The disappointing performance of Pakistani players in the Asian Games Golf has come to light, after 2 rounds of competition, none of the players from Pakistan could make the cut-off. Salman Jahangir, who scored par on the first day, played 2 over par on the second day. Qasim Khan played 5 over on the second…
Audrey Azoulay was speaking on Friday in Beijing, China, where she co-chaired the award ceremony for the 2023 UNESCO Prize for the Education of Women and Girls, alongside the agency’s Special Envoy, Professor Peng Liyuan. She appealed for an “intensification of global investments in favour of girls and women’s access to education”. Striving towards equality …
OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva that out of 71 aid worker deaths recorded so far this year, 22 had been working in South Sudan and 19 in Sudan. The victims are overwhelmingly local humanitarians working on the front lines of the response, Mr. Laerke said. He stressed that attacks on aid workers…
On Thursday, Hoang Thi Minh Hong, an acclaimed climate activist and former World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) employee, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $4,100 after being convicted for tax evasion. Her trial lasted only three hours, and access to family and defence counsel were limited throughout her detention. Moreover, the…
The UN agency said on Friday that 264 suspected cholera cases, four confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths werereportedin the eastern state as of 25 September. Investigations are taking place to determine whether the disease has spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states, which have seen increased cases of acute watery diarrhoea. Sampling and surveillance WHO is deploying rapid response teams to…
More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year. The number of arrivals peaked this month on small island of Lampedusa off Italy’s southern coast, with 4,800 people arriving on…
Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
And a busy stage it was. The big week of UNGA’s 78th session was triple focused on health, climate change, and turbocharging the race midway to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While world leaders’ report cards on this global stage have traditionally headlined past UNGA sessions, recent years have seen a growing number of…
Photo: Pakistan Railways Lahore: Lahore to Faisalabad train service was suspended due to the collapse of the pillar of the railway bridge between Shahdara and Masan Collar. Due to suspension of train service, Mari Express running between Lahore and Kandian while Badr and Ghori Express running between Faisalabad and Lahore have been cancelled. Due to…
A male lecturer, a woman and her daughter were killed in the shooting of Talul Ulm in the Netherlands, Photo: File Amsterdam Dam: A student gunman killed three people in two separate incidents in the Netherlands. According to the World News Agency, a 32-year-old man in the Netherlands opened fire on an apartment, killed a…
