Details of that development and the “unprecedented devastation” to the Palestinian jobs market and the wider economy beyond Gaza and the West Bank are outlined in a new report from the ILO. Ahead of its publication, the UN agency’s Director-General Gilbert Houngbo told the 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva on Thursday that the labour market…
(Photo: Hermes) Atlanta: A local American company is working on a hypersonic plane that can travel five times the speed of sound from London to New York in just 90 minutes. The plane, called Halcayon, is being built by Atlanta-based aerospace and defense technology startup Hermes, which aims to revolutionize air travel. Flying at a…
London: Scientists are working on a lung cancer vaccine that research suggests will be effective in preventing up to 90 percent of cases. The vaccine will give the immune system the ability to target the early signs of the disease and be given to people who are at high risk of developing the disease. Lung…
(Photo: Elif Aeronautics) California: Getting stuck in traffic jams is a big problem for people around the world, but an American company is working to solve this problem. A company called Elief Aeronautics is going to create an electric car that can be driven on the road and flown. The bonnet and boot of this…
California: WhatsApp, a subsidiary application of technology company Meta, continues to test several new features for users. Recently instant Messaging The trial of the main feature related to the WhatsApp channel has been started on behalf of the application. According to the WhatsApp beta info, an option is being worked on by Meta to disable…
Agency employees and volunteers at the UNRWA-affiliated Deir Al-Balah Preparatory School in central Gaza told UN News that despite difficult conditions restricting the movement of workers at many international aid organizations, they continue preparing and distributing food rations. Yousuf Sagr of UNRWA “People cannot buy any supplies due to their lack [of availability], and even…
“The agency will no longer have funding as of the end of February, so that means our operations would come to a halt during March,” said Dorothee Klaus, UNRWA Director in Lebanon, describing the “severe impact” of fresh budget cuts. The funding crisis stemmed from Israel’s allegations that a dozen agency staff were involved in…
Apart from a political decision, which would have to be made by the General Assembly, “there is no way any organization can replace or substitute the tremendous capacity and the fabric of UNRWA and its ability and knowledge,” Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, told correspondents at a stakeout outside the Security…
California: Globally popular technology company Google has written a ‘Robot Constitution’ which will try to limit the harm caused by robots. A foreign news agency According to the report The company hopes that its DeepMind Robotics division will one day be able to develop a personal assistant robot that can follow instructions. Google hopes to…
California: Instant messaging application WhatsApp is going to introduce several new features for its web version. These features include a new sidebar, a redesigned dark mode and the option to create a username for your profile. In October this year, it was reported that Meta’s sub-app is working on a username feature, after which one…
