Dennis Francis, a veteran diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago, said he had returned from a visit to Haiti at the end of last month “with hope and the full knowledge that while Haiti is facing extraordinary challenges, its future holds indomitable promise.” The country has seen almost 4,000 killed and 3,000 kidnapped in gang-related violence…
When the parents of an injured five-year-old boy told Dr. Fai’zah A. Salim that he fell off a ladder, she was not convinced and suspected otherwise. Trained by UNFPA in the Central Sulawesi capital city of Palu to identify both physical and psychological signs of domestic violence, she referred the boy to a social counsellor….
Tourists on board the submarine Titan, which was heading to see the remains of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, have almost lost all signs of survival. Experts say that those who go to the bottom of the ocean to see the Titanic have a less than one percent chance of survival. Naval personnel operating…
US avoids default for first time in history, President Biden signs debt ceiling bill. Yesterday, the US Senate approved the debt ceiling and budget cuts bill. The Finance Department had said that if the Congress did not come to a conclusion by June 5, the Treasury would not be able to pay its bills. The…
“It is welcome news that health systems in the majority of countries are starting to restore essential health services for millions of people who missed them during the pandemic,” said Dr. Rudi Eggers, director for integrated health services at the World Health Organization (WHO). “But, we need to ensure that all countries continue to close…
File photo Where did the corona virus originate? What did American intelligence discover? US President Joe Biden has signed a bill to release classified information. US President Joe Biden says we need to get to the bottom of where Covid-19 originated, including possible links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. President Biden said that after…
The security plan represents “an essential tool” paving the way for the coming local elections, UN mission spokesperson Vladimir Monteiro said. Voters will be casting ballots in local elections for the first time since 1988. The Government of CAR and the UN stabilization mission (MINUSCA) signed a new plan on Tuesday amid recent flaring tensions….
The head of the United Nations aid program will visit Turkey and Syria United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaking to reporters in New York, said that Martin Griffiths, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, will go to Ghazi Antap in Turkey and Aleppo and Damascus in Syria. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?…
