Amid crisis, Sri Lanka plans to buy fuel shipments from India
Jun 29, 2022, at 09:54 pm
Colombo/UNI: In a step close to integrating energy security with India, Sri Lanka plans to buy four shipments of fuel- 40,000 tonnes each- from India on cash payment to enjoy discounts on bulk purchases.
Sustainable blue economy vital for small countries and coastal populations
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:19 pm
New York: With the livelihoods of about 40 per cent of the world’s population living at or near a coast, the second day of the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon focused on strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies, managing coastal ecosystems.
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:15 pm
New York: The deaths of at least 23 migrants seeking to reach Spanish territory from Morocco should be investigated urgently by both countries, the UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, reacting also to reports overnight of of least 50 migrants found dead in a truck in southern Texas.
Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:12 pm
New York: Between 1 March 2011 and 31 March 2021, 306,887 civilians were killed in the on-going war in Syria - the highest estimate yet of conflict-related deaths in the country, according to a new report published by the UN rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday.
More than 70 grave violations against children caught up in war, being recorded daily: UNICEF
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:07 pm
New York: A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by parties to conflict in more than 30 settings across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
Sex trafficking: UK Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell awarded 20 years imprisonment
Jun 29, 2022, at 03:38 pm
London: UK Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was awarded 20-years in prison in the US for helping former financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls, media reports said.
French Parliament elects first woman speaker
Jun 29, 2022, at 02:56 pm
Paris: Yael Braun-Pivet of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance was elected by France’s lower house of parliament as its first woman speaker, Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday.
US' Texas migrant deaths: Toll rises to 50
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:50 am
Houston/UNI/Xinhua: The death toll of migrants found on Monday inside a "cloned" and abandoned 18-wheeler in San Antonio, a major city in the south-central U.S. state of Texas, has risen to 50, authorities said on Tuesday.
China-Japan relationship heating up with maritime disputes over islands and alliances
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:11 am
Beijing: Tension between Japan and China has heated up as both countries are building up their militaries and boosting maritime activity.
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:04 am
Kathmandu: A Nepali civic group named Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan recently demonstrated in Kathmandu against China for unilaterally laying a 150-meter-long wire fence within no-man’s land in Gorkha, media reports said.
Calgary to host 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
Jun 29, 2022, at 04:50 am
Calgary/IBNS: Calgary has been selected to host the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said in a release.
Canada pledges to grant a $200-million loan to Ukraine as G7 summit ends
Jun 29, 2022, at 03:51 am
Munich/IBNS: Canada pledged a $200-million loan through the International Monetary Fund to help the government in Ukraine to meet its urgent liquidity needs as the leaders of the G7 meeting in Germany's Munich ended their annual summit on Tuesday.
Tibet: China decides to relocate 17,555 people from high-altitude places in Nagqu City
Jun 28, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Chinese authorities have decided to relocate 17,555 people from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, media reports said on Tuesday.
Russia sanctions 25 US citizens
Jun 28, 2022, at 11:11 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expanded its US sanctions list by another 25 people, including the wife and daughter of US President Joe Biden.
Pakistan: Two policemen, polio worker shot dead during inoculation drive in North Waziristan
Jun 28, 2022, at 10:54 pm
Islamabad: Unknown gunmen shot dead two police officers assigned to polio vaccination teams and a polio worker in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Jun 28, 2022, at 10:44 pm
Ouagadougou/UNI/Xinhua: Gunmen stormed into a ceremony and killed eight people in Sandiaba village in the central-east province of Koulpelogo in Burkina Faso, state-owned news agency AIB reported on Tuesday.
Ukraine: Dozens dead and injured as UN condemns ‘utterly deplorable’ shopping centre attack
Jun 28, 2022, at 09:08 pm
New York: At least ten people have reportedly been killed by what Ukrainian authorities have said was a Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping centre, and attack which the UN condemned on Monday as “utterly deplorable”.
Middle East: Mounting violence leaving ‘scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties’
Jun 28, 2022, at 08:57 pm
New York: “High level” violence has resulted in “scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Monday.
Put women’s rights ‘front and centre’ of climate policies: Bachelet
Jun 28, 2022, at 08:53 pm
New York: Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.
Inclusive cities critical to post-pandemic recovery: Guterres
Jun 28, 2022, at 08:49 pm
New York: A UN conference on transforming the world's urban areas is underway in Poland this week, which will include a dialogue on urban crisis recovery and reconstruction, centered on neighbouring Ukraine.
Pakistan: Karachi police baton-charge residents protesting against load shedding
Jun 28, 2022, at 08:45 pm
Karachi: The Karachi Police resorted to lathi charge on protesting residents, who were demonstrating against load shedding trouble, of Lyari near the Mauripur road of the city on Tuesday, media reports said.
America urges China to fulfill pledge to fight illegal fishing
Jun 28, 2022, at 03:46 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States urges China to fulfill its commitment to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU), a senior US administration official said on Monday.
Jun 28, 2022, at 02:51 pm
Bodies of as many as 46 people, who are believed to be migrants, were recovered from an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, media reports said on Tuesday.
Xi Jinping's close ally Wang Xiaohong appointed as China's new public security chief
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:22 am
Beijing: Wang Xiaohong, a close ally of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, has been appointed as China’s new public security chief, media reports said on Monday.
China sends 29 warplanes to Taiwan's ADIZ
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:12 am
Taipei: China recently sent 29 warplanes to Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ), media reports said on Monday.
China indicts two Taiwanese officials on spying charges
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:08 am
Beijing/Taipei: China has indicted two Taiwanese officials on national security charges after accusing them of accepting bribes from a known Chinese spy to set up an espionage ring in Taiwan.
Few newly introduced Hong Kong textbooks claim the region was never a British colony
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:02 am
Hong Kong: Few newly introduced Hong Kong textbooks have triggered a controversy as they claimed that the region was never a British colony.
Lawyers approach ICC to investigate treatment of Uyghur Muslims by China
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:56 am
Xinjiang/Washington: A team of lawyers recently approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the treatment of Uyghurs and others in China’s Xinjiang area.
Human Rights situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated, slides down in survey ranking
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:10 am
Hong Kong: A new survey has shown that the human rights situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated rapidly since Beijing’s crackdown after the pro-democracy protests of 2019, media reports said on Sunday.
Toronto Pride Parade in-person returns after 2 years, thousands throng downtown
Jun 28, 2022, at 04:49 am
Toronto/IBNS: After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, Canada’s largest pride celebration returned to Toronto Sunday, with thousands of merrymakers thronging downtown streets.