffers - filled the green expanse of the North Lawn at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to mark the ninth celebration of the International Day of Yoga, observed each 21 June.
China: Furnace accident kills 4, injures 5 in factory
Shenyang (China), June 23 (UNI) Four people were killed, and five others injured in a furnace accident at a steel factory in northeast China's Liaoning Province, authorities said on Friday.
Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad
New York: The multiple restrictions placed on women and girls by Afghanistan’s de facto rulers are costing the Taliban “both domestic and international legitimacy” and are highly unpopular across the country, said the top UN official based there on Wednesday.
Titan submersible: All 5 passengers are dead
The US Coast Guard has confirmed that all five passengers aboard the missing submersible owned by OceanGate have died due to a "catastrophic implosion".
China: Gas explosion in Yinchuan restaurant leaves 31 dead
Beijing: At least 31 people died and seven others were hurt as a gas exploded at a barbecue restaurant in China's Yinchuan city on Wednesday, media reports said.