Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), said that recent arbitrary arrest of Afghan women for alleged Islamic dress code violations was having a chilling effect among the wider female population, “many of whom are now afraid to move in public,” she said. “The denial of women and…
Stockholm: A new study suggests that having tonsils removed in childhood increases the risk of arthritis in old age. In a study conducted in Sweden, researchers examined nearly 7,000 people with arthritis. These individuals were diagnosed with the disease between January 2001 and December 2022. In the study, Swedish researchers found that those who were…
This is equivalent to over one million dump trucks every day – placing immense pressure on marine biodiversity and the well-being of coastal communities. Marine Sand Watch, a platform developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s analytical centre, GRID-Geneva, uses artificial intelligence and automatic signals from ships to track and monitor sand, clay, silt, gravel, and…
California: Having an ad during a video on the video-sharing platform YouTube makes for a crisp experience, but the company’s ‘Skip Ads’ button pops up on the screen, allowing us to remove the ad after a few seconds. helps According to international media reports, YouTube is going to make significant changes to the ‘skip button’…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the news of the successful transfer of oil aboard the FSO Safer to a replacement vessel, thus “avoiding what could have been a monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.” The FSO Safer was built as a supertanker in 1976 and converted a decade later into what is in effect a floating…
Google has announced that photos and documents shared in Hangouts will be deleted by July 19. Photo: File San Francisco: Until a few years ago, there was a very popular Google Chat tool called ‘Hangout’. Now Google has announced that the photos and documents you shared on it will be removed by next month. Photos…
File photo The European Union has expressed satisfaction over Pakistan’s removal from the EU list, following the FATF decision. This expression of satisfaction has been expressed in a message issued by the Pakistan Office of the European Union on its social media account Twitter. In this message, the European Union Pakistan Office working under the…
File photo The date of removal of blue tick from accounts on social media site Twitter has been revealed. According to foreign media, Twitter will start removing blue ticks from its users’ verified accounts from April 1. In this regard, Twitter asked individual users and organizations to sign up for its flagship subscription program to…
