A Jordanian flight across Israel, an airdrop over Gaza’s ruins | Israel War on Gaza News
Amman, Jordan/sky above Gaza – A hulking military cargo plane sits on the tarmac of a Royal Jordanian Air Force base in the early morning light. Two maintenance engineers unlock a compartment in the aircraft’s fuselage and disappear behind a metal hood that shelters a complex nest of…
Is nuclear power on the verge of a revival? | Business and Economy
Global nuclear power generation is set to peak next year, despite claims it is dangerous, costly and plants take too long to build. Critics say nuclear power plants are dangerous, expensive and take a long time to build. But nuclear power is being touted by many experts as…
As China ages, senior citizens see a retirement of striving to get by | Business and Economy
Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man. “I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his…
Celebrating Nowruz: Ancient festival marks arrival of spring and renewal | Religion News
Nowruz – meaning “new day” – is an ancient festival celebrating the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. More than 300 million people celebrate the Persian New Year, which has been observed for more than 3,000 years in different regions, including the Balkans, the Black Sea…
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 167 | Israel War on Gaza News
EXPLAINER US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of the Middle East hoping to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, March 21, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed about 90…
‘Climate of fear’: UN accuses Russia of abuses in occupied Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News
In its first in-depth report on the situation in occupied Ukraine, UN says it found evidence of intimidation, arbitrary detention and torture. Russia has tortured and arbitrarily detained people in the parts of eastern Ukraine it occupies, creating a “climate of fear” and suppressing Ukrainian identity, according to…
Alabama bans diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in colleges | Education News
The bill, known as SB129, bans publicly-funded institutions from maintaining DEI offices or teaching what the bill calls ‘divisive concepts’ about race and identity. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in publicly-funded colleges, making the southern state one of…
New Zealand slips into second recession in 18 months | Business and Economy
Political parties trade blame for economic slump that follows aggressive interest rate hikes to tame inflation. New Zealand has slipped into its second recession in less than 18 months, according to government figures. New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.1 percent during the October-December period, following…
Tennis world number 2 Sabalenka heartbroken over Konstantin Koltsov’s death | Tennis News
Sabalenka’s match at the Miami Open moved back by a day following the death of her former boyfriend Koltsov. Tennis world number two Aryna Sabalenka has described the death of her former boyfriend as an “unthinkable tragedy” as she commented for the first time since the apparent suicide…
Two bar workers arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ ‘extremism’ case | LGBTQ News
The suspects will remain in custody until May 18 and face as long as 10 years in prison if found guilty. A Russian court has ordered the arrest of a bar administrator and its art director, accusing them of organising an “extremist organisation” under new legislation criminalising the…