Oil tank truck explosion in eastern China kills four, Injures 50 More - Reports
Jun 13, 2020, at 06:34 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: Four people have been killed and at least 50 more injured following an oil tank truck explosion in east China's Zhejiang Province on Saturday, the media reported.
Religious freedom conditions in China continued to deteriorate: US report
Jun 13, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Washington: An annual American report on religious freedom has said China continues to create a high-tech surveillance state, utilizing facial recognition and artificial intelligence to monitor religious minorities.
Pompeo going to meet Chinese officials in Hawaii
Jun 13, 2020, at 05:04 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is going to hold a meeting with Chinese government officials in Hawaii, media reported on Saturday.
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Thousands in Australia march on race-related issues
Jun 13, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Canberra/Sputnik/UNI: Australia on Saturday saw protesters take to the streets in most major cities on the back of the worldwide wave of anti-racism demonstrations, local media reported.
UN chief calls for seafarers to be designated ‘key workers’, with many stranded at sea
Jun 13, 2020, at 04:51 pm
New York/IBNS: Due to COVID-related travel restrictions, hundreds of thousands of the world’s two million seafarers have been “stranded at sea for months”, said the UN chief on Friday, calling for them to be categorized as “key workers”, during the pandemic.
Amidst COVID-19 challenges, UN ‘remains operational’ across Central Africa
Jun 13, 2020, at 04:47 pm
New York/IBNS: The coronavirus pandemic has compounded increasing economic, social and humanitarian challenges facing States and regional institutions across Central Africa, the regional UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday.
Jun 13, 2020, at 04:45 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal for $186 million to provide lifesaving protection and assistance in the Sahel amidst fears that the conflict in the vast African region – exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic – will spread.
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Funding shortfall affecting critical water, sanitation services in Yemen
Jun 13, 2020, at 04:44 pm
New York/IBNS: Children in the heart of the world’s worst humanitarian disaster need help more than ever, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, in an appeal for more support to provide basic services in Yemen.
Wuhan Covid-19 whistleblower doctor's widow gives birth to baby boy
Jun 13, 2020, at 01:10 am
Beijing/IBNS: The wife of Dr Li Wenliang, the Wuhan whistleblower,who was the first to raise coronavirus alarm and succumbed to the infection in February, has given birth to a baby boy, according to Chinese media.
Women integral to battling coronavirus and pushing for lasting peace and security
Jun 12, 2020, at 09:46 am
New York: The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the differentiated impacts that COVID-19 is having on women, including new obstacles to their meaningful participation in peace processes.
UN chief urges continued international support for Mali amid growing terrorist threat
Jun 12, 2020, at 09:32 am
New York: The UN Secretary-General has stressed the need for continued international commitment to Mali, as the country continues to navigate the path to political stability while confronting numerous obstacles, including terrorism, and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 highlights ‘life and death’ stakes for greater digital cooperation
Jun 12, 2020, at 09:23 am
New York/IBNS: Managing the digital divide better, has become “a matter of life and death” for people unable to access essential healthcare information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief has told a virtual high-level meeting on rapid technological change.
Twitter says it removed over 32,000 Chinese, Russian, Turkish accounts linked to govt propaganda
Jun 12, 2020, at 08:33 am
New York: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday announced it has suspended over 32,000 accounts from its platform following an investigation that found ties to state-run propaganda and disinformation operations by China, Russia and Turkey.
Hong Kongers confronting 'largest, retiring regime', says activist Joshua Wong
Jun 11, 2020, at 07:49 pm
Hong Kong: At a time when China decided to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said the people of the city are standing against the "largest and retiring regime" in the world.
China engaged in targeted influence operations and disinformation campaigns: EU
Jun 11, 2020, at 07:42 pm
Brussels: When Beijing is facing heat over the origin of the deadly COVID-19 virus from China, European Union has now claimed that it is running disinformation campaigns.
Scores of Boko Haram militants killed in Nigerian military airstrikes
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: Scores of suspected Boko Haram militants were killed and their hideouts destroyed when Nigerian military airstrikes hit targets inside the Sambisa forest in the country's northeast region, a military spokesman said on Thursday.
Sudan: Indicted war crimes suspects must be brought to justice – ICC prosecutor
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:50 pm
New York: Buoyed by the surrender of a key Darfur war crimes suspect, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is urging the Security Council to press Sudan to do more to bring other indicted persons – including ex-president Omar Al-Bashir – to justice.
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COVID-19: ‘Unparalleled economic shock’ threatens development hopes and gains
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:42 pm
New York: As the diverse and severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt across the world, an “unparalleled economic shock” is putting development gains at risk, the UN chief told a meeting of high-powered business leaders on Wednesday.
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Rights experts condemn use of force against journalists covering US protests
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:35 pm
New York/IBNS: Journalists covering ongoing protests denouncing systemic racism and police brutality in the United States must be able to do their job in peace, two experts on the right to freedom of expression said on Wednesday.
Chinese propaganda outlet paid iconic US newspapers $19 mn in ads, printing: Report
Jun 10, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Beijing/IBNS: A Chinese propaganda outlet has paid US newspapers nearly $19 million for advertising and printing expenses over the past four years, media reports said.
Most deprived children face biggest risk of unemployment: Study
Jun 10, 2020, at 04:56 pm
New York: Children growing up in jobless households will be less likely to gain employment in an economic recession, according to a new cross-European study led by UCL and the University of Bath.
Chinese ambassador to Russia blames west for protests in Hong Kong
Jun 10, 2020, at 04:28 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: China's ambassador to Russia, Zhang Hanhui, on Wednesday blamed western nations for standing behind the unrest in the Asian country's special administrative region of Hong Kong.
Prime Minister Abe says Japan will lead G7 statement on Hong Kong - Reports
Jun 10, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik/UNI: - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he wants Japan to lead the G7 statement on the situation in Hong Kong condemning China's new security law, media reported.
69 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria: military source
Jun 10, 2020, at 03:43 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/uUNI: At least 69 people, mostly women and children, were killed Tuesday night, when Boko Haram attacked Zowo ward in Gubio area of Nigeria's restive northeastern Borno state, a military source said on Wednesday.
China convicts Uyghurs in sham trials: reports
Jun 10, 2020, at 10:16 am
Beijing: Describing their ordeal, Uyghur Muslims have recounted to a foreign media how they were forcefully made to confess their crimes and even convicted without proper legal representation.
Passenger traffic in Sweden's airports down 98 pc due to coronavirus outbreak - Operator
Jun 10, 2020, at 09:37 am
Stockholm/Sputnik: Passenger traffic at the ten largest Swedish airports decreased by 98 percent due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to statistics released on Tuesday by operator company Swedavia.
New UN report highlights link between gender, climate and security
Jun 10, 2020, at 09:08 am
New York/IBNS: Even as countries buckle under the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must consider the links between gender inequality and crisis, particularly in communities affected by climate change and conflict.
Arrest of Sudanese war crimes suspect ‘extremely significant’: UN rights chief
Jun 10, 2020, at 09:03 am
New York/IBNS: The arrest of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, an alleged former Janjaweed militia leader in the restive Darfur region of Sudan, has been hailed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as an “extremely significant development”.
Act now to avert COVID-19 global food emergency: Guterres
Jun 10, 2020, at 08:57 am
New York/IBNS: Although the COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly 50 million more people into extreme poverty, this and other dire impacts of the crisis can be avoided if countries act immediately to shore up global food security, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday.
Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns, on ‘life-support’
Jun 10, 2020, at 08:50 am
New York/IBNS: Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including conflict-hit communities “on life-support” in the north-east, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.