A team from Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority (HA) has visited Kuala Lumpur to try to recruit Malaysian nurses in hopes of easing a significant manpower shortage in Hong Kong’s public hospitals, with 2,559 nurses resigning or retiring last year. The autho…
2025 budget will be based on needs assessment – Gbajabiamila
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said the 2025 budget for State House agencies will be based on a needs assessment. Gbajabiamila made this known while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, following a one-day fact-find…
Former Sketch news editor Babalola dead
A former news editor of the defunct Sketch newspaper, Mr Olusakin Babalola, is dead. DAILY POST gathered that Babalola, a native of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government Area, died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. DAILY POST learnt that Babalola, wh…
BJP Minority Front’s nationwide campaign aims to boost membership to 50 Lakh
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): BJP Minority Front’s nationwide campaign aims to boost membership to 50 lakh. To achieve this the Minority Front will run a membership campaign across the country. The National Membership Workshop 2024 will be held a…
German cinema box office sales slide in first half of year
Cinemas in Germany attracted fewer people to the big screen in the first half of the year, according to ticket sale figures released on Thursday by the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Around 41.9 million tickets were sold in the first six months, acco…
Proibição de Musk ao trabalho remoto na X resiste à acusação de preconceito contra deficientes
Um juiz federal na Califórnia rejeitou uma ação judicial na quarta-feira acusando a plataforma de mídia social X de discriminação contra deficientes após a aquisição de Elon Musk e a subsequente proibição do trabalho remoto. A decisão, proferida pela j…
Azerbaijan steps up drive to join BRICS
By Javid Agha in Baku Azerbaijan has formally applied for membership of the BRICS loose association of developing countries, according to the pro-government news outlet Report. The outlet quoted the spokesman of the foreign ministry, Aykhan Hajizade. A…
Moldova’s non-fuel trade gap widens by 30% y/y in Q2
By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Moldova’s imports increased by 4.6% y/y to $2.16bn in Q2, but non-fuel imports (chart) rose by a more significant 15% y/y to $1.87bn creating a trade deficit in the non-fuel area ($1.06bn) that was 30% larger than in the sa…
EU reaffirms commitment to lithium deal amid rising tensions with Serbia
By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade The European Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to a strategic partnership with Serbia on raw materials, despite rising tensions with Serbia’s populist government, EuroNews reported on August 20. Tensions have been fu…
Slovenian NLB’s bid for Addiko Bank fails
By Valentina Dimitrievska in Skopje Slovenia’s largest bank, NLB, has failed in its attempt to acquire Austria’s Addiko Bank. The takeover bid fell short as only 36.4% of Addiko’s shareholders accepted NLB’s offer, significantly below the 75% threshold…