Australia’s economy expanded at a faster-than-expected pace in the final quarter of 2020 and indicators suggest enormous monetary and fiscal stimulus are continuing to support growth this year. The economy accelerated 3.1 percent in the three months ended December, data from the Australian Bureau of […]
Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Church officials have declared a Black Sunday this weekend to demand justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed more than 260 people. Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said on Tuesday the Church had been […]
We investigate child trafficking in India, where millions of children and teenagers are forced into labour. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/al-jazeera-world/2021/3/3/marriage-for-sale
As Syria marks nearly 10 years since the beginning of its bloody conflict, a new report shows the widespread and devastating impact a decade of fighting has had on health care facilities, health workers and on civilians. The report, published on Wednesday by the International […]
Police arrest singer Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan (wearing the hat), aka Ammy The Bottom Blues, at a rented room in Ayutthaya province early on Wednesday morning. (Photo supplied) Police arrested singer Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, aka Ammy The Bottom Blues, in Ayutthaya province early on Wednesday for allegedly setting […]
Brazil on Tuesday posted its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 in a single day as political infighting exacerbated the country’s health crisis and the pace of its vaccination roll-out faltered. Some 1,641 people died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to Health Ministry data, surpassing […]
The Pentagon has expressed concern about North Korea’s nuclear activities after the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog indicated it was possible that the country was reprocessing nuclear fuel. Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, head of intelligence for the US Indo-Pacific command, said North Korean activity highlighted this […]
Last week, about 600 people were tested for the coronavirus in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo – the Japanese government’s first stab at systematic random and targeted testing that it hopes will prevent a new wave of infections. Some 300 people walking in the […]
It is the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: A Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world. Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, was announced in 2018 as the first […]
The chairman of the Anglo-Australian mining company mining giant, Rio Tinto, has announced that he will step down after the company triggered a public outcry by destroying an ancient Aboriginal site in Western Australia to extract $135m worth of iron ore. Rio blew up the […]
