The spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR), Liz Throssell, said that people left the Kharkiv region frontline and have been forced to stay in “cold, dark basements, with no electricity” due to aerial bombardments, drone and missile strikes, and artillery shelling. Displaced civilians Ms. Throssell reported that many homes and civilian infrastructure have…
During her visit, which concluded on Tuesday, Ms. Mohammed held a number of bilateral meetings with senior government officials, including President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir. “We must not give up. Times of distress call for courage, solidarity and determination. It starts at…
McMurdo: Incidents of sexual harassment have become common in cities or villages, but in an isolated region like Antarctica, when such incidents begin to happen, women have to take it upon themselves to protect themselves. According to the world news agency AFP, 35-year-old Monahon is one of many women who were sexually harassed by the…
Photo courtesy of Reuters Cyclone Talam hit the southern regions of China. According to Chinese media from Beijing, the winds continued to blow at a speed of 136.8 kilometers per hour in the coastal areas of Guangdong province. Chinese media also reported that dozens of flights and trains were canceled and educational institutions were closed…
Torrential rains and flooded rails forced people to save their lives by climbing onto car roofs and trees in northern Spain. According to the sources, many people were washed away in the flood rails, whoever came in the way was swept away by the rails. Zaragoza, an area north of Madrid, was unexpectedly the worst…
The “relief chief” was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York just as these two separate lifesaving initiatives are set to expire in the coming days. He also voiced concern over gender-based violence in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and noted lack of hope over the crisis in…
Russia has given passports to 1.5 million citizens of the annexed territories of Ukraine. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that passports have been given to citizens of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson of Ukraine. Moscow announced the annexation of these areas to Russia in September last year. According to the foreign news agency, Russia…
Venomous snakes that are geographically of the same genus and species differ in the level of components in their venom. This is mainly due to the fact that the venom of different species of snakes naturally contains different types of toxins, such as cobras or kraits, which belong to the family of venomous snakes in…
File photo Canada and the northeastern regions of the United States were hit by the strongest snow storm. The weather in Canada will continue to be extremely severe over the next few hours, with the state of Maine expected to experience a chilly wind chill of minus 51 degrees Celsius. Boston is experiencing a wind…
