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The People's Council of Hà Nội passed a resolution on socio-economic development, security and defence, as well as budget allocation and other key tasks for the last six months of the year to achieve 7% growth in 2023

The death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55, after 12 people, including eight children, died in weather-related incidents amid fears of flash floods

Over 13.000 divorce cases have been received in the country, report the annual statistics for the year 2022 released by the Family Counseling Department of the Ministry of Justice

With more people opting to communicate online instead of through letters, the government will consider allowing Singapore Post to “introduce postage rate adjustments” in the future to remain viable

Ms. Amjad Alamri, a mechanical engineer and a senior specialist at NEOM, has been chosen by the Misk Foundation to speak at the International Telecommunication Union’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on July 6-7

The Saudi aid agency KSrelief is providing humanitarian aid to Yemen, with the Masam project and the prosthetic limb program for those injured by explosions

A massive plane tree, estimated to be around 200 years old, toppled onto the street in the Osmangazi district of Türkiye's northwestern Bursa due to the decay of its roots

The launch of the new BYD ATTO 3 electric car by Build Your Dreams, a leading Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, is expected to have a big impact on the domestic electric car market

Panda House Park saw an astonishing total of 5.000 visitors during the Eid Al Adha holiday, with an average of about 1.500 people per day, according to the Ministry of the Municipality; in all, 120.000 visits have been recorded since opening

The Pakistan Cricket Board said that apart from the men's team, the women's national team will also tour England in May next year for three T20Is and three matches of the ICC Women's Championship 2022-25

Madaba has welcomed approximately 400.000 visitors during the January-June period of this year, marking a 131% increase compared to the same period in 2022; the Mukawir site witnessed a 600% increase due to improved services and promotion campaign

At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack with drones on a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank; hundreds of troops are deployed in an operation that resembles the one carried out during the second Palestinian uprising in 2000

An Iranian appeals court sentenced prominent activist and journalist Golrokh Iraee, detained since her arrest at the start of a protest movement, to five years