(MENAFN - Nam News Network) RAMALLAH, May 9 (NNN-WAFA) - Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, warned, on Friday, that measures will be taken against ... ......

(MENAFN - IANS) Chennai, May 9 (IANS) Two Air India Express flights commanded by women took off on Saturday, to evacuate stranded Indians from foreig... ......

(MENAFN - ACCESSWIRE ) LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSSWIRE / May 9, 2020 / The COVID-19 public health crisis is having far-reaching impacts on the US econ... ......

(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) New York, May 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Automated Bl... ......

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men were arrested for the strangling deaths of three sisters who...

The Seattle City Council will...

Gas tax revenue in Illinois could plummet by hundreds of millions of dollars this year because coronavirus restrictions are keeping drivers off the road, possibly delaying some major road and ......

Download logo On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: ‘The world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.’ The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3 000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone. It was ended, thanks to a 10-year global effort, spearheaded by the World Health Organization, that involved thousands of health workers around the world to administer half a billion vaccinations to stamp out smallpox. The US$ 300m price-tag to eradicate smallpox saves the world well over US$ 1 billion every year since 1980. Speaking at a virtual event hosted at WHO-HQ, involving key...

China’s President Xi Jinping had called up World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom in January to...

Google's Pixel Buds are playing a very different game to the competition. ......

Diminishing returns mean that Xbox Series X and PS5 just won't be able to wow us with visuals the way previous generations had. ......

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has confirmed that the US is ready to...

The PLO Executive Committee pledged on Thursday to immediately cancel all agreements with Israel should the latter proceed with implementing the annexation plan, Wafa...

Uzbekistan widely celebrates the Day of Memory and Honor and the 75th Anniversary of the Victory in World War II. President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev takes part in celebrations in Tashkent. On May 9, the Head of the state visited Victory Park, created in honor of this glorious date. People of Uzbekistan made a great contribution to the victory in World War II. But there was no single memorial complex in the...

On May 9, a plea was submitted in India's Delhi High Court, for legal probe and arrest of those accused in the #BoisLockerRoom controversy that started earlier this week in the country. On May 3, leaked images from a private Instagram chat group went viral in India, drawing criticism for sharing nude images of underage girls. The petition says that members of the private Instagram group chat, 'Bois Locker Room', who belong to affluent families, have threatened to leak explicit photos and hack the accounts of the women who exposed the group chat, stirring up a social media storm across the country. The leaked screenshots had revealed that a group of teenage boys from...

Google’s 3D animals are the best antidote to lockdown boredom. Here’s how to get them and the comprehensive list of what you can find. ......

On April 22, 2020, Rita Crundwell (Inmate 44540-424) requested Compassionate Release from the Federal Prison Camp in Pekin, IL. ......

The U.K. is expected to require incoming airline passengers to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in the country due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to local reports. The only passengers who are exempt from the new protocol, expected to...

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned that the risk of a hard Brexit is increasingly likely for the United Kingdom as London has so far made almost no progress in talks with the European Union (EU) on the future trade relationship, criticizing Britain for disregarding the agreed political agreement. In an interview with Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper on Saturday, the German top diplomat expressed his concern amid floundering trade talks between London...

The Venezuelan military defector...

Earlier this week, the Internet revisited clips of America’s Next Top Model, which premiered in 2003 on UPN and has aged pretty badly ever since, in which host ... More » ......

To mark Mother's Day 2020, the hosts and reporters of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network expressed their appreciation to their mothers and all the moms across America who are helping their families through the coronavirus pandemic. ......

Little Richard, the flamboyant, piano-pounding showman who injected sheer abandon into rock ’n’ roll in its early days, only to abandon the music again and again because it conflicted with his religious yearnings, died Saturday. He was 87. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of the singer, confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Minson said he also spoke to Little Richard’s son and brother. Minson added that the family is not releasing the cause of death. In hits such as “Tutti-Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally” and “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” the singer pushed the limits of tempo and vocal intensity, creating frantic explosions of sonic confetti. His records entered a pure, primal realm that...

1. Tamil Nadu: All private establishments outside Covid-19 containment zones to open from Monday  The Indian Express
2. Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu relaxes lockdown measures further  Times of India
3. Major Relaxations For Non-Containment Zones In Tamil Nadu From Monday  NDTV
4. 1,589 cases linked to Koyambedu so far  The Hindu
5. Tamil Nadu moves Supreme Court against Madras high court order to close Tasmac liquor shops  Times of India
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James A. Paul, a writer and consultant, was Executive Director of Global Policy Forum (1993-2012), an NGO monitoring the work of the United Nations, and author of the book “Of Foxes and Chickens: Oligarchy & Global Power in the UN Security Council.” He was also for many years an editor of the Oxford Companion to Politics of the World.

