The International Monetary Fund is forecasting global growth of 3.2 percent in 2024 and 2025, citing a ‘surprisingly resilient’ performance. Supply chain stability, strong labor markets and high productivity have all...
Georgia’s Zourabichvili: Contentious ‘foreign influence’ bill a copy of Russian law • FRANCE 24
Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a controversial law that has sparked mass protests in the country. The bill, which would require media and non-commercial organisations to register as...
Georgian MPs approve controversial ‘foreign influence’ bill in first reading • FRANCE 24 English
Georgian lawmakers gave a first green light Wednesday to a controversial "foreign influence" law that has sparked mass street protests over concerns it would undermine Tbilisi’s European aspirations...
Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘smearing working class woman’ after Rayner tax jibe
Keir Starmer called Rishi Sunak a ‘billionaire prime minister’ who he accused of smearing the deputy Labour leader, Angela Rayner, after the prime minister took a jibe at her amid an ongoing controversy over...
Students explore Japanese musical traditionsーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
When Japanese kids think about taking up a musical instrument, the koto usually isn’t their first choice. It’s long and unwieldy and doesn’t appear much in rock or J-Pop. But once they encounter it...
Israel releases Palestinians amid abuse allegations
Many of the 150 Palestinian detainees who were hospitalised after being released by the Israeli forces say they were mistreated during imprisonment. A number of them allege they were badly treated while they were being...
Veteran diplomat predicts Gaza exodus | Conflict Zone
Head of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland, a veteran diplomat who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians, says an Israeli military operation against Rafah would be “a...