International

July 25, 2023 3:30 PM

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UAE Reports New MERS-CoV Case; WHO Calls for Vigilance

On July 10, 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a newly confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The infected individual is a 28-year-old male from Al Ain city, Abu Dhabi, with no known contact with dromedaries, goats...

July 25, 2023 2:19 PM

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S&P lowers Bangladesh's rating outlook to negative from stable

Standard & Poor's Global Ratings on Tuesday lowered Bangladesh's long-term rating outlook to negative from stable, sitting liquidity risks. Bangladesh is struggling to pay for imported fuel because of a dollar crunch and its dollar reserves have shrunk by more than a third since Februa...

July 25, 2023 1:41 PM

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Suicide bomber kills more than 30 soldiers in Somali capital Mogadishu

More than 30 soldiers are feared dead and scores wounded, following an explosion triggered by a suicide bomber inside a military camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu on 24th July 2023. The injured were rushed to nearby medical facilities. The explosion that was heard in many parts of the city o...

July 25, 2023 8:20 AM

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India & UK conclude 11th round of talks for Free Trade Agreement

India and United Kingdom have concluded the eleventh round of talks for the UK- India Free Trade Agreement (FTA). As with previous rounds, this was conducted in a hybrid fashion and a number of Indian officials travelled to London for negotiations and others attended virtually. As per the Joint Outc...

July 25, 2023 7:48 AM

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High-level Chinese delegation to Travel North Korea: KCNA

A high-level Chinese delegation will travel to North Korea this week, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on 24th July 2023, in the first acknowledged visit of its kind since Pyongyang shut its borders in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic. Chinese Communist Party politburo member Li ...