United Nations, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the full respect of the ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Islamic Hamas movement which brought an end to the 11-day bloodshed…
Houston, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the permit-less carry bill into law, allowing residents of the state to carry handguns without a license or training starting from September 1 onwards. According to…
Sydney, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Several major Australian banks, including lenders Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and ANZ, on Thursday suffered website crashes affecting users. According to the tracking site Downdetector, issues were reported with the sites of…
Lisbon, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, announced the approval of the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), which intends to “profoundly transform the economy” of the…
Kathmandu, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Nepal government has decided to procure four million Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by China’s Sinopharm under a non-disclosure agreement. However, the government has not disclosed the price of the vaccine. Since…
Washington, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that Washington retains the option to impose retaliatory tariffs on countries that don’t remove Digital Service Taxes (DST), which according to her, discriminate against American…
Rome, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italy’s National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said that the country’s incidence of absolute poverty hit a record high level in 2020, interrupting a downward trend in the previous year. Over 2…
Houston, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced providing $250 million in state funds as initial payment to build its border barrier with Mexico. During a press conference on Wednesdayin the state capital of…
Tripoli, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (parliament), Aguila Saleh has confirmed his rejection of any attempts to obstruct the general elections to be held later this year. Saleh made the…
San Francisco, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) San Francisco Mayor London Breed has joined youth and community partners for the first official day of the ‘Summer Together Initiative’ programme. Summer Together is focused on providing programming that…
Tel Aviv, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Israeli Ministry of Health has issued a “severe” travel warning for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the concerns of Covid-19 spread. The UAE has become one of the…
Riyadh, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Visiting US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have committed to address the increasing climate change challenge “with seriousness and urgency”. During…
Washington, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at the record-low level of near zero, as the economic recovery continues amid growing concerns over inflation surge. “Progress on vaccinations…
Chicago, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) An evacuation order is still in place over a massive fire which was triggered by an explosion at a chemical plant in the US state of Illinois earlier this week, according…
Phoenix, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A massive wildfire raging in the US state of Arizona had scorched 148,299 acres of land with 59 per cent containment, according to the latest information updated by Inciweb, an interstate…
United Nations, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”. “Humanity is waging a…
Beirut, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs will sign Memorandums of Understanding with different countries aimed at forcing the use of Covid-19 vaccination cards for travellers. The country’s Covid committee also said on…
Dhaka, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bangladesh government has extended the nationwide coronavirus restrictions on public movement and transport for a month from Thursday. The ongoing restrictions, which were to expire Wednesday midnight after having been…
Beijing, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 13 miners who were trapped in an iron mine in China’s Shanxi province due to flooding have dies, local authorities said on Thursday. The bodies of the victims were…
Ankara, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 1.2 million Turkish citizens were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry has announced. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday this was the highest…