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London, July 25 (IANS) The UK government has announced the opening of the second ballot of the Young Professional Scheme for Indian citizens between 18 to 30 years of age.The ballot, which opened on Monday, will close at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, the British High Commission announced in a tweet.The scheme, formally launched this year, allows Indian citizens with a graduate or postgraduate qualification to live and work in the UK for up to two years.It allows the candidate to enter the UK at any time while their visa is valid, and leave and come back at any time during…

Ramallah, July 25 (IANS) Three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday by Israeli soldiers in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.The Israeli troops stormed a vehicle and opened fire, Xinhua news agency quoted Palestinian security forces as saying. The forces also claimed that the soldiers prevented Palestinian ambulances from reaching the vehicle.An Israeli army spokesman told state media that the troops killed thethree armed Palestinians after they opened fire at an Israeli army checkpoint near the city of Nablus.According to the spokesman, the three militants arrived at an area near the checkpoint and opened fire from a distance…

Dhaka, July 25 (IANS) The death toll from the viral dengue outbreak in Bangladesh has increased to 185, while the number of cases reported so have this yearhave reached 35,270, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DFHS).In the last 24 hours, the DGHS said nine people died of the mosquito-borne disease, raising the death toll to 138 so far this month, reports Xinhua news agency.Since the beginning of this month, 27,292 more dengue cases were reported in comparison to the 5,956 infected persons registered in June.A total of 2,293 fresh dengue cases, including 1,238 in Dhaka, were reported…

Phnom Penh, July 25 (IANS) The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won 120 parliamentary seats as the royalist Funcinpec Party gained the remaining five seats in the July 23 general elections, officials said on Tuesday.A total of 18 political parties contested the election, which is held once every five years to elect the MPs for the 125-seat National Assembly, reports Xinhua news agency.CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said that according to the party’s calculation based on the National Election Committee (NEC)’s preliminary results, the CPP won 120 seats and the Funcinpec Party of Prince Norodom Chakravuth gained the remaining five seats.”The…

Tunis, July 25 (IANS) The Tunisian government has set up a crisis unit to control wildfires that ravaged the northwestern province of Jendouba.In a statement, the government said that Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane made the decision on the instructions of President Kais Saied, reports Xinhua news agency.”The crisis unit aims to coordinate the efforts of all intervening parties to control the fires and protect citizens and their property,” it said.On Monday morning, Tunisian authorities evacuated residents from the Melloula village in the province after a wildfire broke out in the forests.During the past four days, massive wildfires destroyed about…

Algiers, July 25 (IANS) The death toll from the raging wildfires in Algeria has increased to 34, including 10 soldiers, the Interior Ministry said in an update.The Ministry said some 8,000 people were battling the blazes across 11 provinces, supported by 529 trucks and several firefighting helicopters, reports Xinhua news agency.The fires started overnight on Sunday mainly in the provinces of Bejaia, Jijel, and Bouira, but quickly spread due to strong winds, causing significant damage.As of Tuesday, a total of 97 fires were raging in the forests of 16 provinces.–IANSksk

Sanaa, July 25 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi militia said that peace talks with Saudi Arabia have been put on hold because of a dispute over the payment of the country civil servants in areas held by the Iran-backed group.In a statement late Monday,Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthi supreme political council, said that the negotiations had focused on the issue of paying salaries out of Yemen’s oil and gas revenues, Xinhua news agency reported.The Houthis rejected the Saudi proposal of providing the funds via the Saudi banking system and accused Saudi Arabia of attempting to “steal Yemen’s oil wealth for their…

United Nations, July 25 (IANS) UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Csaba Korosi said on that 27 ongoing armed conflicts across the world are continuing to devastate lives.”As we look around the globe today, 27 armed conflicts continue to devastate lives,” Korosi told a joint debate on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund at the UN headquarters in New York.The UNGA President said that two decades ago, about five countries each year suffered more than one simultaneous war or insurgency, reports Xinhua news agency. “Now 15 do. Three-fold increase. The number of conflict-related deaths has reached a 28-year high…

Beijing, July 25 (IANS) China’s National Meteorological Centre (NMC) on Tuesday issued a yellow alert for Doksuri, the fifth typhoon of this year expected to bring gales and heavy rain to the country’s southern coastal regions.Doksuri, currently sweeping across the Pacific Ocean in the direction of the Philippines, has intensified into a super typhoon.It is predicted to make landfall or pass very close to the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines between late Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.In its update, the NMC said the typhoon is expected to move northwest at a speed of around 20 km per hour.It will enter the…

Athens, July 25 (IANS) The Greek government has pledged its full support to fire-affected areas of the country, with several wildfires still continuing to rage as of Tuesday.”We will rebuild all that was lost, compensate those affected,” Xinhua news agency quoted Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as saying during a debate in Parliament on Monday.While welcoming his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolai Denkov, who is currently visiting Athens, Mitsotakis also thanked Bulgaria for helping Greece to battle the devastating forest fires that hit the country in July.”These are (…) unfortunately the real consequences of climate change. We have another difficult summer ahead of…