Catherine Russell made the appeal in a statement to mark World Children’s Day, which commemorates the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. “At no time since the CRC was adopted 34 years ago have children’s rights been in greater…
The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released on Monday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), carried a clear message – unless countries step up climate action and deliver more than promised in their 2030 pledges, the world is heading for a 2.5-2.9°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels. A broken record Presenting the report from Nairobi, UNEP…
A tweet by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA on Monday, described the situation in shelters as “unliveable”. It said that Gazans had “no options”, echoing repeated warnings from UN humanitarians nowhere is safe for civilians in Gaza. Since Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel on 7 October that claimed around 1,200 lives with nearly…
The Pakistan Test squad for the tour of Australia has been announced. Saeem Ayub, Khurram Shahzad, Faheem Ashraf and Mir Hamza were made part of the squad while Mohammad Harira was left out of the squad. The chief selector of the national cricket team, Wahab Riaz, announced the test squad while holding a press conference…
—-File photo The Pakistan Test squad for the tour of Australia is expected to be announced in a couple of days. According to the sources, the names of the players were considered for the Test squad, Pakistan’s 16-member team is likely to go to Australia. Shaan Masood, Babar Azam, Saeem Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shaheen Shah…
—-File photo The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the Team of the Tournament at the end of the World Cup. Captain Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli and Daryl Mitchell have been included in the Team of the Tournament. KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah are also part of the Team…
—File photo The World Cricket Festival, which started from October 5, 2023 in neighboring India, finally came to an end yesterday with the victory of Australia. During the 48 matches, there were many lows, where many world records were broken, bad umpiring and pitching controversies politicized the game, which generally benefited India. Team India was…
—File photo After the Indian batting miserably failed in the final match of the World Cup between India and Australia, concerns regarding the ‘pitch’ have increased. The Indian team, famous for its great batting, which seemed to give big targets to the opposing teams in all the matches of the World Cup, but could only…
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has said that Travis Head and Lebouchen took the match away from us with good batting. While holding a press conference after the match, he said that no great partnership could be formed after Kohli and Rahul. Rohit Sharma said that after these two wickets continued to fall due…
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc says that winning the World Cup in India is a great moment. Speaking after winning the final, the Australian cricketer said that Pat Cummins is great as a captain. Steve Smith said that in the final, the bowlers bowled well, the fielders also gave full support. He said that the…
