The 36 athletes were announced on Thursday by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, during a live-streamed ceremony from Lausanne, Switzerland. They come from 11 countries and will compete across 12 sports. Resilience and excellence “With your participation in the Olympic Games, you will demonstrate the human potential of resilience and…
“You cannot legislate facts out of existence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the UK Government to reconsider the bill in light of recent reports raising a range of concerns. “It is deeply concerning to carve out one group of people, or people in one particular situation, from the equal protection…
Photo Courtesy: Ariana News, Twitter. Pomegranate juice produced in Afghanistan was exported to America for the first time. According to the Afghan media from Kabul, the juice produced in the factory in the Afghan province of Herat is being exported to the United States. Afghan officials say that two containers of 45 tons of pomegranate…
German military forces, file photo Germany will send its troops to Australia for the first time, taking part in joint exercises with 30,000 military personnel from 12 other countries. According to foreign news agencies, Germany has increased its military presence in the Indo-Pacific in recent years. Germany’s Army Chief Alfons Mies said that due to…
Turkish commandos Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that it will send one of its commando battalions to deal with unrest in northern Kosovo. According to foreign news agency, NATO’s Joint Force Command requested Turkey to send troops. The Turkish commando battalion will join NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) in the region as a reserve unit. A…
Gender equality in the judiciary has been historically unbalanced, including at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The first woman to be elected as a member of the ICJ in 1995 was Dame Rosalyn Higgins, who in 2006 also became the first female President of the Court. …
Alima from Burkina Faso wants to be a police officer, Awa from Mali dreams of being a nurse, and 11-year-old María Gabriela from Ecuador hopes to go to veterinary school. Although their names are not real – to protect them – their dreams are. Right now, 222 million young dreamers like Alima, Awa and María…
