United States, Sangram Singh, the celebrated Indian MMA fighter, is set to repeat history with his return to professional Mixed Martial Arts. He has officially announced his second bout, scheduled for February 2025 in the United States, as he aims to build on his historic achievements in the sport. This announcement comes on the…
09:45 AM Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Brown was the last speaker in the cultural segment, in a video clip from the UN General Assembly, appealing for more support for SIDS in the light of corrosive climate change. 09:35 AM Now it’s a performance of pure joy, showcasing some of the great attractions of…
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) will bring together governments, the UN, civil society, the private sector and leading youth voices to turn new ideas into action, raise new pledges of support and discuss the key challenges that lie ahead for the vulnerable group of nations. Living on the edge There…
When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, daily clashes involving Palestinians, Israeli settlers and Israeli forces led to spiraling violence and death. In response, the Human Rights Council set up a top panel of independent rights experts to investigate reports of violations of…
“The policies of creative chaos adopted by successive American Administrations in our region to serve their geopolitical and selfish interests have led to destabilization and insecurity,” he said in his remarks on the final day of the Assembly’s general debate. He said United States has spent billions of dollars to demolish and destroy development achievements…
Focusing a large portion of her address to the General Assembly on global hotspots and the situation in Africa, Ms. Colonna said that: “We believe in African solutions to African crises, and we support African regional organizations whenever they request support from their partners,”. In Niger, France thus supports the Economic Community of West African…
That’s according to Joanna Kazana, the UN Resident Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten. On 18 September, countries from around the world will come together at the SDG Summit in New York to take stock of what progress has been made ahead of the 2030 deadline for the goals to realized. “For a…
File photo America has expressed concern over the incident of stripping two women naked in India. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller described the incident as brutal and horrific. It should be noted that in the Indian state of Manipur two months ago two women were paraded naked on the streets after alleged rape. After…
File photo Heat is predicted to reach dangerous levels in many areas of the United States. From Florida to California to Washington, nearly a third of the US population has been issued a severe heat warning. Temperatures are expected to reach 54 degrees Celsius in California’s Death Valley, one of the hottest regions in the…
Photo courtesy of Reuters. There is a severe heat wave in the American Southwest and a heat warning has been issued for 115 million people. The state of Arizona is likely to set a new record for extreme heat. Temperatures in Phoenix are expected to rise above 43 degrees Celsius. According to the US Meteorological…
