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Rajnath Singh, the Indian defence minister, has emphasized the need to reform the United Nations’ structure, saying this worrying shortcoming is a manifestation of the organization’s structural inadequacy. If the United Nations’ structure is not reformed and decision-making is not democratized, it might lose its effectiveness and relevance over time. As he addressed the plenary session of the Moscow Conference on International Security-2022 virtually, Mr. Singh said that reformed multilateralism rests on the reform of the UN Security Council that reflects today’s realities. Major powers’ refusal to change United Nations institutions in tune with time ignores the emerging geopolitical realities…

The first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) offering services in the Middle East and North Africa, Air Arabia has announced that it will launch direct flights from Sharjah to Milan, the capital city of Italy. From December 7, 2022, four weekly direct flights will connect Sharjah International Airport with Milan Bergamo Airport. Air Arabia’s growing network from Sharjah now includes Milan, allowing the airline’s customers in the UAE and beyond to travel to Italy with a renowned value-driven product. Booking direct flights between Sharjah and Milan is now available on Air Arabia’s website, through its call center, or through travel…

An origami-style glass building houses a miniature bio-biological dome in which a gigantic kapok tree stands four stories high, forming a closed ecosystem that resembles tropical rainforests with over 3,000 species of plants and animals living under the largest artificial tree on earth. Located in City Walk Dubai, the Green Planet project began on the fourth floor and winds its way down through the vital area. This provides a unique opportunity to see many exotic and tropical animals. A bio-dome consists of four levels, a canopy, a midstory, a forest floor, and a swamped forest. At each level, every part…

There has been an increase in the number of new COVID-19 infections, as well as the number of critical cases, reported by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH). There have been more than 100 serious illnesses being treated in hospitals in Vietnam over the past week, with an average of 2,000 Coronavirus cases per day. As reported by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the ministry has indicated that it will continue closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 pandemic and regularly review and analyze the situation in order to develop plans and scenarios to respond appropriately to any outbreaks that…

The torrential rains which flooded various states in Sudan resulted in the deaths of more than 52 people, according to Sudanese authorities. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the torrential downpour, which usually occurs between May and October, has also resulted in 25 injuries and the destruction of thousands of homes, infrastructure, and agricultural lands. According to Brig Abdeljalil Rahim, spokesman for the Sudanese Police’s National Council for Civil Defence, flooding has been a chronic problem for remote cities and villages. According to him, torrential rain has damaged farming lands on an estimated 540…

A380 flights will be reintroduced to Perth from 1st December as part of Emirates’ service ramp-up to Australia. As a result of the upgrade, Emirates will have close to 500 seats available on every flight between its hub Dubai and Perth. The EK420 flight from Dubai departs at 02:45, arriving in Perth at 17:20, while the EK421 flight departs from Perth at 22:20, arriving in Dubai at 05:25 the following morning. From Dubai to Perth, the A380 will replace the existing Boeing 777-300ER service. Emirates has flown nearly 6 million passengers between Perth and its Dubai hub since August 2002,…

A broad selection of US stocks was purchased by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), bringing its investment portfolio’s value to about $40.8 billion at the end of the second quarter. According to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the PIF acquired 213,000 class A shares in Alphabet, 4.7 million in Zoom, and 1.8 million in Microsoft. In addition, PIF purchased shares in JPMorgan and BlackRock, investing in 3.9 million shares and 741,693 shares, respectively. Additionally, the fund purchased shares of Adobe Systems, Advanced Micro Devices, Salesforce, Home Depot, Costco, Freeport-McMoRan, Datadog, and NextEra Energy. With $620 billion in…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Monday that Japan would never again wage war. This was as members of his cabinet visited a shrine honoring war dead, angering South Korea and China. The relationship between Japan and China was already strained after China conducted unprecedented military exercises around Taiwan. This was following the visit there of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi this month, Reuters reports. A number of missiles fell in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone during the drills. I will live up to this determined oath,” Kishida pledged before a secular gathering in Tokyo, which was also attended by…

An agreement has been signed between Malaysia Airlines and aircraft leasing company Avolon to replace its ageing fleet of A330 widebody jets with 20 Airbus A330neos. According to the carrier, 10 of the planes will be acquired from Airbus and then leased directly from Avolon, with the remaining 10 being purchased from Airbus. A Rolls-Royce engine will power the planes, which will be delivered between 2024 and 2028, according to the airline. Despite a prolonged downturn, the A330neo fleet upgrade comes amid signs of a recovery in widebody demand. International air traffic is recovering from pandemic lows as airlines renew…

A previously unknown small armored dinosaur has been discovered in southern Argentina, a creature which likely walked upright about 100 million years ago through a steamy landscape. They said the Cretaceous Period dinosaur, named Jakapil kaniukura, would have had bony disk-shaped armor covering its neck and back, down to its tail. About 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and weighing 9 to 15 pounds (4-7 kg), it was about the size of an average house cat. In Patagonia’s Rio Negro province’s La Buitrera paleontological zone, its fossilized remains were dug up over the past decade near a dam. Jakapil was described…