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U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia

As Russia-Ukraine conflict enters second year in February 2024, United States and European Union have jointly announced sweeping additional sanctions encompassing over 500 fresh punitive measures targeting Moscow...

February 24, 2024

Dubai Rolls Out 5-Year Multiple Entry Visa for Indian Tourists

In February 2024, Dubai authorities introduced a 5-year multiple entry tourism visa policy for Indian citizens to further boost annual visitor arrivals from the key source market and...

February 24, 2024

Shehbaz Sharif to be Pakistan Prime Minister

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif is set to assume the role of Prime Minister of Pakistan a week after 176 out of 342 lawmakers of the...

February 22, 2024

US vetoes UN Ceasefire Call for Israel-Gaza Fighting

At the United Nations Security Council on February 21st 2024, the United States exercised its veto power to override a resolution put forward by Arab nations led by...

February 21, 2024

What is Japan’s 1000-year-old Sominsai festival?

The bizarre annual ‘naked festival’ of Japan called ‘Sominsai’ has been impacted, as rural towns hosting it grapple with demographic challenges posed by the country’s rapid population ageing....

February 19, 2024

Greece Becomes First Orthodox-Majority Nation to Allow Same-Sex Marriage

The Hellenic Parliament of Greece passed a historic legislation, legalizing same-sex civil marriages in the country. It makes Greece the first constitutionally Christian Orthodox-majority nation to grant equal...

February 17, 2024

UK Enters Technical Recession Amid Economic Challenges

According to latest GDP figures, the United Kingdom has slipped into a technical recession, with the economy contracting 0.3% in Q4 2023 after a 0.1% decline in Q3....

February 17, 2024

Japan slips behind Germany to World’s 4th Largest Economy

Japan has slipped behind Germany to fourth position among the world’s largest economies in gross domestic product (GDP) terms. Earlier projections suggested Japan could overtake the United States...

February 16, 2024

What is Lying Flat Lifestyle (tangping) in China?

The “lying flat” lifestyle (tangping) is a minimalist approach to work and life adopted by a segment of Chinese youth in response to bleak economic prospects and societal...

February 16, 2024

Bharat Mart Launched in Dubai

On February 15th 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai,...

February 15, 2024

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