This week marks six years since over 700,000 mostly-Muslim Rohingya men, women, and children joined the hundreds of thousands of others already sheltering in Bangladesh, following a brutal crackdown by security forces in Myanmar. As humanitarian conditions in the world’s largest refugee settlement worsen, however, the challenges surrounding this protracted crisis continue to increase. Funds…
The situation is particularly alarming in the east, where malnutrition has taken hold among 4.4 million people, exacerbated by compromised health services, lack of clean water, and an uptick in gender-based violence, highlighted Peter Musoko, WFP Country Director, during a press briefing in Geneva. “In my conversations with those displaced in eastern DRC, I was…
The study provides a global analysis of the potential exposure of occupations and tasks to generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the possible implications for job quantity and quality. It was written by three social scientists at the UN agency who predict the new technology will likely complement and not destroy jobs by automating some tasks…
At least 55 people were reported killed and over 100 injured – including civilians – in fighting between the Deterrence Apparatus for Combatting Organized Crime and Terrorism (DACOT) and the 444 Brigade, on 14 and 15 August, the head of the UN political mission in Libya, UNSMIL, told the Security Council. Lack of command and…
A new publication from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) presents “credible” reports that between 15 August 2021 and 30 June 2023, the country’s de facto authorities were responsible for 218 extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, over 144 instances of torture and ill treatment, and 424 arbitrary arrests and detentions. ‘Betrayal of trust’ UN human…
Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a new altitude record for the freezing point had been set a day earlier, climbing to 5,298 metres (17,381 feet) – well above Europe’s very highest peaks including Mont Blanc, at 4,811 metres (15,784 feet). WMO figures show that this is 115 metres above the previous record…
The so-called Revolving Facility is an initiative of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a UN partner that invests $4 billion annually to stamp out these deadly diseases and strengthen health systems in more than 100 countries. The Revolving Facility will negotiate improved supply terms for health products using advanced market commitments,…
Accidents are common in mining in China, Photo: File Beijing: A coal mine in China’s Shaanxi province collapsed after a horrific explosion that buried 11 people under the debris. According to the World News Agency, there was an explosion in the mine in the northern province of Shanxi in China when more than 90 miners…
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court rejected the plea of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaaf to suspend the sentence today and called for arguments on August 24. Lawyer Latif Khosa raised the issue of cameras in Imran Khan’s cell in the court. Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of Islamabad High Court heard the appeal against…
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will make a 3-day visit to China next week. According to the statement issued by the US Department of Commerce, the Secretary of Commerce will visit Beijing and Shanghai from August 27 to 30. Gina Raimondo will meet with top Chinese officials during her visit to…
