The Doha Programme of Action, as it’s formally known, has been designed as a roadmap up to 2031, to foster strengthened commitments between the least developed countries and their development partners. “The world is reeling under the cascading impacts of complex, interlocking challenges and structural limitations and constrained fiscal capabilities make least developed countries the…
Speaking during the meeting, which was requested by the delegation of the Russian Federation, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, noted that a number of governments have already provided heavy conventional armaments and munitions to Ukraine. Those include battlefield vehicles, air defence capabilities, large-calibre artillery systems, and uncrewed combat aerial vehicles, or drones,…
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) called for rescuing “hunger hotspots” and facilitating trade, among other measures. They advised countries to balance short-term urgent interventions with longer-term resilience efforts. Expected drop…
“Assuring the safe, secure, and sustainable recovery of air services will be key to restoring aviation’s ability to act as a catalyst for sustainable development at the local, national, and global levels, and will consequently be vital to countries’ recovery from the broader impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the International…
“Like hundreds of thousands of other people in South-Eastern Türkiye I was fast asleep when the world started to shake. I don’t really know how to describe to anyone who hasn’t felt an earthquake, let alone one of the biggest ever recorded in this region. It’s just completely surreal. The floor and the walls were…
A Boeing 737 crashed on the ground. A Boeing 737 carrying water to fight a wildfire in Western Australia has crashed, but both pilots miraculously survived. The plane was fighting a fire in Fitzgerald National Park when it went down. After the accident, the pictures taken from the air showed smoke rising while the front…
Mobile Missile Launcher AThe US military has told Congress that China has more ICBM launchers than we do. According to the Wall Street Journal report, China has more land-based and mobile (moving) launchers than the United States. General Anthony Cotton, commander of the US Army’s Strategic Command, told Congress in a January 26 letter. The…
A scene from the earthquake devastation in Turkey The total death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 11,200. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the earthquake affected area. On this occasion, the Turkish President said that the people of Turkey cannot be left helpless under the open sky. He said that…
File photo Bollywood movie ‘Pathan’ and Shah Rukh Khan’s praises continue, which has now been mentioned in the Indian Parliament. According to Indian media, Derek O’Brien, a member of the Trinamool Congress Party in the Rajya Sabha, praised the movie ‘Pathan’ and Shah Rukh Khan in his speech. According to Indian media, Derek O’Brien also…
File photo In Afghanistan, the Taliban government has tightened currency control and issued a currency control order. According to the global journal Bloomberg, a ban has been imposed on bringing dollars into Afghanistan without specifying the reason and volume. According to the report of Bloomberg, after the dollar smuggling report, the Afghan Taliban government has…
