World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon

World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon

WHO said that 88 countries have no minimum age at which e-cigarettes can be bought and 74 countries have not implemented any e-cigarette regulations. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to ramp up prevention measures, saying that “kids are being recruited and trapped at an early age to use e-cigarettes and may get…

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First such long vacation;  Announcement of long vacations for winter in educational institutions

First such long vacation; Announcement of long vacations for winter in educational institutions

First such long vacation; Announcement of long vacations for winter in educational institutions For the first time, long vacations for winter have been announced in educational institutions. According to the notification issued by the Education Department of Balochistan, 75 days of holidays have been announced from December 16 in the schools and colleges of the…

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Winter vacations have been announced in federal educational institutions

Important news for students! Sudden announcement of long winter vacation in educational institutions

Important news for students! Sudden announcement of long winter vacation in educational institutions Long winter vacations have been announced suddenly in educational institutions. According to the notification issued by the Education Department of Balochistan, 75 days of holidays have been announced from December 16 in the schools and colleges of the cold areas of Balochistan….

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Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’

Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’

Close to nine million people need humanitarian assistance and reports suggest that some 4000 people have been targeted and killed because of their ethnicity. There are now concerns that Darfur is returning to the years of brutal fighting and increasing atrocities last witnessed two decades ago that left some 300,000 people dead and millions of…

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Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world

Stories from the UN Archive: Kissing trees and protecting the natural world

On the heels of the International Day of Neutrality, marked annually on 12 December, we took a look at Ms. Goodall’s contributions as a Messenger of Peace. Launched in 1997, the UN Messengers of Peace programme has designated more than a dozen influential individuals, including Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and superstar Stevie Wonder….

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