Friendly conversation with strangers is considered beneficial for personal well-being

Friendly conversation with strangers is considered beneficial for personal well-being

Sussex: A new study suggests that exchanging words like good morning and some friendly conversation with people (especially strangers) in the morning can be beneficial for your personal well-being. In a study published in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science, researchers examined the attitudes of 60,000 people (of which 40,000 were from the UK)….

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Peshawar won the Interzonal Women's Cricket Championship

Peshawar won the Interzonal Women’s Cricket Championship

File photo Peshawar region won the Interzonal Women’s Cricket Championship. Women players while appreciating the organization of the event by Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf said that the matches should be held continuously for the promotion of women cricket in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Inter-Zonal Women’s Cricket Championship concluded at Shaheed Benazir Women’s University….

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Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development

Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’

The Executive Director of UNODC, Ghada Waly, was speaking ahead of what she describes as a “milestone” meeting taking place in Atlanta in the United States which will discuss how to improve international cooperation and to better prevent and tackle corruption.   It’s widely accepted that corruption diverts crucial resources, hampers essential services, enables organized crime, and deepens inequalities and grievances. As the UN marks International Anti-Corruption…

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Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs

Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs

Among those fighting the military are a loose coalition of well-armed ethnic militias, as well as the People’s Defence Forces (PDF) – an armed group supporting National Unity Government (NUG) and opposed to the February 2021 military coup, according to media reports. Telecommunication blackouts In a flash update, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian…

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UK Bill ‘significantly erodes’ human rights and refugee protections, UN agencies warn

World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform

Ulrika Richardson, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, who is also the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, told journalists in Geneva that 5.2 million Haitians need humanitarian assistance and over 4.3 million face acute food insecurity – that’s a staggering two out of five people in a country which used to be…

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World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets as Gazans stare ‘into the abyss’, says Guterres

Live broadcast of the meeting, which starts at 10 AM New York time. 10:25 AM Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the UN, outlined the impact of the strikes by Israel, saying the bombardment “placed every possible impediment on humanitarian aid and access.” “And we are all supposed to pretend…

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