Can traditional architecture help build a ‘more resilient future’? | Climate Crisis News
Suva, Fiji – From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous communities have used unique design and building techniques for millennia to help them survive in…
Thursday 7 December Memorial Day in East Timor
Colonised by the Portuguese in the 16th century, East Timor declared its independence from Portugal on November 28th 1975. Independence proved to be very short-lived…
US pop star Taylor Swift named Time Magazine’s person of the year | News
The US magazine chose the pop star for her ability to use the pop song to tell her story. US magazine Time has chosen American…
Solomon Islands Cacao Commodity in Strengthening Global Value Chain
The removal of territorial boundaries between countries has fostered access for countries to interconnect in the global trade. The world economic system has changed to…
Pro-Russian former Ukrainian parliamentarian shot dead near Moscow | Russia-Ukraine war News
Illia Kyva, declared a traitor by Ukraine, has been shot dead in a park in Odintsovo region in the southwest of Moscow. A former pro-Russian…
US declares warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes | Crimes Against Humanity News
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges the military and rival paramilitary RSF to ‘stop this conflict now’. The United States has determined that warring…
UK publishes emergency bill to allow deportation plan to Rwanda | Migration News
The ‘Safety of Rwanda Bill’ aims to enable the government’s flagship Rwanda policy to go ahead despite the United Kingdom’s top court finding it unlawful.…
Top space telescope from Europe seeks to solve riddles of the universe
EU researchers expect unprecedented insights into galaxies from the study of a mysterious energy force. By Jonathan O’Callaghan A powerful new European space telescope will…
US presidential hopefuls face off in fourth Republican primary debate | Elections News
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are racing to establish themselves as the obvious alternative to Donald Trump. US presidential hopefuls are set to take the…
Carlos Queiroz sacked as Qatar coach ahead of AFC Asian Cup title defence | Football News
Queiroz has been replaced by Spanish coach Marques Lopez a month ahead of the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. AFC Asian Cup hosts and defending…
BRICS Pay: The latest development & integration updates
With all the geopolitical and economic upheavals happening on what seems an accelerated daily basis, often important details get lost in the urgency of other…
Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan’s conflict grinds on | Sexual Assault
Cairo, Egypt – While sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has increased notably in Sudan during the fighting that has torn the country apart since April,…
UN warns of ‘horror’ and ‘atrocities’ as Israel steps up Gaza assault | Gaza News
Officials call on Israel, Hamas, world powers to halt ‘apocalyptic’ scenes as Palestinians fruitlessly seek safety. UN officials have warned that the risk of “atrocities”…
Erdogan says top bank executives probed in football fraud case
December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 Denizbank AS’s top executives are being probed in connection with a high-profile fraud case involving prominent footballers, President Recep Tayyip…
Dumped man somehow thinks he’s getting mixed messages
A MAN who has been explicitly told he is dumped is still managing to read mixed messages into the situation, it has emerged. James, not…
Iran launches animals into space as it revives bid for human missions | Space News
Iran’s ramping up of space launches in recent years has helped to spur additional tension with the West. Tehran, Iran – Iran has sent a…
US man arrested for ‘religiously motivated’ attack in Australia | News
Investigators in the US and Australia say the 58-year-old incited ‘terror attack’ in which six people died last year. An American citizen has been arrested…
Israel army in most intense combat in Gaza war, no safe place to evacuate | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The Israeli army has widened its attacks in southern and central Gaza, with some of the heaviest fighting in the war seeing homes sheltering displaced…
Corruption trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu resumes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to face the resumption of his long-running trial on numerous corruption charges, after a pause due to the…
Reexamining the Sino–Pyongyang Nexus: Ambivalence and Economic Interdependence
Since the crucible of the 1950–53 Korean War, the Sino–Pyongyang entanglement has been intricately woven and characterized by ambivalence. Even though China is clearly uncomfortable…