November 22, 2024
International

Indian e-commerce companies increase their hire of delivery personnel

BENGALURU: Indian e-commerce companies are hiring delivery staff quickly out of concern that a labour shortfall will cost them business during one of the busiest shopping seasons of the year, which starts in earnest next month. The actions complicate the prospects for the sector, which has long struggled with chronically high employee turnover, as they […]

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As monsoon rains lash northern and eastern India, floods and landslides claim scores of lives

At least 50 people have died in northern and eastern India over the past three days due to floods and landslides brought on by heavy monsoon rains, officials said on Sunday.As rescue teams raced to evacuate survivors, the rains overran hundreds of towns, destroying homes and leaving families stranded. The third-largest economy in Asia, which […]

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Fear for the future following a massive fish die-off in the Oder River

WIDUCHOWA: As thousands of dead fish crowded the banks of the Oder River on August 11, people of the Polish village of Widuchowa recognized an ecological catastrophe that had started in late July in the nation’s south-west was heading towards the Baltic Sea. The government started a crisis response that many experts claim was too […]

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Chinese masks were smuggled by North Korea before announcing victory over Covid

BEIJING: China’s trade data revealed on Saturday that North Korea acquired more than 1 million face masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves in July, just before announcing victory over Covid-19.Pyongyang declared victory over the coronavirus last week, capping a brief battle against 4.77 million “fever” cases. Since July 29, there have been no more […]

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In two accidents in Turkiye, 32 people died and scores were injured

ISTANBUL: Two distinct traffic accidents in Turkiye on Saturday resulted in at least 32 fatalities and several injuries, each in locations where collisions had occurred earlier in the day. In the first collision, a bus and an ambulance collided on a highway in the province of Gaziantep, killing 16 people and injuring 21, while a […]

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Japanese plastic food artists get inventive, which is quite tasteless

TOKYO: This week, an exhibition in Tokyo featured the odd plastic food sculptures created by Japanese artists. These sculptures included the “leaning tower of pizza,” a fish that cut itself into pieces and cooked itself, and a dragon that appeared from a dragon fruit. The replicas, known as “shokuhin sampuru,” or “sample food goods,” were […]

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The US intends to provide Ukraine armaments worth $775 million

The US Defensive Department unveiled a fresh $775 million package of defence gear and ammunition for Ukraine on Friday. The package includes diverse missile, artillery, and mine-clearing systems.More anti-armour weapons, like as TOW missiles and Javelin systems, as well as more precisely guided missiles for the Himars systems, which have allowed Ukrainian forces to attack […]

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Indonesian peasants scrub corpses as part of an afterlife rite before dressing the deceased

TIKALA, INDONESIA: While another clan tries to put one of their oldest ancestors in khakis and a shirt, a family on an Indonesian island poses for a picture with an older member who is unable to grin.However, the oldest generation has passed away and is no longer living in a nursing facility or harbouring resentment […]

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Numerous people are displaced from their houses in New Zealand due to torrential rain

WELLINGTON: On Friday, a fourth day of torrential rain struck regions of New Zealand, displacing hundreds of residents as rivers spilled their banks and the soggy ground became unstable.The worst impacted area is Nelson, on the north coast of the South Island, where more than 400 homes had to be evacuated and others had been […]

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Attack on Salman Rushdie suspect enters a not-guilty plea to assault and attempted murder

The suspect in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie last week in western New York has been jailed without bail and has entered a not guilty plea to charges of second-degree attempted murder and assault. Prior to Rushdie, 75, giving a speech on stage at an educational retreat close to Lake Erie, Hadi Matar, 24, […]

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