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A little over half of women across the globe are able to freely make choices about their sexual and reproductive health, according to a latest report based on data from 57 countries.  However, as much of the world has gone into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, with countries implementing social distancing and restricting the […]

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For a Bangladeshi woman, who has worked as a sex worker since childhood, her future post-COVID-19 looks hopeless. Shilpy, who works at Daulatdia, the largest brothel in the country, told IPS how she now also fears for the future of her two daughters. “When I was born, the woman my mother worked for gave everyone […]

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Ensuring sex workers’ rights was essential, not just for the workers themselves, but for any country’s wider society, including public health

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The Croesus (Karun) Treasures with 432 pieces of priceless artifacts including two-time stolen winged seahorse brochure are displayed in Turkey's western Uşak province. Click through for the story in photos...

If you come to Turkey, you should not leave without experiencing at least some of its uniqueness. See, hear, feel, eat, travel, have fun and love in Turkish style. Click through our list of unique experiences that you can only have in Turkey...

As 2020 was declared the Year of Patara, interest increased in the ancient city, located between the resort districts of Kaş and Fethiye

For lovers of adrenaline sports and wildlife activities, Turkey presents a number of breathtaking options. Click through for the full list with a bonus in the end...

Crystal clear waters, golden beaches and abundant natural heritages, along with thousands of artifacts and ruins from ancient times, the Anatolian lands intrigue many guests from overseas. But for those looking for a calmer journey in Turkey, the country still holds many uncharted summer destinations waiting to be discovered. Click through for five hidden exotic paradises of Turkey you should visit, as compiled by İnci Hazal Özcan:

With the winter approaching, the demand for seats on the Eastern Express, a train service that links the capital Ankara with the eastern province of Kars, has surged again, as the number of tickets sold so far for the winter months reached 10,000. Click through for the story in photos...

Scientists have observed the biggest supernova - stellar explosion - ever detected, the violent death of a huge star up to 100 times more massive than our sun in a faraway galaxy.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on May 8 for an "all-out effort" to end the "tsunami of hate and xenophobia" sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, without naming specific countries.

Venezuela's Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab said his office has requested arrest warrants against U.S. military veteran Jordan Goudreau as well as Jose Rendon and Sergio Vergara, two Venezuelans accused of involvement in a failed armed incursion earlier this week aimed at overthrowing the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

The European Commission on May 8 proposed extending restrictions on travel to the EU until June 15.

Turkey has blocked three foreign banks- BNP Paribas, Citibank, and UBS- from doing foreign exchange transactions with the Turkish lira, the nation’s banking watchdog announced on May 7. 

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 2,253 in the past 24 hours, and 64 more people have died, taking the death toll to 3,584, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on May 6.

On 4 December 2018, Eversheds Sutherland’s Elizabeth Shepherd was on a panel providing oral evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee at a one-off session to consider the impact of the proposed Brexit deal on Chemicals Reg...

As participants in the EU ETS will be aware, back in 2017, as part of its planning for Brexit, the UK Government amended the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 to require UK operators to surrender allowances in respect of their...

The Environmental Audit Committee (“EAC”) has launched an inquiry to investigate the impact of toxic chemicals on everyday life (launched 12 February 2019). The inquiry will focus on the use of toxic chemicals in everyday products includ...

One could be forgiven for thinking the UK Government had put its other legislative plans on hold as it seeks to deliver Brexit, but this is not the case. In February we saw the launch of a number of parallel consultations all designed to tackle plas...

Contenders to replace Theresa May as Conservative leader continue to clash over the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and how it could be achieved. In the meantime, the chemicals sector continues to attempt to mitigate the major ramifications it could ha...

On 2 December 2019, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the Alan Turing Institute (the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence) (“Turing”) launched a consultation seeking...

This briefing is intended to provide an update on two recent developments under the US sanctions regime. • The first one is the introduction of US sanctions in relation to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, which threaten to widen a rift betwe...

Those in the diversified industrials sector will have seen that the Chancellor announced in the recent budget that the government is going ahead with its plans to introduce a world leading plastic packaging tax. The tax will be set at a flat rate of...