Although the public consultation on the Zoneamento Marítimo Funcional and the Plano das Áreas Marítimas ended on 16 February 2024, the controversy over the ecological islands did not end with …
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Donor nations, aid agencies and charities pushed on with efforts to rush food to the territory of 2.4 million people, where famine looms after more than five months of war.…
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Thousands of trainee medics walked off the job on February 20 to protest government plans to sharply increase the number of doctors, which it says is essential to combat shortages…
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The perpetrators said the attack was revenge for Spain's role in the US-led invasion of Iraq. A decade later, jihadists invoked the West's intervention against the Islamic State (IS) group…
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"The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided today to keep the ECB's three key interest rates unchanged," the institution said after the meeting. The deposit rate remains…
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Thousands of junior doctors handed in their notice and stopped working two weeks ago to protest against an increase in medical school admissions from next year which the government says…
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The incidents happened in waters around Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands where the countries have contesting maritime claims. A Philippine government task force said in a statement that…
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Around 10,000 junior doctors walked out nearly two weeks ago to protest against an increase in medical school admissions from next year which is meant to help combat shortages and…
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Major hospitals are struggling to provide services after thousands of junior medics handed in their resignations and stopped working last week to protest against government plans to sharply increase medical…
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Employment survey from November 2023 to January 2024, with an unemployment rate of 2.8%
by Viviana ChanBoth indicators decreased by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (October - December 2023) and have returned to the corresponding levels in early 2020. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate edged…