China supports a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict despite skipping an upcoming conference in Switzerland, Beijing has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia’s FSB security service has reported the detention of five alleged Ukrainian agents in Sevastopol Read Full Article at RT.com
Nigerian labor unions have threatened to continue their nationwide strike until the government agrees to a new minimum wage for workers Read Full Article at RT.com
Pakistan’s attendance at a Swiss-hosted peace conference on Ukraine is reportedly in doubt over neutrality concerns Read Full Article at RT.com
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned the US against brinkmanship in the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com
The Bank of Canada will announce its latest interest rate decision on Wednesday amid speculation that the central bank might start to cut rates.
An admitted serial killer's mental state is expected to be the focus of a murder trial that resumes in Winnipeg.
Head of Operations at Innotec Creative Solutions (ICS Africa) Annie Feza has said Malawi is ready to host the first-ever and an Inaugural of Malawi Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Integration and Investment Forum 2024 to potentially drive long-term sustainable economic growth and address systemic risks through raising awareness around the ESG as a principle […] The post Malawi ready to host first-ever Environmental, Social and Governance summit slated for 19th-20th June appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has condemned in strongest terms what it calls “crackdown on activists” by the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) with particular reference to the arrest of Edward Kambanje. Kambanje, who is a human rights leader, was arrested by the Malawi Police Service (MPS) allegedly for forging a signature of a certain […] The post DPP condemns arrest of activist Kambanje who allegedly forged someone’s signature appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
Deputy Director for Health Promotion in the Ministry of Health, Dr Kondwani Mamba, has pointed out vaccine hesitancy as one of the key challenges affecting vaccination uptake among communities. Speaking in Mponela during a media orientation on Immunization Programme, Mamba deplored the hesitancy more especially among women, saying they have a tendency of not bringing […] The post Vaccine hesitancy key challenge affecting vaccination uptake—government appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
Malawi Confederation of Chambers of commerce and Industrial (MCCI) has commended Special Economic Zone Project describing it as strategic towards new era of industrialization. Speaking during the launch of special economic zone at Magwero in Lilongwe, MCCI President Dr Wisely Phiri commended President Chakwera for the initiative. “Your Excellency, the Magwero Industrial Park is a […] The post MCCI hails commissioning of special economic zones initiative describing it as great boaster towards economic growth appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
This means private recruitment agencies will no longer be involved in the recruitment of Malawian labourers expected to work in Israel, as Malawi Government will be the sole recruiter. Minister of Labour Agnes NyaLonje has confirmed the development. NyaLonje said this follows a Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour export Malawi Government and Government […] The post Government says it has now taken full control of labour export to Israel appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
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DailyMail.com can reveal that tens of thousands of US moms suffer devastating nerve injury in childbirth, which leaves some paralyzed from the waist down.
Frankenmuth, also known as 'Little Bavaria,' is alive with the sights and sounds of a traditional German toytown - but there's an unexpected twist.
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The return of the cooling La Nina weather phenomenon this year should help lower temperatures somewhat after months of global heat records, the United Nations' weather agency said Monday. The impact is likely to be felt in the next few months because the warming El Nino weather pattern -- which has helped fuel a spike in global temperatures and extreme weather around the world since mid-2023 -- «is showing signs of ending», the UN's World Meteorological Organization said in its latest update. The WMO warned, however, that global temperatures would continue to rise in the long term due to human-induced climate change, which continues to make extreme weather worse and upend seasonal rainfall and temperature patterns. La Nina refers to the cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in large swathes of the tropical Pacific Ocean, coupled with winds, rains and changes in atmospheric pressure. In many locations, especially in the tropics, La Nina produces the opposite climate impacts to El Nino, which heats up the surface of the oceans, leading to drought in some parts of the world and triggering heavy downpours elsewhere. The WMO said there was a «60 percent» chance of La Nina conditions in the period from July to September and a «70 percent» likelihood during August-November. The chances of El Nino redeveloping are negligible, it added. Every month since June 2023, when El Nino returned, has set a new high temperature record, and 2023 was by far the warmest year on record globally. The WMO said the planet would continue to heat up overall from the use of fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases. - Man-made global heating - «The end of El Nino does not mean a pause in long-term climate change, as our planet will continue to warm due to heat-trapping greenhouse gases,» WMO deputy secretary general Ko Barrett stressed. «Exceptionally high sea surface temperatures will continue to play an important role during next months.» Much of the planet's excess heat from climate change is stored in the oceans. In the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has already factored the expected La Nina into its forecasts for this year's Atlantic hurricane season. The NOAA said it expected four to seven major hurricanes in the Atlantic between June and November. «The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season is expected to have above-normal activity due to a confluence of factors, including near-record warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean, development of La Nina conditions in the Pacific, reduced Atlantic trade winds and less wind shear,» the NOAA said on May 23. The WMO noted that the past nine years had been the warmest on record, even with the cooling influence of a La Nina event that lasted from 2020 to early 2023. The latest El Nino, which peaked in December, was one of the five strongest on record. «Our weather will continue to be more extreme because of the extra heat and moisture in our atmosphere,» Barrett said. The WMO has made it a priority to ensure that all regions of the world are covered by early warning systems by 2027, particularly the least well-equipped, such as Africa. «Seasonal forecasts for El Nino and La Nina, and the anticipated impacts on the climate patterns globally, are an important tool to inform early warnings and early action,» Barrett said. © Agence France-Presse
