Sharjah has achieved a new global milestone by securing “advanced affiliation” within the World Health Organisation’s Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities – becoming the first Arab city to attain this level of membership. This is reported by the…
Ethiopia plans to set a new record for coffee exports in the current financial year. It is expected that the volume of supplies will reach 600 thousand tonnes, and revenues will exceed US$3 billion. This was stated by the country’s…
Chinese researchers have announced the development of a bionic “tongue” capable of delivering fast, highly accurate readings of chilli heat, a breakthrough that could transform how pungency is measured and standardised. This is reported by Xinhua News Agency, a partner…
World Sustainable Transport Day is marked annually on 26 November. This sector plays an important part in shaping the economy – both of any individual country and of the planet as a whole: cargo and passenger transport and the functioning…
Chinese scientists have identified the cause of the unusual stickiness found in lunar soil collected from the far side of the moon, following detailed analysis of samples returned by the Chang’e-6 mission. The material, retrieved in 2024, displayed markedly different…
Iran and Indonesia have agreed to deepen cooperation across the scientific, educational and cultural sectors following talks between Farhad Yazdandoost, Chairman of the Centre for International Scientific Cooperation at Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, and Indonesian Ambassador to…
China has secured the top global position for UNESCO-listed intangible cultural heritage (ICH), according to a new report released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The country now has 44 items inscribed on the UNESCO ICH list, the highest…
Indonesia will begin work in 2026 on seven power plants operating on the processing of solid municipal waste. These facilities will dispose of up to 12,000 tonnes of material per day and generate around 197.4 megawatts of electricity. This was…
The 22nd International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO-2025) has begun at Sirius. Teams from 24 countries will demonstrate their knowledge of chemistry, physics, and biology. Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Costa Rica and other states have sent their national…
Egypt’s trade with the G20 countries climbed to US$70.4 billion in the first nine months of 2025, marking a 14.1 per cent year-on-year increase, according to new data released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics. The update…
