Campaigns in Africa to stop polio and other diseases have a more stable, better-motivated workforce thanks to WHO’s collaboration with countries and partners to pay frontline health workers through their …
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Migrant killed by electric shock atop Eurostar train at Paris station
A man was killed by an electric shock after climbing on top of a stationary Eurostar train in Paris, a police source and prosecutors said Friday. The post Migrant killed …
Read More »Jailed Khan’s allies surprise in early Pakistan poll results
Candidates loyal to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were edging ahead in Pakistan’s election, in front of the two dynastic parties believed to be favoured by the military, as …
Read More »Gazans fear Israeli advance on Rafah would ‘end in massacres
Adel al-Hajj fears Israeli forces could at any moment launch an “invasion” of southern Gaza’s Rafah city, where he and more than a million other Palestinians have fled for safety. …
Read More »SoftBank’s Arm success is almost like a ‘white swan’ event, CLSA says
Oliver Matthew of CLSA discusses the surge in chip designer Arm’s shares and the positive impact that its initial public offering success has had on SoftBank.
Read More »Gen Z couples are more likely than older generations to keep finances separate. Here’s why
A majority of Gen Z couples who are live together do not have their finances combined, a study found. There may be a few reasons why, experts say.
Read More »Pakistan counts ballots with Khan in jail, vote marred by mobile outage
Counting was underway Thursday after millions of Pakistanis voted in an election marred by rigging allegations and a shutdown of mobile phone services, while the country’s most popular politician Imran …
Read More »Biden mistakes dead leader for living one, again
US President Joe Biden has confused a European leader with a dead predecessor for the second time in a week, telling a campaign event he met Helmut Kohl four years …
Read More »France records over 5,000 deaths due to summer 2023 heat
More than 5,000 people died in France as a result of searing summer heat last year, health authorities said Thursday. The post France records over 5,000 deaths due to summer …
Read More »TikTok sues EU over content law levy
TikTok said on Thursday it is challenging an EU fee to enforce a content moderation law, a day after Facebook owner Meta announced a similar move. The post TikTok sues …
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