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A United Nations (UN) delegation has warned the Taliban that Afghanistan would be further isolated if it isolates its women, Afghanistan-based news agency Khaama Press reported. According to The Khaama Press, a high-level UN delegation traveled to Afghanistan this week and met with high-ranking Taliban officials to ensure the protection of women and girls` rights […]

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is starting a two-day visit to Algeria with a focus on increasing energy supplies from the north African nation. Algeria has replaced Russia as Italy’s No. 1 energy supplier, sending natural gas via the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline. (Reuters Archive) Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is looking to boost already strong energy ties […]

Second, much of the region lacks food cold chains. Investing here offers the opportunity to bypass conventional systems and leapfrog straight to sustainable designs. In my view, a bottom-up approach starting at the farm level is the most viable strategy. Notably, dairy farmers in Uganda are organized into cooperatives, which have invested in cold chain […]

ALGIERS, Algeria — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is looking to boost already strong energy ties with Algeria to further wean Italy off Russian energy, a focus of her two-day visit to the North African nation starting on Sunday. Russia’s war in Ukraine, which upset global strategic and economic dynamics, gave a new and urgent dimension […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Office has prepared 300 vaccination locations to support the provision of the fourth dose or second booster of the COVID-19 vaccine to the public from January 24, 2023. “Second booster or fourth dose vaccination for the general public aged 18 years and over will start on January 24, 2023,” Head […]

JAPAN Interdisciplinary research and the transfer of specialist knowledge across borders are key to fostering experts on sustainability and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), say academics involved in university partnerships linking Japan to other countries. This is the approach of Hokkaido University’s interdisciplinary graduate education programme known as ‘One Program for Global Goals’, […]

BANGKOK (NNT) – The government has disclosed that nearly 60,000 bank accounts were frozen last year, with almost 120,000 telephone numbers frozen for their use in criminal operations. According to government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has joined forces with the police and other agencies to tackle cybercrime activities. 58,463 bank […]

By D.C. Pathak All nations endeavour to safeguard their security and economic interests – in that order – and this is what foreign policy is all about. Foreign policy, by definition, is a product of national security and economic concerns, and diplomacy provides the means for implementing it. In today’s world, diplomacy goes […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Police officers in Jakarta have sterilised major Buddhist and Chinese temples in the capital city to maintain security on Chinese New Year’s day. “For the major temples, we have conducted sterilisation works, while for the (smaller) traditional temples, we only do manual observation,” Jakarta Metropolitan Police Chief Inspector General Fadli Imran stated […]

India plans to use its presidency of the G20 forum this year to champion its homegrown digital services sector, and is in talks with other countries to export initiatives such as its payments system overseas, officials said. Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 emissary, told the Financial Times that the country, which styles itself as a leader […]