International solidarity key to address global challenges, urges Nigerian President Buhari
Sep 20, 2017, at 05:36 am
New York, Sept 19(Just Earth News): Highlighting the importance of international cooperation to address many pressing challenges around the globe, Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, urged world leaders to sustain such collaboration, particularly in instances where there resources are insufficient and capacity weak at the national level.
International solidarity key to address global challenges, urges Nigerian President Buhari
Sep 20, 2017, at 05:36 am
New York, Sept 19(Just Earth News): Highlighting the importance of international cooperation to address many pressing challenges around the globe, Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, urged world leaders to sustain such collaboration, particularly in instances where there resources are insufficient and capacity weak at the national level.
UN allocates $21M to meet urgent needs in newly-accessible areas across Sudan
Sep 02, 2017, at 05:03 am
New York, Sept 1(Just Earth News): The United Nations on Friday allocated $21 million to provide life-saving food support, nutrition, water and sanitation, health and other assistance to thousands of Sudanese in newly accessible areas in Darfur's Jebel Marra area, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Terror Attack: 13 killed and 50 injured as van ploughs into crowd in Barcelona
Aug 18, 2017, at 06:00 am
Barcelona, Aug 17 (IBNS): At least 13 people were killed and about 50 wounded when a van ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona's tourist area of Las Ramblas on Thursday, police said.
Fighting famine: 'Unprecedented crisis' putting 20 million people at risk, warns UN agency
Aug 15, 2017, at 10:45 am
New York, Aug 15 (Just Earth News): Twenty million people risk dying of hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the north-east of Nigeria, including 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition, the United Nations food relief agency said, spotlighting on Monday its worldwide campaign to fight famine.
Israeli stabbed in embassy in Jordan, attacker and second man shot dead
Jul 24, 2017, at 05:53 pm
Amman, Jul 24 (IBNS) : A Jordanian man stabbed an Israeli security officer at the Israeli embassy in Amman on Sunday before he was shot dead, media reports said.
Tobacco’s killer toxins also wreak havoc on the environment, UN health agency warns
May 31, 2017, at 06:25 am
New York, May 31(Just Earth News): Stamping out tobacco use can save millions of lives and combat poverty, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday and spotlighted for the first time the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – caused by production, distribution and waste.
May 24, 2017, at 02:03 pm
New York, May 24(Just Earth News): The 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul rallied global actors to save lives and protect the most vulnerable, but with the number of people in need growing, the international community must use resources better and galvanize new partnerships, top United Nations officials said on Tuesday.
Police arrest 23-year-old youth in connection with Manchester attack
May 23, 2017, at 10:41 pm
Manchester, May 23 (IBNS) : Greater Manchester Police have have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the apparent suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the city, The Guardian said.
Afghanistan: Roadside bomb hits vehicle, 7 killed
May 10, 2017, at 10:01 pm
Kabul, May 10 (IBNS): A roadside bomb hit a vehicle in western Herat province of Afghanistan, killing at least seven people on Wednesday,media reports said.
10,000 likely to participate in greater Toronto yoga event on June 25
May 07, 2017, at 06:15 am
Toronto, May 6 (IBNS): The Indian Consulate in Toronto is expecting a turnout of at least 10,000 people at the International Yoga Day celebrations here on June 25, Indian Consul General Dinesh Bhatia has said.
Ontario presents a balanced budget
Apr 28, 2017, at 02:09 pm
Toronto, April 27 (IBNS): Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa, tabled the 2017 Ontario Budget which is a balanced one after almost a decade, since 2008 amidst criticism from both NDP and Conservative Party.
UN agency uses satellite data to aid farmers in Africa, Middle East boost water efficiency
Apr 21, 2017, at 12:48 pm
New York, Apr 20(Just Earth News): The United Nations agricultural agency created an online database that uses satellite data and Google Earth images to figure out how much water is being used to irrigate crops, focusing on parts of Africa and the Middle East that are facing water scarcity.
Canada: Toronto experiences 73 percent spike in drug overdose deaths over the past decade
Apr 10, 2017, at 11:40 pm
Toronto, Apr 10 (IBNS): Six suspected cases of drug overdose and the death of a young woman in Toronto has caused great concern among law enforcement public health agencies regarding the safety of people in night clubs, media reports said.
Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is the new US Secretary of State
Feb 02, 2017, at 08:40 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): Rex Tillerson, former ExxonMobil CEO and an important member of President Donald Trump's National Security Team, was sworn in as the United States Secretary of State, the media reported on Thursday.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne visits Mosque in Toronto to comfort Muslims
Feb 01, 2017, at 01:41 am
Toronto, Jan 31 (IBNS): Calling the Quebec City attack a “cowardly act of terror,†Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne visited on Monday a downtown Toronto mosque to tell the Muslim community that "the only antidote to hatred is love," media reports said.
New York: Train derailment leaves over 100 injured
Jan 05, 2017, at 02:59 am
New York, Jan 4 (IBNS): At least 100 people were injured as a commuter train derailed during rush hour here on Wednesday, media reports said.
Toronto hit by the first severe winter snow storm
Dec 13, 2016, at 01:39 pm
Toronto, Dec 13 (IBNS): Warning of 15 centimetres of snow between morning of Dec. 11 and afternoon of Dec. 12, as was issued on Dec. 11 by Environment Canada for the Greater Toronto Area, and much of southern Ontario.
New Gambian President-elect hails shock win as 'new beginning'
Dec 03, 2016, at 07:59 pm
Banjul, Gambia, Dec 3 (IBNS): Property developer Adama Barrow, the new Gambian President-elect who registered a shock win over his opponents, said it's a new start for his country, media reports said.
UberAUTO service starts in Karachi
Nov 24, 2016, at 07:22 pm
Karachi, Nov 24 (IBNS): Online taxi service provider Uber on Thursday launched uberAUTO service in Pakistan's Karachi city.
At least two killed, 16 injured in Governor's house in southeastern Turkey city
Nov 24, 2016, at 06:52 pm
Adana,Turkey, Nov 24 (IBNS) : At least two people were killed and 16 wounded after an explosion outside of a government building in Adana, in southeast Turkey on Thursday.
Republican Donald Trump elected US president, calls his campaign a movement
Nov 09, 2016, at 07:23 pm
New York, Nov 9 (IBNS): Upsetting the Democrat apple cart led by Hillary Clinton and stunning the world with a historic and almost an unpredictable win, Republican nominee Donald Trump was elected 45th president of the United States on Tuesday.
US poll Season Finale grabs Canadians
Nov 09, 2016, at 09:35 am
Toronto, Nov 8 (IBNS): The US presidential elections are in its final stage and soon the new era of Hillary or Trump will take over the entire world. Being neighbours, Canada is all up like US, keeping its fingers crossed to look out for the right president of America. IBNS approached a few Canadians around and sought their reactions.
Canada: Deadly hit and run in Calgary
Nov 07, 2016, at 03:36 am
Calgary, Nov 6 (IBNS): Calgary police reported a severe hit and run case on a Saturday night in the city around 11 p.m., killing a man on the spot.
Oct 20, 2016, at 01:34 pm
New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): With violent extremism on the rise and waves of intolerance and hate targeting minorities, migrants and the most vulnerable, the international community must renew efforts to uphold its human rights treaties, the United Nations General Assembly heard this morning.
World record at Toronto marathon set by 85-year-old Ed Whitlock
Oct 20, 2016, at 12:00 am
Milton, Oct. 19 (IBNS): At the age of 85 Ed Whitlock set a world record on Sunday by finishing Toronto's Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon with time of three hours, 56 minutes, and 33.2 seconds.
Donald Trump faces multiple groping claims
Oct 13, 2016, at 06:55 pm
Washington, Oct 13 (IBNS) : The dirt flying in the run-up to the US Presidential election grew thicker as five women came forward with claims that Republican candidate Donald Trump had groped, kissed and leered at them, media reports said.
Sep 23, 2016, at 02:45 pm
New York, Sept 23 (Just Earth News): Noting that a little more than a year has elapsed since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States and while “some progress†has been achieved in bilateral relations, the decades-old economic blockade against Cube is still in force, and “there is still there is still a long way ahead in order to move towards the normalization of relations,†Cuba’s Foreign Minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
New UN report lays bare widespread ISIL ‘atrocities’ committed against Yazidis in Iraq
Aug 19, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, Aug 19 (Just Earth News): A new United Nations report lays bare the widespread and systematic manner in which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, Da’esh) has committed “terrible atrocities†against the Yezidi and other ethnic and religious communities, the UN envoy for Iraq said on Thursday, calling for the perpetrators to be fully and properly held to account.
UN rights chief urges Maldives to retain decades-long death penalty moratorium
Aug 10, 2016, at 04:02 am
New York, Aug 9 (Just Earth News): Voicing concern over a number of worrying developments regarding capital punishment in the Maldives, the United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday called on the Government to refrain from carrying out planned executions and to uphold the de facto moratorium that has been in place in the country for over six decades.