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Singapore, Sep 4 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Singapore on Wednesday on a bilateral visit, and said he is looking forward to the various meetings aimed at boosting the bilateral friendship. In a post on X, the PM said: “Landed in Singapore. Looking forward to a the various meetings aimed at boosting the…

Chennai, Sep 4 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on an official visit to US to attract investments, took a bicycle ride in the Chicago beach on Wednesday morning. Sharing the video of his cycling drive in his social media, Mr Stalin said “Evening’s calm sets the stage for new dreams.”…

Baghdad, Sep 4 (UNI) Switzerland reopened its embassy in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on Tuesday after 33 years of closure following the Gulf War. In a statement, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said the reopening of the Swiss embassy “came within the framework of strengthening bilateral relations between Iraq and Switzerland and reflects the desire…

United Nations, Sep 4 (UNI) The United Nations will hold an open debate on peacekeeping operations next week, Slovenian Ambassador to the world body Samuel Zbogar said on Tuesday. “The first open debate on UN peacekeeping operations on September 9 will be focused on the importance of the Security Council’s unified political support for the…

Rome, Sep 4 (UNI) Italian energy giant Eni and energy infrastructure company Snam on Tuesday announced that they launched the country’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The companies, which first announced their joint venture in January 2023, said that they had begun injecting concentrated carbon dioxide (CO2) into a depleted gas field in…

Paris, Sep 4 (UNI) Twelve migrants have died in a shipwreck off the coast of France as their vessel was trying to cross the English Channel, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday. “A terrible shipwreck in [the department of] Pas-de-Calais. Per the preliminary information, 12 people are dead, two are missing and several…

Riyadh, Sep 4 (UNI) Saudi Arabia aspires to significantly boost its financial technology (fintech) sector, with the kingdom’s finance minister, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan, announcing Tuesday a target of establishing 525 fintech companies by 2030. Speaking at the inaugural 24 Fintech conference, Al-Jadaan highlighted that the number of fintech companies in Saudi Arabia has reached…

Ramallah, Sep 4 (UNI) A shipment of 350,000 polio vaccine doses arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan announced. This is the second batch of vaccines, which are being stored in a dedicated warehouse for a coordinated vaccination campaign with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). A total of…

Canberra, Sep 4 (UNI) Mobile phones are not linked to head cancers, a World Health Organization-commissioned review by Australian government scientists has concluded. Researchers from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) on Wednesday published the results of a systematic review into the potential health effects of radio wave exposure from mobile phones….