Dead The family of a Sri Lankan prisoner wants officials to be charged.

Wednesday, the family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in 2021 while being held at a Japan immigration center asked authorities, who had dropped the case before, to reopen it and charge officials with professional negligence that caused death.

Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali's fam...

Protecting society from malicious artificial intelligence

With the use of artificial intelligence, Microsoft launched its chatbot Tay to the public in 2016 and retrained it depending on user interactions. Soon after the release, online trolls started a concerted data-poisoning attack that exploited Tay's learning algorithms, retraining it to tweet o...

The pullout from Mali raises concerns about German operations.

A deal reached by German government officials appears to be the end of Germany's military deployment in Mali. It comes following similar decisions by allies and a years-long effort with uncertain results.

It marks the start of the end of Germany's largest operational military as...

Germany intends to remove its soldiers from Mali by 2024

The German government intends to begin withdrawing soldiers from Mali in the summer of 2023 and finish the pullout a year later, according to spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit in a statement issued on Tuesday.

For more than a decade, the West African country has been facing a terrorist in...

The president claims that MBC's' malicious' stories harm national interests.

President Yoon Suk-yeol justified his decision to deny MBC reporters access to the presidential jet on his most recent abroad trip, claiming that the network "maliciously" aimed to harm national interests when reporting on his mishap in New York in September.

Yoon told journal...

Seven per cent of carbon emissions are related to the healthcare sector, but not all healthcare is created equal. How can the carbon hotspots be cooled

Healthcare has a special responsibility to reduce its carbon emissions and can enhance our health in the process.

The healthcare industry has a special obligation to reduce its carbon emissions, and while doing so, it may enhance public health.

Arunima Malik, a sustainability ...

Singaporean Universities to Safeguard Academic Freedom

In 2019, the Academia.sg website was started to reflect the academic concerns regarding the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). 

In 2021, the Academic Freedom Survey was published by the website. The results of the survey indicated that faculty working o...

Malala announces her marriage on Twitter

Social activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has announced her marriage on Twitter. The Pakistani human rights campaigner married Asser Malik and posted images of her celebration on Twitter.

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INDIA RECEIVES MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM FRANCE TO COMBAT COVID-19 WAVE

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• India has received the essential medical supplies from France to combat the second wave of COVID-19.
• According to sources, the medical supply from France includes 28 AFNOR/BS Flexible tubes, 500 anti-bacterial filters, 8 oxygen generators, ...

FOREIGN MINISTRY: TURKEY CONCERNED BY POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SOMALIA

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• Turkey has been concerned by the political developments in Somalia
• The ministry said that, it has been that, all the parties will act with common sense by avoiding the steps that might lead to violence

The foreign ministr...

SWEDEN DEPLOYS MILITARY SOLDIERS TO BATTLE AGAINST EXTREMISTS IN MALI

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• The soldiers of Sweden have been deployed in the new European special forces for fighting against the extremists in Mali
• The French military said that, the first operations has already been carried out and they will be staying in Mali till...

BARACK OBAMA SAYS DRAKE HAS HIS OFFICIAL APPROVAL TO PLAY HIM IN POTENTIAL BIOPIC

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• Former United States President, Barack Obama has said that rapper Drake has his official stamp of approval whenever he is ready to play him in a potential project

• Obama also revealed not only him but also his daughters are in favor of watching Drake on...

MOTHER IN HOKKAIDO IMPRISONED FOR NOT GIVING HER DAUGHTER ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT

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• Mother in Hokkaido imprisoned for not giving her daughter access to medical treatment.
• A 22-year-old mother starved her 2-year-old daughter to death last year.
• The presiding judge for the case declared the defendant&rsquo...

NETFLIX INDIA SCREENS THREE EPISODES OF BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES

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• Netflix has made a four-episode documentary about four business tycoons.
• There was a court case against this series.
• The court lifted the injunction, allowing Netflix to release first three episodes.

After a leg...

DIFFERENCES WITH CM SAWANT: THE REASON BEHIND GOA GOV. SATYA PAL MALIK'S TRANSFER TO MEGHALAYA?

The Governor of Goa state Satya Pal Malik has been transferred to the state of Meghalaya, where he will take the charge from Tathagata Roy, who has completed his five-year tenure. 
According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Goa is transferred and appoin...

Officials to be sent by National Institute of Health to Australia for dengue virus control training

National Institute of Health has made a decision of sending its officials for training purposes to Australia in order to learn dengue virus control in the country, as told to the Senate body on Friday.

In order to conduct discussion on the functions, work, as well as, performance of Nat...

Phase 1 SCB-313 for Malignant Pleural Effusion Treatment tested by Clover Biopharmaceuticals in Australia

According to an announcement by an international biotechnology company in China, Clover Biopharmaceuticals, thriving to develop new biological therapies, the first-ever cancer patient suffering from malignant pleural effusions was admitted in Australia in a fully human TRAIL-Trimer fusion protein...

Two geothermal projects approved to provide simplified regulatory procedures

Energy Development Corp. (EDC) and Geothermal Power Co. Philippines. Inc. has been approved for two geothermal projects to provide simplified regulatory procedures and specifications for Mahanagdong (EDC) and Mt. Malinao geothermal projects in the Philippines.

Four ener...

Best pair of shoes for the year 2020

Confused about which boots to pack for vacay in year 2020? Or which pair of sandals to wear from now till spring 2020? For the upcoming season, designers are not in a mood of “reinvention of the wheel” but are relying upon some of the past trends. It’s not that they are totally ...

Hong Kong comes back to “Normality”

Following two weeks of chaotic unrest, Hong Kong is finally coming back to normality. Smooth flow of traffic through Cross Harbor Tunnel is a perfect symbol. Since November 13, the key transport link was closed and was reopened on Wednesday. The tunnel was blocked by anti-government protesters. T...