Courtesy: Reuters. One person died in a roller coaster accident at an amusement park in the Scandinavian country of Sweden. Swedish media has reported from the capital Stockholm that several people were also injured in this accident. According to the Swedish media, the accident occurred due to a part of the roller coaster coming down…
File photo A drone attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s home village of Qordaha on Friday resulted in the death of one person and minor injuries to another. A drone attack also took place in the government-controlled northwest region of Salhab on Thursday, in which a woman and a child were killed. The drone strikes…
Watcharapol Mahaprom, who goes by the name Paan, accesses services at a clinic in Bangkok run by the UNODC-supported non-governmental organization, Ozone. The organization promotes harm-reduction services which focus on their clients’ needs with the aim of preventing the health and social impacts of drug use. He spoke to UN News ahead of the International…
“‘I kept running for days, holding my children tightly and fearing we could be caught at any time. I left my family, friends, and home to seek safety in another country. I am still running, but now from the memories that haunt me daily and the blurred future that awaits my children.’ These are the…
Nicholas Herd is a campaigner for L’Arche Canada, part of international non-profit organization working towards the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. He is participating in the UN Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which is taking place at UN Headquarters in New York. “I have lived with discrimination…
In the US, a man had to undergo leg surgery after being bitten by a man who allegedly tried to reconcile two warring parties. A wound caused by a human bite may not be more dangerous than an animal bite, but there is a greater risk of infection in these wounds. The main reason for…
Walker Perthes, file photo Sudan has described the head of the United Nations mission, Walker Perthes, as an undesirable figure. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan has informed the Secretary General of the United Nations about declaring Walker Perthes as persona non grata. The head of the Sudanese military council, Abdul Fateh al-Barhan, has…
One person was killed and 3 injured due to Russian shelling in the city of Kherson, Ukraine. According to Ukrainian officials from Kiev, Russian shillings were directed at people evacuating from flooded areas. According to the report of the news agency, a large area of Kherson is submerged in flood water due to the collapse…
Organized under the theme, Realizing the dream: A UN declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent, the Permanent Forum heard from experts and leaders from around the world, including Ms. Nascimento, explaining the challenges they have faced, and the dreams they have for the future….
Tesla CEO Elon Musk regained the title of the richest person in the world. According to a Bloomberg report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s wealth increased as the price of his carmaker’s stock increased, Elon Musk increased his wealth by more than fifty billion dollars. The fortune of the owner of Space and Twitter has reached…
