Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300m for climate health research at COP30
Agencies : With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing...
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Indonesia says its Gaza peacekeepers would focus on health, infrastructure tasks
Agencies : Indonesia has trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks during a planned peacekeeping operation in the war-torn enclave...
War-torn Myanmar embraces solar to tackle power crisis
Agencies : When Thailand cut power supply to Myanmar across its western border this year, it intended to curb online scam centers linked to regional...
US, South Korea to ‘move forward’ on building nuclear-powered submarines
Al Jazeera : The United States and South Korea have released details of a trade agreement that includes a $150bn Korean investment in the US...
Russian drone, missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 people
AP : Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing four people, starting fires and scattering debris as the sound...
China’s Xi to closer ties with Thai king
Agencies : Chinese President Xi Jinping promised closer ties with Thailand on Friday during talks with the first reigning Thai monarch to visit the country...
BBC apologizes to Trump over documentary edit
Agencies : The BBC has apologized to US President Donald Trump for a misleading edit of a “Panorama” documentary, the British public broadcaster said Thursday,...
4 from Afghanistan-based group arrested, says Pakistan
AFP : Pakistan said Friday it had arrested four members of a cell over this week’s suicide bombing in Islamabad, which the government said was...
37 dead after bus plunges into ravine in southern Peru
Agencies: At least 37 people were killed and 24 injured in southern Peru on Wednesday when a double-decker bus plunged into a ravine after colliding...