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      23 June

      Saudi crown prince pays 1st visit to Turkey since the death of journalist Khashoggi

      Ankara, June 23 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has arrived in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, to start his first visit to Turkey since the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted the crown prince on Wednesday with a grand welcoming ceremony, which was followed by a private meeting between the two leaders, Xinhua news agency reported. Turkey is the third stop of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regional tour, which also brought him to Egypt and Jordan. Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for The Washington Post, was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, causing international backlash against the crown prince, and plunging the bilateral ties between Saudi…

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    • 23 June

      Qatar Airways demands $1 billion from Airbus over ‘peeling paint’ problem

      Qatar Airways and plane-maker Airbus has been embroiled in an ongoing case in United Kingdom over the paint problem found in some of the Qatar Airways ground 23 A350 jets. Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker on Tuesday criticised Airbus for “acting like a bully”. “If things were settled, we wouldn’t be still waiting for the trial to happen next year,” he said at the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting in Doha according to Reuters. “A manufacturer must never be allowed to use their market dominance to bully their long-standing customer,” he added. In response, Airbus said: “The best solution is a negotiated one and this is what Airbus is seeking.” Qatar Airways have demanded S1 billion…

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    • 23 June

      Israeli parliament votes to dissolve to give initial approval for early election

      Israeli lawmakers granted initial approval on Wednesday (June 22) to proceed with the process of the fifth election in less than four years in the country after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said his eight-party coalition was no longer tenable. The lawmakers have given a nod to dissolve parliament.  The Israeli parliament voted unanimously for a snap election in a preliminary reading of a bill expected to be finalised next week. Notably, the government’s bill still needs to pass a committee vote and three further votes in order to call an early election.  Once the bill has been finalised, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, 58, will take over from Bennett at the head of a caretaker government. As per Israeli media reports,…

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    • 22 June

      President Biden nominates Indian-American scientist as top science advisor

       Leading Indian-American scientist Dr Arti Prabhakar has been nominated by Joe Biden as a top science advisor to the US President, a decision hailed by the White House and the Indian-American community as “historic.” If confirmed by the Senate, Dr Prabhakar would make history as the first woman, immigrant, or person of colour to head Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). She will also be the latest highly-qualified professional from the Indian-American community to be named for a key position in the Biden administration. “Dr Prabhakar is a brilliant and highly-respected engineer and applied physicist and will lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy to leverage science, technology, and innovation to expand our possibilities, solve…

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    • 22 June

      Childbirths in S.Korea hit record low in April; deaths jump to all-time high

      The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in April amid the chronically low birthrate, while that of deaths hit an all-time high due to rapid aging and the Covid-19 pandemic, data showed on Wednesday. A total of 21,124 babies were born in April, down 7 per cent from the previous year, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the data from Statistics Korea. It marked the lowest for any April since 1981, when the statistics agency started compiling related data.South Korea is struggling with a chronic decline in childbirths as many young people delay or give up on getting married or having babies amid an economic slowdown and high housing prices, coupled with changing social norms…

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    • 22 June

      United States to drastically reduce nicotine content in cigarettes to reduce premature deaths

      The United States is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry, as reported by AFP on Tuesday. If successful, the policy could save millions of lives by the end of the century, and shape a future where cigarettes are no longer responsible for addiction and debilitating diseases. CI Private Wealth AdCI Private Wealth Nicotine is the “feel good” chemical that hooks millions to tobacco products. Thousands of other chemicals contained in tobacco and its smoke are responsible for diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes and more. Though smoking is less prevalent in the United States than…

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    • 22 June

      Netanyahu claims ‘everyone is smiling’ at ‘fall of coalition’, outgoing members vow to block his comeback

      Israel’s outgoing government vowed on Tuesday to prevent a comeback by ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, their fellow right-winger, as the country braced for a fifth election in less than four years with polling predicting no clear winner, as reported by Reuters. On the fall of the current coalition, Netanyahu said, “I must tell you that this evening people are smiling, even on the way over here, people are simply smiling. Because they feel that despite this consciousness modification, which we also heard tonight, they understand that something great happened here.” CI Private Wealth AdCI Private Wealth “We are getting rid of the worst government in Israel’s history,” he added. The prospect of an election as early as October delighted Netanyahu, Israel’s…

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    • 21 June

      Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5 million

      New York: The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov was auctioning off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for USD 103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel. Previously, the most ever paid for a Nobel Prize medal was in 2014, when James Watson, whose co-discovery of the structure of DNA earned him a Nobel Prize in 1962, sold his medal for USD4.76 million. Three years later, the family of his co-recipient, Francis Crick, received USD 2.27 million in bidding run by Heritage Auctions, the same company that auctioned off Muratov’s medal Monday, on World Refugee Day. Muratov, who was awarded the gold medal in October 2021, helped found the independent Russian newspaper Novaya…

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    • 21 June

      At UN Yoga Day, its potential to heal Covid’s psychological scars recognises

      United Nations: The UN has celebrated the International Day of Yoga with leaders recognising its potential for helping heal the psychological scars of the Covid-19 pandemic and for taking the world towards environmental sustainability. General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said on Monday: “Today could not have come at a more opportune time as the Covid-19 pandemic has upended the lives and livelihoods triggering a deluge of anxiety and depression. “The practice of yoga serves as a holistic approach to the physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being of humanity.” India’s Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti said that the Yoga Day celebration was returning to the UN after two years “during which the Covid pandemic had upended the lives of people”. “During these…

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    • 21 June

      Spain sees worst wildfire in recorded history

      Madrid: A wildfire caused by a lightening strike in the province of Zamora in northwest of Madrid has become the worst- ever recorded in the history of Spain, regional authorities confirmed. The fire in the Sierra de la Culebra nature reserve has been fueled by temperatures of over 40 degrees centigrade and winds gusting at up to 70 kilometres an hour. So far 30,800 hectares of woodland and scrub with a perimeter of 120.88 kilometres have been destroyed. The previous worst fires were in the region of Huelva in southwest Spain which destroyed 29,687 hectare in 2004 and another fire that affected 28,879 hectare in Cortes de Pallas in eastern Spain in 2012, Xinhua news agency reported. The reserve is environmentally…

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