[Premium Times] President Bola Tinubu says he is committed to implementing a National Minimum Wage that is higher than the N60,000 offered by the government.
[IPS] Rome -- Kaponde Likando does not know how his family will survive until the next farming season. «We are not going to have anything (to harvest),» said the 60-year-old from Chingobe village in southern Zambia after his maize, sorghum, groundnut and sweet potato crops failed. «This has been the very opposite of what we expected.»
[allAfrica] Maternal health, which refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, according to WHO Africa, faces a troubling trend worldwide.
Kinsleigh Welty, five, was found unresponsive when officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan PD arrived at a home on Denver Drive on April 9.
The new research was presented this weekend at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago.
Washington, 04/06/2024 Le chef de la diplomatie américaine, Antony Blinken, a exprimé la «gratitude» des Etats-Unis à Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI pour les contributions humanitaires du Maroc à Gaza, tout en soulignant l'importance du soutien du Maroc à la proposition du président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Son Excellence Monsieur Joseph R. Biden, visant à «parvenir à un cessez-le-feu durable à Gaza et à garantir la libération de tous les otages». "Le secrétaire d'Etat a exprimé sa (...) - INTERNATIONAL / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
When Dr Lee Cheng first started out, he wanted to major in psychiatry but was met with great scepticism from his family. Lee, who was trained as a medical doctor, recalled his family questioning him then: «There are so many fields of medicine, why do you want to choose psychiatry?» Despite the naysayers, Lee persisted because of his interest in the field. Some 30 years on, Dr Lee today is the clinical director for the office of population health at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). Working in this field, and in a public hospital have given him the chance to create policy change. «I think the satisfaction comes from knowing that I can help to change the mental health care in the future,» he said. However, the stigma against healthcare practitioners is ever present. For example, some of his patients, he shared with AsiaOne, refuse to acknowledge him in public.
When she was alive, TCM practitioner Tang Rongxuan (transliteration) dedicated her life to helping her patients. In death, she continued to give. Tang, 79, who was found dead at her Pasir Ris flat last Thursday (May 30), had reportedly willed her assets to Community Chest, reported Shin Min Daily News. She had practised medicine for over 30 years, and worked at Tong An Tang TCM Clinic in Choa Chu Kang for more than 10 years. The clinic owner said Tang excelled at her work and was dedicated to treating patients. Despite her limited mobility, the physician loved her job and insisted on travelling to the clinic. She always arrived on time, said the owner. «The clinic is a distance away from her home, and she would take a taxi to and from work. We urged her to find work at another clinic nearer to her home, but she refused.» The owner revealed that Tang once told her that she had already made a will to donate her assets to Community Chest, the philanthropy and engagement arm of the National Council of Social Service.
He's only six years old, but this preschooler has already accomplished more than what some might ever achieve in a lifetime. Ryan, the six-year-old son of physiotherapist and Singapore Institute of Technology associate professor Benjamin Soon has cycled 129km around Singapore in 14 hours, raising $12,000 for charity, going towards those with intellectual disabilities. He also became the youngest person to cycle more than 120km around Singapore in one day. The previous record-holder, six-year-old Adiv Seth cycled with his dad around Singapore on Nov 3, 2022, covering a distance of 120.28km, according to the Singapore Book of Records. Speaking with AsiaOne, Soon, 47, shared that the family of three started cycling before dawn at 5.30am last Saturday (June 1), beginning their route in Jurong. A friend of the family, Christopher Peh, 56, also joined the family. They came across their first bump in the road soon after - rain, which followed the family around their trip - but they continued cycling.
Mogadishu (HOL) - The Court of Appeal of Banadir region acquitted two former Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs directors of corruption charges on Tuesday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated that Ankara intends to discuss joining BRICS at an upcoming meeting in Russia Read Full Article at RT.com
39 African countries are now able to receive postal shipments from Russia Read Full Article at RT.com
Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib has called on EU members punish Hungary under the “nuclear option” of Article 7 Read Full Article at RT.com
Georgia’s new ‘foreign agents’ law fundamentally alters relational between Washington and Tbilisi, the US State Department has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, an independent candidate currently lodged in Tihar jail, has emerged victorious in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, defeating former chief minister Omar Abdullah. Rashid, who is lodged in Tihar jail, at 4,52,812 votes won by almost over 2 lakh votes. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah got 2,53,888 seats.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the programs of the National Environment Week happening at USP, starting yesterday.
The government is set to convene the Nationwide Ocean Summit (Wan Solwota Sumit) during Environment Week in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Seoul (HOL) - Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre and his delegation attended the South Korea-Africa summit in Seoul, South Korea, which officially opened on Tuesday.
Stephane Poquet has been living in his restaurant basement for the last five months while awaiting a decision from Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board after he applied to evict his tenant so he could move into the condo unit he owns after he and his ex-partner sold their home last year.
A mother bear and her cubs have become habituated to being fed on the roadside along the highway, north of Thompson, but feeding wild animals creates hazards for both bears and people, Manitoba Conservation says
Jessica Grant and Mackenzie Ashby have been waiting a long time for a surgery they say will dramatically reduce their pain and improve their quality of life.
Recent changes to the Canadian Transportation Agency's complaints process broaden the type of decisions airlines can contest in court. Some legal experts say that may lead to more being passengers dragged into legal battles with their airline.
Somebody is stealing golf carts from courses across Ontario. The sheer number of carts being taken has golf course owners convinced the thefts are linked and the work of professional thieves.
In particular, Zamir Kabulov pointed out that the SCO was first and foremost an economic organization, so «Afghanistan should also put its economy in some kind of order for other SCO members to view its accession as reasonable»
Ahead of the talks, Sergey Lavrov and Denis Sassou Nguesso warmly welcomed each other and the top Russian diplomat conveyed greetings from Moscow
«Russia has never interfered and is not interfering into France’s domestic affairs,» the embassy’s press service stressed
Zamir Kabulov noted that the meetings between the labor minister in the Taliban interim government and «official Russian representatives» are being worked out
As many as 182 more civilians received wounds during the past day, bringing the overall number of those wounded up to 82,959
Switzerland’s parliament has rejected a $5 billion aid package for Kiev two weeks before it hosts a peace summit on the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Guinea and the Republic of Congo on Monday as part of his African tour Read Full Article at RT.com
BrahMos missile engineer sentenced to life in prison for spying for Pakistan Read Full Article at RT.com