Strange objects resembling “fireballs” were seen streaking across the sky in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, according to local media reports Read Full Article at RT.com
Moscow is redirecting supplies of oil and petrochemicals to new markets amid Western sanctions Read Full Article at RT.com
The US doesn’t have enough munitions for its own use but is donating “so much” to Ukraine, ex-president Donald Trump said Read Full Article at RT.com
The Pakistani military has been deployed following violent protests over the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan Read Full Article at RT.com
Shelling resumed on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday, with both sides reporting injuries among their troops Read Full Article at RT.com
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US and Chinese defense ministers are unlikely to meet in Singapore due to a sanctions dispute, the Financial Times has reported Read Full Article at RT.com
Non-oil trade between Iran and BRICS nations increased by 14% during the last fiscal year, according to the latest statistics Read Full Article at RT.com
ST PAUL, Minnesota USA, May 10 (IPS) - India’s population has just reached 1.4 billion people, surpassing China as the world’s most populous nation four years earlier than projected. Spurring this growth is a traditional patriarchal culture in which women’s identity is constrained by the social expectation they bear children.
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KATHMANDU, May 10 (IPS) - A new report reveals that from 2000 to 2015, the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) fell by 33%, and by more than 50% in 58 countries that had the highest rates of women dying during pregnancy or up to 42 days after delivery. But from 2016 to 2020, maternal mortality barely changed. In 2020, roughly 287,000 women globally died from a maternal cause, which is almost 800 maternal deaths daily, and about one every two minutes.