ShareBy Aluta News April 3, 2023 British Passport Office workers began a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites walked out in an escalation of the long-runningContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 23, 2023 A court in Bavaria has scheduled a hearing in a lawsuit involving the late Pope Benedict XVI brought by victims of abuse by clergy. The case was during Benedict’s time as archbishop of Munich and Freising. A district court in Traunstein, which had cancelledContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 20, 2023 Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich denied the existence of Palestinian people and said it was a concept made up less than 100 years ago, Smotrich made the comments in Paris on Monday. “There is no such thing as Palestinians because there is noContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 16, 2023 Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move to follow other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data fromContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 14, 2023 The President/Founder of Aspire Women Forum, Mrs Zainab Marwa, has unveiled a book, titled “101 Nigerian Women of Impact” showcasing the inspiring stories of women who have excelled in their fields. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling of the bookContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 13, 2023 Shanghai Customs on Monday said Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao Port had seen a total of 1,845 tonnes of sesame imported from Africa this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 4.3 times. Shanghai Customs said China is currently the largest import market for African sesame, with WaigaoqiaoContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 13, 2023 Ankara: The number of people killed by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey’s southeast has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people injured, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.“The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan saidContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 10, 2023 The World Health Organization (WHO) has described Malawi’s cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa. This came up as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 per cent of total cases recorded in 12 countries across the continent. WHO Regional Health Security Advisor,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 10, 2023 Xi Jinping was on Friday unanimously re-elected Chinese President. Xi Jinping was also elected Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China on the platform of the ruling Communist Party of China. The re-election was an outcome of the ongoing session of the 14thContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News March 9, 2023 Mom Kong, executive director of the local non-governmental organisation, the Cambodia Movement for Health on Thursday said more than 15,000 people died of smoking every year in Cambodia. According to a recent survey by the Ministry of Health, there are an estimated 1.6 millionContinue Reading
