Issuing the warning at the launch of its annual report, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) cited data indicating that the trend caused “negative health effects and psychotic disorders” among some recreational cannabis users, while also contravening the UN 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. “In all jurisdictions where cannabis has been legalized, data show that cannabis-related…
This is the first time the site has lost all power since November 2022 – but the sixth time that all off-site power has been cut since the Russian invasion last February – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, in a statement to agency directors. The agency said late on Thursday that power had been restored after 11 tense…
She was speaking during the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), in Doha, Qatar, where other participants stressed that graduation from LDC category must be sustainable and irreversible. Speakers argued that the appeal for continued and innovative financing and support measures “has fallen on deaf ears”, as the LDC5 held the last…
According to the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office, more than 250,000 people have been affected, which is almost 80 per cent of the country’s population. First Judy, then Kevin Less than a week after Cyclone Judy forced residents to evacuate from the capital Port Vila, they were then hit by Cyclone Kevin, a category four storm that…
These forward-looking policy briefs are designed to feed into UN Member States’ consultations analysing how the multilateral system can be strengthened for tomorrow’s world, said UN chief António Guterres, unveiling the latest strategy documents, at UN Headquarters in New York. “The goal is simple”, he said, “to breathe new life into the multilateral system so that it can deliver on…
The report on children’s rights is the first of its kind to bring together existing data and analysis for all countries in the region, while highlighting critical data gaps that need to be filled. Data deficit UNICEF Regional Director Afshan Khan said the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, climate change and the current economic and…
The bodies of Pakistanis who died in a boat accident in Libya were brought to Lahore. The representative of Overseas Pakistanis Foundation handed over the bodies to the heirs. The bodies of the people who died in the boat accident have been brought from Tunisia to Jeddah Lahore. Out of the 7 people who died…
Imran Khan – File photo Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that I do not need the establishment. While giving an interview to the British broadcasting organization, Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said that whoever is with the people does not need crutches. He said that I was asked that if the establishment talks…
File photo In many cities of Pakistan, especially Karachi, the complaints of online financial fraud are continuously increasing with the citizens. Due to the presence of the accused involved in such incidents in remote areas, FIA Cybercrime is facing difficulties in operations and arresting the accused. FIA Cyber Crime Wing South Director Operations Asim Khan…
—File photo The Sindh High Court issued notices to the Election Commission and others while hearing the request of Jamaat-e-Islami regarding the holding of elections in 11 Local Union Committees. The Sindh High Court asked the parties to respond within 10 days. In the Supreme Court, the petitioner Ameer-e-Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeemur Rehman took a…
