“It is incumbent on us to fight slavery’s legacy of racism,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “The most powerful weapon in our arsenal is education, the theme of this year’s commemoration.” Observed on 25 March, the international day commemorates the victims of one of history’s most horrific crimes against humanity that was legalized for…
Some 13 months of often brutal fighting and attacks on civilians since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine began, have left millions displaced, with key civilian infrastructure in need of urgent protection. Ensuring nuclear safety Touring the area around Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met with…
In the case of State security forces, human rights violations were committed to quash dissent and exploit vulnerable migrants, with no justice in sight, according to the latest report, from the Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya. It documents the “widespread practice” of arbitrary detention, murder, torture, rape, enslavement and enforced disappearance in the country. In addition,…
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN-backed World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have come together in the face of multiple global emergencies – from COVID-19 to Ebola – continued threats of disease spillover between animals and humans, loss of…
“This is science that could have a real impact on people’s lives in the not-too-distant future, by helping us grow stronger crops and feed more people,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said. With the world’s population estimated to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, there is a clear need…
Photo: Social Media Passenger planes of India’s Air India and Nepal Airlines narrowly escaped the accident. According to a foreign news agency, the two planes came face to face near the Kathmandu airport. The Air India A320 plane was at an altitude of 19,000 feet, while the Nepal Airlines plane was approaching from an altitude…
Belarus to host nuclear weapons would be provocation, EU says EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell has reacted to Russia’s nuclear deal with Belarus, saying it would be irresponsible and provocative for Belarus to host nuclear weapons. 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’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){ (function (d,…
Photo, Indian media More than 20 children became victims of food poisoning after eating khichdi in a feast on the occasion of Navratri in the city of Baghpat in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to Indian media reports, more than 20 children, including a few men, fell ill after eating khichdi in a…
Prince Harry, file photo Prince Harry, who separated from the British royal family, is facing protests for claiming to have been killed by the Afghan Taliban. A Russian artist named Andrey Molodkin, an anti-immigrant war, is planning to ‘soak’ St Paul’s Cathedral in human blood this month to ‘honour’ Prince Harry for killing 25 Afghan…
File photo South Korea’s military has said that North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the east coast. According to a foreign news agency, South Korea’s military said the two missiles landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, testing as the US aircraft carrier was about to dock at a South Korean port. South…
