Welcome to this first ever guest-edited UN News live page. We’re reporting from the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Our blogger-in-chief this morning is Nick Herd, an activist, actor and talk show host with Down syndrome…
(Photo: SLAC Laboratory) California: After two decades of tireless work, scientists and engineers finally built the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera. To better understand the changing night sky, the Milky Way galaxy and our solar system, a team at SLAC, a local laboratory in California, has teamed up with other scientists to…
Florida: The world’s largest capsule for space travel will soon be opened to the public. The ticket price for the luxury travel of this eight-passenger capsule has been set at $125,000. Florida-based Space Perspectives has unveiled the final version of its spaceship, the Neptune Excelsior. The spaceship has a bar, comfortable seats and a regular…
Virginia: Cybersecurity researchers have warned that the recent leak of more than 26 billion private records has been dubbed the biggest data leak in history. According to the report, this leak includes sensitive data of several websites including Twitter, Dropbox and LinkedIn. Worryingly, researchers who tracked down the leak say the breach is extremely dangerous…
“This is one of the largest protection crises that we are faced with today,” said Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR’s Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes. “Inside Sudan itself there are a lot of people in urban settings that are affected equally and who do not have the resources to…
A building in the Indian city of Surat has overtaken the Pentagon to become the tallest office building in the world. The city of Surat in the state of Gujarat is called the diamond capital of the world, where 90% of the world’s diamonds are cut. Now the world’s largest office building has been established…
Riyadh: The Saudi government has completed the preparation of the world’s largest plant, taking a step towards producing carbon-free hydrogen in the “Nyum” area in the northwest of the kingdom. On Thursday, Neom Green Hydrogen Company, affiliated to Saudi Aqua Power, announced the completion of the engineering, procurement and construction contract and approval to implement…
Courtesy: Gulf Business Dubai The world’s largest waste-to-energy plant has been inaugurated in Dubai, the plant was inaugurated by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai. Sheikh Hamdan took to social media to inaugurate the world’s largest and most efficient waste-to-energy facility in Warsan. Sheikh Hamdan said that the project has the capacity to…
“While the reconnection of the back-up power line is positive, the plant’s external power situation remains highly vulnerable, underlining the precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the site,” Mr. Grossi said. Much needed back-up According to IAEA, the plant’s connection to the single remaining 330 kilovolt (kV) power line out of six that existed before…
Photo courtesy of Social Media On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the world’s largest congregations for Eid prayers were held in Masjid al-Haram, Makkah, and Masjid Nabawi, Madinah. Pilgrims will open Ihram today On the other hand, the pilgrims are playing the rummy of the big devil today, they will shave their heads after making…
