Yearly Archives: 2024
The operator of Pizza’s Hut restaurants in the UK is looking to raise more than £10m to help it cope with increased costs after tax rises on business were announced in last month’s Budget. The money could come from a sale of part of the business, or new investment from existing shareholders. It comes amid […]
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The number of people living with diabetes worldwide has quadrupled in the past two decades, with 830 million people diagnosed as of 2022, as published this week in The Lancet. That’s more than four times the number of people who had the disease in 1990, according to a Thursday announcement from the World Health Organization […]
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BAKU: Amid reports on how COP officials are facilitating discussions on fossil fuel deals, a group of prominent scientists, advocates, and policy leaders – including former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, former head of the UN climate change body Christiana Figueres, and former Ireland President Mary Robinson – have called for an urgent overhaul of the […]
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“Full House” actor Dave Coulier is doing his best to remain in good spirits after he’s recently been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “Putting a positive spin and sending love to all of you who are battling and going through chemo,” Coulier shared on his Instagram Story, Friday. “And remember to laugh.” Coulier is […]
Ayla Majid poses for a photo. — Linkedin/ACCA Pakistan ISLAMABAD: In a major achievement, Pakistan’s Ayla Majid made history this week after becoming the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected as president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Ayla, who made Pakistan proud in the world, is the founder […]
In this representational image, school students head for classes in Beijing on Nov 29, 2023, — AFP Suspect has confessed to killing students, say police. Police say he returned to school to express his anger. Emergency services fully mobilised to treat wounded. BEIJING: At least eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday […]
Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani (left) and US tech billionaire Elon Musk. — IRNA/Reuters/File Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson on Saturday “categorically” denied The New York Times report on Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported. In an interview with state news agency IRNA, […]