UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay was in Ukraine to reaffirm support to the population amid the continuing full-scale Russian invasion, which began on 24 February last year. She visited the capital, Kyiv, and the cities of Odessa and Chernihiv, during the two-day mission, which concluded on Wednesday. Pillar of peace “Since the very first days…
Secretary-General António Guterres issued his plea for peace acknowledging that it is “dramatically lacking” in many parts of the world, during an interview with UN News’s Arabic service, ahead of what has now become an annual visit for him, to a Muslim country beset by challenges, during the holy month of Ramadan. “I think this is the moment…
WFP estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face crisis levels of food insecurity this year, an increase of almost 200 million since early 2020. Of these, 43 million are just one step away from famine. Ration cuts warning “Ration cuts are coming if we don’t have the money to get food to those…
Amid growing food and energy crises stoked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change, the 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing Sustainable Transformations, says that “urgent, massive investment” is needed to accelerate positive transformation of the electricity supply industry, farming, transportation and construction. There are signs of…
File photo The image of the coronation invitation of British King Charles III has been released by the Royal Palace. A special tribute has also been paid to Queen Elizabeth II on the coronation invitation. Buckingham Palace yesterday released colorful invitations to King Charles’s coronation ceremony, which has been sent to 2,000 guests for his…
File photo Zalmay Khalilzad, the former special representative of the United States for Afghanistan, has said that the Taliban’s ban on Afghan women workers of the United Nations is wrong. In a statement, Zalmay Khalilzad said that the ban on UN Afghan women workers would increase the hardships of Afghans, and the ban could potentially…
Photo, Twitter In the earthquake-hit country of Syria, the victims are spending Ramadan in very difficult conditions this year. The recent devastating earthquake in the northwestern region of war-torn Syria has added to the suffering of the Syrian people. Some pictures of Syrian people surrounded by problems are going viral on social media. In these…
File photo 5 children drowned in a temple tank in Chennai, India. According to Indian media, the incident happened during religious rituals, the bodies of the children have been removed. According to Indian media, the police have also started investigating the incident. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);…
Photo courtesy of Google Jabish Kumar, a member of the Assembly of the Indian state of Bihar and a leader of the BJP, was thrown out of the House. According to Indian media, Jabesh Kumar was arrested by officials and thrown out of the assembly during a discussion on the violence against Muslims in Bihar…
File photo An increase in the cases of corona virus in India is being reported once again. According to Indian media, 4 thousand 435 cases of corona were reported yesterday and 15 deaths were reported. According to reports, deaths due to Corona occurred in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Puducherry. According to…