Licensed tourism establishment operators on La Digue, Seychelles' third most populated island, who have additional unlicensed rooms are being asked to apply for a change of use permit to the Tourism Department. The announcement was made on Monday by the principal secretary for tourism, Sherin Francis, during a press conference. Francis said this exercise will start on June 4 and end on July 4. «According to our data, there are 764 licensed rooms on La Digue, but there could be unlicensed operational rooms,» explained Francis. She said that these unlicensed rooms may have skewed the results of the carrying capacity study done in 2021. The carrying capacity survey on La Digue was done from 2019 to 2021 to establish the current tourism development status concerning a number of key indicators such as the economy, the environment, social welfare, and productive infrastructure. Among the recommendations of the survey is that a moratorium be put in place for new establishments which was extended to December 2023. However, the Tourism Department has noticed that there are people who are illegally renting rooms that are meant for residential purposes. After presenting a proposed strategic accommodation establishment development plan for La Digue to the Cabinet of Ministers, the Tourism Department was instructed to ascertain the total number of rooms on La Digue, so that a phased review of the moratorium can be conducted. At the moment, there are 128 licensed tourism establishments on La Digue, with 764 rooms. «We are doing this exercise to find how many operational there are on La Digue. These rooms have already been built and so they are impacting on all the infrastructures on the island, such as electricity, water, sewage and waste management,» added Francis. The operators of these establishments will be given until July 4, to come forward and apply for the change of use for these unlicensed rooms. They must do so by submitting their applications to the Seychelles Planning Authority. To be considered, operators must include a copy of the current tourism accommodation licence, while also ensuring compliance with all existing minimum requirements stipulated in the Tourism Development regulations. They must also comply with other requirements set by other regulatory bodies such as health and fire departments. Francis added that having the correct data is very important, especially for policy planning purposes. She said it is in the best interest of those involved to come forward during this exercise and added that there will be no penalties to anyone who does come forward to make the change.
A search effort has been launched for a trio of mountain climbers who were reported overdue after not returning from their excursion near Squamish, B.C.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia will expel thousands of Ethiopian troops stationed in the country to help with security by the end of the year unless Addis Ababa scraps a disputed port deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland, a senior Somali official said on Monday.
Jowhar (HOL) - The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has provided training to Police criminal investigation officers from Hirshabelle State to help them detect and combat financial crimes and disrupt terrorism financing.
Imposing sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry would “hurt” EU countries, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way people live and work. Depending on how AI technologies are used and what purpose they serve, they can drive progress and benefit the whole of society, but they also raise ethical concerns and may cause harm. When introduced to the world of work, their transformative potential runs into complex national and EU rules. Existing labour laws, put in place before AI systems came on the scene, do not appear fit to provide meaningful guiderails. As with any new technologies, tensions arise between two opposing regulatory approaches: strict regulation to safeguard society from potential hazards and minimum regulation to promote the technology's deployment and innovation. For employers who invest in AI systems, the main motivation is better workplace organisation, increased productivity, and competitiveness. Workers, on the other hand, may fear losing their jobs, and also want to have a say in how AI and algorithms are to become part of their daily lives. Focusing on workplace deployment of AI, this briefing looks at the state of play of algorithmic management in the workplace and some issues relating to the data that algorithms use and generate. It offers an overview of the current top-down EU legislative approach, of insights brought by the European Parliament, and of advances in collective bargaining, demonstrating the potential of a bottom-up approach to complement AI deployment. The briefing looks at the potential use of sleeping clauses in the existing EU legal framework and – taking note of the views of both employers and trade unions – highlights the many open questions that remain. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP
Hunter Biden faces three felony charges related to a gun he purchased in 2018. The federal trial in Delaware is set to begin with jury selection on Monday.
Almost 10 years after a disturbed man with a rifle killed three Mounties in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP have yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters.
More young people than ever are getting cancer, with diagnosis rates rising by a quarter in two decades.
It's a bitter pill to swallow for grapefruit fans, but the once popular staple of the breakfast table is disappearing from our supermarket shelves.
The real target of the Hackney shooting has said he wished he had been shot in the head instead of the little girl who is still desperately fighting for her life in hospital.
McIlroy shot a final-round 64 to put himself in contention at the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf and Country Club as his encouraging form continued.
Protesters stormed the Israel Day parade in New York City holding 'kill hostages now' signs.
Terry Tselane has discussed the political future of South Africa after the ANC lost its parliamentary majority Read Full Article at RT.com
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North Korea has said it will stop sending trash-carrying balloons to South Korea, which it did to retaliate for Seoul’s leaflet campaign Read Full Article at RT.com