Right now, the UN observes 218 international days (and counting)! The tradition started long before the UN’s inception in 1945, but it didn’t take long for the Organization and its growing membership to embrace designated days as a powerful advocacy tool. Check out this classic video from 2017 on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness,…
“Food and fuel stocks will run out in a matter of days,” the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned in a social media post on X. “Since 6 May, we have not been able to access and receive aid from the Kerem Shalom crossing. The situation is becoming unsustainable.” The UN agency highlighted the very real…
General elections, educational institutions will be closed for how many days? Important news has arrived There will be holidays in educational institutions on the occasion of general elections across the country. Sources say that polling for the general elections across the country will be held on February 8, 2024 and educational institutions will be closed…
Selvan is heading out on his motorcycle to buy groceries from a nearby shop in the city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, but the direct sunlight disturbs him, making it hard to concentrate, blurring his vision as his panic grows: he is back on a sinking ship packed with more than 300 other people, pounded…
<!– –> <!– Change Voice –> Educational institutions have been announced to be closed for two days Punjab government has announced to keep educational institutions closed for two days. According to the details, caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has announced to keep educational institutions closed for two days due to smog in Punjab. Caretaker…
Hundreds of ethnic Masalit civilians were reportedly killed earlier this month in Ardamata town, West Darfur, by the RSF and their allied Arab militia. The RSF has its roots in the Janjaweed militias which fought on the Government side against a rebel coalition in the Darfur war two decades ago. Some of its leaders face…
“Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries. Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance. No fuel will further strangle the children, women and people of Gaza,” he said in a statement. UNRWA is the largest humanitarian agency in the…
The UN agency added that there have been more than 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights – an average of more than one an hour – in a country where 14 million youngsters need aid relief. “As we reach more than 100 days since the conflict in Sudan escalated, we know that it is taking…
Image courtesy: The Independent London. The heat wave is likely to persist for the next few days in most European cities. According to the European Space Agency (ESA) from Paris, temperatures in Italy, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey are likely to rise above 40 degrees Celsius. The ESA added that temperatures in Italy could rise…
Kiev: 500 days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been completed. Al Jazeera As the war in Ukraine entered its 500th day yesterday, July 8, the United Nations strongly condemned the appalling civilian casualties. The United Nations has said that more than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on…
