Fighting the bulge in prosperous era
11 March 2025
BEIJING: The Chinese government is stepping up efforts to combat obesity, with over half its 1.4 billion population now overweight. At a press conference on
BEIJING: The Chinese government is stepping up efforts to combat obesity, with over half its 1.4 billion population now overweight. At a press conference on
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security is using lie detectors on its own employees in an effort to find internal information leaks, Homeland Security
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has intensified cloud seeding to curb flood and landslide risks during the rainy season. BNPB, the Indonesian Air
OTTAWA: Mark Carney, a former Goldman Sachs banker and central banker for two major economies, is set to become Canada’s next prime minister — despite
KUCHING: The country has successfully deposited its heritage seeds and traditional crop varieties in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV), a secure storage facility located
DAMMAM: Date markets across Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Region are bustling with high sales as Ramadan begins, with customers seeking a variety of dates and processed
OSAKA: The Guinness World Records has officially recognised the Grand Ring, the central architectural feature of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, as
PARIS/ISTANBUL: Palestinian women are at the heart of life in Gaza, says Imane Maarifi, a French nurse of Moroccan descent, reflecting on her volunteer work
LONDON: The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai is urgently seeking a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, fearing his father
SEOUL (South Korea): South Korea’s Air Force said on Thursday that one of its fighter jets had accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place
