Lending his support to a call for more funding for education in emergencies spearheaded by the UN global fund Education Cannot Wait (ECW) the UN chief insisted in a video message that no-one should be denied their chance to learn. A full 222 million children today experience blighted education today, Mr. Guterres noted. To help them, 18…
WhatsApp is interested in offering a transcription feature and a call scheduling feature. Photo: File San Francisco: According to WhatsApp insiders, two of the many features in its upcoming beta version include call scheduling and voice note-to-text options. Under the first option, the group members will receive a notification to know the details of the…
Participants in a panel headlined, Challenges and Opportunities in Creating an Early Warning System for Global Pandemics, on Tuesday warned that we are witnessing the dismantling of essential infectious disease monitoring programmes, at a time when climate change is driving greater risks to public health. “Any platform will need to include data from outside of traditional…
November 2022: Chinese and US defense ministers shake hands during a meeting in Cambodia. A spokesman for the US Defense Department said China had declined a request for a phone call from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Spokesman Brigadier General Pete Ryder said the defense secretary had requested to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe,…
“Spanish authorities must conduct a full, fair, and effective investigation into these allegations, publish the findings and stop any unlawful interference into the fundamental rights of the Catalan minority activists in Spain,” they said in a statement. Top leaders arrested Following the October 2017 independence referendum, Spain arrested leaders of the Catalonian independence movement on charges…
The rights experts – who include the UN Working Group on Mercenaries – said that a “climate of terror and complete impunity” has surrounded Wagner’s activities in the northwest African country. Systematic killings “We are particularly worried by credible reports that over the course of several days in late March 2022, Malian armed forces accompanied…
Saudi Arabia and Russia’s leadership discuss oil production; Photo: File Riyadh / Moscow: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin for stability in the global oil market. According to the World News Agency, in a telephone conversation between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Russian President, it was…
