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October 4, 2023 9:39 AM

L’Huillier becomes fifth woman to secure a Nobel Prize in Physics, trio win for atom-imaging light pulses

Scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier on October 3, were jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for using pulses of light to study the behaviour of electrons. The prize-awarding academy said their studies had given hu...

September 29, 2023 2:35 PM

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy & Russian dissident Navalny among favourites for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or the environment could well steal the stage. Given past ...

September 29, 2023 2:02 PM

First shipment of uranium for Rooppur nuclear power plant arrives in Bangladesh

The first batch of fresh uranium, the nuclear fuel of the first unit of Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP), has arrived in Bangladesh. According to official sources, the consignment of uranium arrived in Dhaka from Russia on Thursday afternoon throu...

September 28, 2023 9:29 PM

EU talks migration as Italy, Germany worry over increased arrivals

The European Union's interior ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday (September 28) to discuss how to handle migrants arriving by sea as Italy and Germany worry over increased immigration, with Berlin launching border controls inside Europe's zone of...

September 27, 2023 5:22 PM

Germany announces extended border controls from this week

Germany will introduce extended border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic this week to curb illegal migration, the interior minister said on Wednesday, as a surge in migrant arrivals exposes the cracks in the European Union's asylum system. ...

October 17, 2023 9:08 AM

Global migrant crisis is acquiring alarming proportion

When in recent days thousands of fresh migrants crossed into America with many more continuously reaching Mexican border towns with a hope to enter their dream location, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterating at the continuing UNGA m...

September 21, 2023 9:39 AM

Italy’s PM Meloni calls for global war on human trafficking at UN & talks migration

At the United Nations General Assembly, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged to wage a global war against human traffickers and reject any hypocritical approach to immigration. It was Meloni's first time, addressing the 78th session of the 193...

September 20, 2023 4:04 PM

Italy’s Meloni demands UN help over ‘barbarity’ of migration

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on September 19 said she will call for international help over her country's migration crisis, describing it as an issue akin to the barbarity of slavery. Meloni is due to speak to the UN General Assembly on the...

September 19, 2023 2:42 PM

France calls for 2024 Paris Olympic Games to advance SDG goals

World leaders met for the opening day of the 2023 SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Summit on September 18 at the United Nations. France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, commented in her speech to delegates on factors ...

September 14, 2023 9:49 AM

India & Russia explore maritime cooperation, unlocking trade potentials

Aiming to enhance maritime cooperation, India and Russia have agreed to a range of collaborative initiatives. On September 13, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal held discussions with A.O. Chekunkov, Russia’s Minister for the Development of Far East...

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