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Tokyo, Aug 7 (IANS) Japan is mulling discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea between late August and early September, local media reported on Monday.The Japanese government is making arrangements to hold a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers to make a decision about the specific date of the ocean discharge after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to the US, Kyodo News reported, citing government sources.Officials are expected to consider starting the release of the radioactive wastewater sometime between late August and the first half of September, Xinhua news agency quoted the report…

Canberra, Aug 7 (IANS) Almost one-third of Australians report feeling lonely, a landmark study revealed on Monday.Ending Loneliness Together, a national coalition of research and advocacy organisations, on Monday published the first State of the Nation Report into social connection, reports Xinhua news agency.The survey of more than 4,000 people aged 18-92 revealed that 32 per cent of Australian women and 31 per cent of men are lonely.Those aged 18-24 were the most likely to often or always feel lonely, at four times the rate of those aged 75+.People in rural areas were slightly more likely to be lonely than…

Seoul, Aug 7 (IANS) North Korea on Monday issued an alert against Typhoon Khanun and called for efforts to prevent possible damage as the typhoon was forecast to hit the Korean Peninsula later this week.After passing through the northeast of Japan’s Okinawa, the typhoon was expected to head further north toward the southeastern coast of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, according to South Korea’s national weather agency.”In all areas of the economy, the smallest areas of risk should be detected in a timely manner and thorough preventive measures should be established so that no damage from the typhoon will occur,”…

Rome, Aug 7 (IANS) At least two people died and more than 30 went missing near the Italian island of Lampedusa after two boats carrying asylum seekers capsized in the rough seas, a police official said.At least 57 people were rescued after the vessels that went down amid high waves around 43 km southwest of Lampedusa between late Saturday and early Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency.According to local media, the boats had departed from Tunisia. The bodies of an 18-month-old child and a woman were recovered.”These are tragic events that should have never happened,” said Emanuele Ricifari, the official in…

Singapore, Aug 7 (IANS) A 32-year-old man in Singapore has been sentenced to three months’ prison and ordered to pay S$13.20 as compensation for racially insulting and kicking an Indian-origin woman in 2021.While handing down the sentence on Monday, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan stressed that racial and religious hostility can have dire consequences in Singapore’s society, The Straits Times reported. Wong Xing Fong was convicted in June for racially targeting private tutor Hindocha Nita Vishnubhai, 57, while she was walking to work near the Northvale condominium in Choa Chu Kang in May 2021. Judge Saruwan said that Wong committed the…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Unstereotype Alliance, an initiative of the UN Women is an effort to bring together the advertising doyens and corporate world to create campaigns, which are able to change the stereotypical images of women, racial and physical profiles, besides helping in creating a more equal world for She and He. We often hear complaints of objectifying and sexualising women in the advertising world. However, though the advertising world propagates or translates its ideas into the final copy, but the fact remains that it is driven by the client’s demands, and in most cases to generate revenues…

Sanaa, Aug 7 (IANS) Yemen’s government army said that it has launched a major military operation targeting hideouts ofAl Qaeda terrorists in the country’s southern province of Abyan.The operation’s primary focus is on the province’s Mudiyah district, where numerous Al Qaeda terrorists have sought refuge in distant valleys and mountainous terrain, Xinhua news agency quoted the government army as saying in an official statement.The large-scale anti-terror operation has already led to the capture of a mid-level Al Qaeda commander named Abu al-Qaqa, it added.”The government troops have successfully taken up positions at the entrance to the Wadi Omran area and…

Riyadh, Aug 7 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced that citizens of eight more countries will now be eligible for a visitor e-visa, state media reported.The e-visa will be available to visitors from Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, for leisure, business, and religious (Umrah only) travel, bringing the total number of eligible countries to 57, Xinhua news agency quoted the state media report as saying.The visitor e-visa is valid for an entire year, grants multiple entries, and permits a stay of up to 90 days.After launching the e-visa program in 2019, Saudi Arabia welcomed 93.5 million visits…

Los Angeles, Aug 7 (IANS) A firefighting helicopter crashed in California’s Riverside County while battling a brush fire in the region, the media reported on Monday.According to the Los Angeles-based KABC-TV station, the accident occurred late Sunday night while crews were battling the Broadway Fire near Cabazon.Authorities warned that there could be multiple fatalities as there was no immediate information as to how many people were onboard the ill-fated helicopter.The crash was reported in the area of Pipeline Road and Apache Trail, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.The Broadway Fire was reported in the area of Broadway and Esperanza…

Phnom Penh, Aug 7 (IANS) Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday appointed Hun Manet as the new Prime Minister after the latter’s father and incumbent premier Hun Sen announced to step down after serving in the post for more than 38 years.The monarch signed a royal decree to designate Hun Manet, 45, as the new premier for a five-year-term government following a request from Hun Sen, the longest serving Prime Minister in the world, reports Xinhua news agency.”The designated prime minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia has duties to prepare the members of the government in order to ask for…