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Seoul, Aug 9 (IANS) South Korea’s on-year job growth slowed for the fourth consecutive month in July, with the fewest number of jobs being added in 29 months, amid sluggish employment in the manufacturing and construction sectors, data showed Wednesday.The number of employed people came to 28.68 million in July, up around 211,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.Last month, the country’s jobless rate came to 2.7 per cent, down 0.2 percentage point over the period, the lowest since 1999 for the same month, reports Yonhap News Agency.South Korea’s on-year job additions slowed for…

Madrid, Aug 9 (IANS) Spain’s population rose to its highest ever level, with immigrants being the main contributor to the growth, a study published by the country’s Statistical Office said.The quarterly Continuous Population Statistics (ECP) showed that 48,345,223 people were living in Spain on July 1, hitting the highest level ever recorded, thanks to an increase of 135,186 people in the second quarter of 2023. reports Xinhua news agency.Among the added population were 100,394 people born abroad, lifting the total number of foreign-born residents to 8,457,886.The majority of immigrants to Spain between April and June were Colombian and Moroccan.There were…

Beirut, Aug 9 (IANS) The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has agreed to share its data on Syrian refugees in the Lebanese territories with the government in Beirut.Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said the agreement, which serves the interest of Lebanon, the UN and donor countries, comes after long, arduous negotiations between Beirut and the UNHCR, reports Xinhua news agency.Bou Habib said the deal was aimed at preventing the donations from being exploited by people who lack eligibility.Lance Bartholomeusz, general counsel and head of the legal affairs service at UNHCR, said the UN agency has received promises from the Lebanese government…

Istanbul, Aug 9 (IANS) Turkish authorities have dramatically hiked fares of public transportation in Istanbul, the country’s largest city.Istanbul Municipality’s Transportation Coordination Centre (UKOME) announced a 51.52-per cent increase in the fares, the official Anadolu news agency reported.With the latest increase, the price of a bus ticket increased from 9.9 liras ($0.37 dollars) to 15 liras, while the price of a discounted student ticket rose from 4.83 liras to 7.32 liras, reports Xinhua news agency citing Anadolu.The Metrobus fare for a trip between the Anatolian and European sides of the city climbed to 22.25 liras, the Anadolu report said.The cost…

New York, Aug 9 (IANS) An Indian-origin urologist in the US state of Florida has been fined $7,236 and ordered to take a medical education course in risk management after he removed a cyst instead of a kidney during a surgery in 2021.Zamip Patel, who was supposed to remove a patient’s right kidney on June 16, 2021, ended up removing “a significant mass, which was sent to pathology”, the Miami Herald reported. The pathology report, which came two days later, said Patel removed a “hemorrhagic and inflamed cyst, not the intended kidney”, a complaint filed with Florida Department of Health…

Dubai, Aug 9 (IANS) An Indian couple who flew to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and managed to track down their missing son were left heartbroken after finding him dead, a media report said.The body of the son, who died of a heart attack, remained undiscovered for days as he lived alone and had little contact with anyone, The Khaleej Times reported on Tuesday.The parents, who had not seen their son for over 10 years, begged him to return home while they were in contact, but he refused.According to social worker Ashraf Thamarassery, the son had faced some problems in…

Sanaa, Aug 9 (IANS) The Yemen government announced that the UN’s delicate operation to unload oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off the country’s western coast, is in its final stages.According to a statement from the state-run Saba news agency, Minister of Transport Abdul-Salam Humaid revealed that the international effort to address the Safer tanker situation has made remarkable progress.He clarified that “with meticulous coordination and rigorous execution”, 1,083,285 barrels of crude oil have been successfully transferred from the Safer onto a replacement vessel, reports Xinhua news agency. This accounts for 94 per cent of the…

Warsaw, Aug 9 (IANS) Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that he has accepted the resignation of Health Minister Adam Niedzielski who provoked outrage by disclosing sensitive information about a doctor.On August 3, Poland’s private broadcaster screened footage about patients in the city of Poznan being unable to receive painkillers due to new prescription regulations, rpeorts Xinhua news agency.A doctor commenting on the situation said he was unable to prescribe the necessary medication.Niedzielski later published the doctor’s personal data on social media, along with claims that he had prescribed the restricted medication in his own name.The doctor then issued a…

Kiev, Aug 9 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged that his country’s counteroffensive against Russia is “happening probably slower” than some had hoped.Zelensky’s remarks featured in a video released by his office on Tuesday which he made during a meeting with Latin American media outlets over the weekend, CNN reported.”But all of this is secondary. In some places, there are mines, in some places there are technical difficulties, in some places we have been waiting for long. Or there are other complications. We can be discussing it for a long time,” Zelensky said. “The direction of the counteroffensive, what’s…

Colombo, Aug 8 (IANS) Cricket legend and the Unicef South Asia Regional Goodwill Ambassador, Sachin Tendulkar joined the world’s children’s charity organisation to help 3.9 million Sri Lankan people, including children, who are struggling to get adequate food. Tendulkar is on a visit to Sri Lanka meeting children and parents impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2022 economic crisis.The cricket legend recalled warm memories associated with Sri Lanka during his earlier visits, both as a cricketer and as part of his engagements with Unicef in 2015. He lauded the efforts of all government and non-government organisations in their efforts…