COVID-19: Job prospect for China's fresh graduates remain bleak
May 06, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China might be battling to regain normal life following the horrors of COVID-19 outbreak but the nation is waiting for a bigger challenge as job prospect for the youth, who are about to graduate, looks bleak.
COVID-19 makes universal digital access and cooperation essential: UN tech agency
May 06, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New York/IBNS: As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go to school and shop for essentials – across the world – it has never been more important to bridge the digital divide for the 3.6 billion people who remain off-line.
Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya: ICC Prosecutor
May 06, 2020, at 03:32 pm
New York/IBNS: Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more than a year, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council in a virtual briefing on Tuesday, warning that war crimes may have been committed.
Food insecurity in West Africa could leave 43 million at risk as coronavirus hits
May 06, 2020, at 03:03 pm
New York/IBNS: Well over 40 million people across West Africa face desperate food shortages in coming months, with COVID-19 restrictions a new factor adding to people’s vulnerability, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
May 06, 2020, at 03:01 pm
New York/IBNS: A UN human rights expert urged governments on Tuesday to increase protection for those millions of workers, who due to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk being pushed into exploitative jobs that are tantamount to slavery.
Beijing receives more than 4.6 mln tourists during May Day holiday
May 06, 2020, at 11:30 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Beijing received more than 4.6 million tourists during the five-day May Day holiday which ended Tuesday, according to Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.
Shanghai Disneyland to reopen with controlled capacity
May 06, 2020, at 11:18 am
Shanghai/Xinhua/UNI: Shanghai Disney Resort announced Wednesday that the Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen to the public on May 11.
Somalia probes plane crash after 6 killed
May 05, 2020, at 07:23 pm
Mpgadishu/Xinhua: Somali government said Tuesday it has launched investigations after a light aircraft delivering medical supplies crashed in southwest region on Monday, killing all six people onboard.
Over 100 Russian journalists got infected with coronavirus, 3 Died - Journalists Union
May 05, 2020, at 07:16 pm
Moscow/Sputnik- More than 100 Russian journalists contracted the coronavirus disease, while three died since the start of the outbreak, Vladimir Solovyev, the chair of the Russian Union of Journalists, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
US has not shared evidence proving coronavirus originated in Wuhan labs: WHO
May 05, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Geneva/IBNS: World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program chief said on Monday that it has not received any evidence from US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the novel coronavirus could have originated in a lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city which first reported the emergence of the deadly virus last year, said media reports.
Covid-19 death toll in Moscow region grows by 16 to 127: Response center
May 05, 2020, at 05:09 pm
MoscowSputnik/UNI: The Moscow Region has registered 16 coronavirus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, and the overall death toll reached 127 since the start of an outbreak, the local coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
May 05, 2020, at 04:02 pm
Brussels/IBNS: Stressing on a comprehensive and coordinated effort to develop medicines to deal with COVID-19, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the most massive public health effort in history since it is an interconnected world where “none of us is safe until all of us are safe”.
Record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019: UNICEF
May 05, 2020, at 12:16 pm
New York/IBNS: A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019, more than in any other year, making them among the most vulnerable to the global spread of COVID-19.
Press freedom critical to countering COVID-19 ‘pandemic of misinformation’: UN chief
May 05, 2020, at 11:44 am
New York/IBNS: Journalists are key to countering the “dangerous outbreak of misinformation” accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday during a virtual dialogue on promoting press freedom amid the global crisis.
Ukraine's Tymoshenko declares $5.5Mln as compensation from US for 'Political Repression'
May 04, 2020, at 07:14 pm
Kiev/Sputnik: - Ukraine's former Prime Minister and current leader of Fatherland party Yulia Tymoshenko received some 148 million hryvnia ($5.5 million) from the United States as a compensation for "political repression" she allegedly suffered back in 2011-2014, according to her income declaration published on the country's Unified State Register of Declarations.
Armed men kill 9 Syrian policemen in southern Syria
May 04, 2020, at 07:01 pm
Damascus/Xinhua: Unknown armed men killed nine Syrian policemen in the country's southern province of Daraa on Monday, a war monitor reported.
Car crash kills 5, injures 6 in central Azerbaijan
May 04, 2020, at 06:54 pm
Baku/Xinhua: Five people, including two children, were killed and six others injured in a crash involving two passenger cars in the central Azerbaijani district of Kurdamir on Monday, the country's emergency authorities said.
Four dead, 1 injured in Philippine clashes between gov't military, terrorist groups
May 04, 2020, at 03:56 pm
Manila/Xinhua/UNI: Two soldiers and two suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists had been killed in two separate clashes in the southern Philippines, the military reported on Monday.
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France, Britain to trial COVID-19 tracing apps next week
May 04, 2020, at 12:48 pm
Paris/Xinhua/UNI: France will test its "StopCOVID" contact tracing app in the week of May 11 when the country starts to ease lockdown measures, Minister for Digital Affairs Cedric O said on Sunday.
Five Eyes intelligence accuses China of Corona cover-up
May 03, 2020, at 04:27 pm
Canberra/UNI/IBNS: "Five Eyes", which is an intelligence alliance of five countries - United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand- has accused China of willfully concealing information about the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Boris Johnson names his newborn after doctors who saved him from COVID-19
May 03, 2020, at 02:51 pm
London/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have decided to name their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson as a tribute to the baby's grandfathers and the doctors, who treated the Prime Minister, after he tested positive for Novel Coronavirus.
Russia's Mishustin still under medical supervision over COVID-19 diagnosis, works remotely
May 03, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was recently diagnosed with COVID-19, feels good and continues to work remotely under medical supervision, his spokesman said Sunday.
Daniel Pearl murder case: Journo's parents challenge convicts' acquittal in Pak SC
May 03, 2020, at 12:09 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The parents of slain journalist Daniel Pearl have filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Pakistan seeking overturning of the ruling that freed the four convicted men involved in his killing, media reports said.
COVID-19 death toll in France rises by 166 to 24,760: Health Ministry
May 03, 2020, at 10:04 am
Paris/Sputnik: The number of coronavirus-related deaths in France reached 24,760 on Saturday after another 166 patients died of COVID-19, the country Health Ministry said.
China's Hubei reports no increase in COVID-19 cases for 29 consecutive days
May 03, 2020, at 09:57 am
Wuhan/Xinhua: No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in central China's Hubei Province, the provincial health commission said on Sunday.
US threatens to retaliate if Taliban doesn't stop violence
May 03, 2020, at 08:50 am
Kabul/UNI: The United States threatened Taliban and other conflict parties in Afghanistan with retaliatory actions if the militants do not reduce the scale of violence in the war-torn country.
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Glad to see Kim Jong Un 'back and well': Donald Trump
May 03, 2020, at 08:38 am
Washington/IBNS: United States President Donald Trump has said he is glad to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 'back and well.'
Magnitude 5.8 quake occurs near Crete: Seismologists
May 03, 2020, at 08:30 am
Athens/Sputnik: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has occurred near the Greek island of Crete, 78.9 miles south of its capital Heraklion, according to the seismological laboratory of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Syrian Forces Demine 4.9 Acres of Land Over Past 24 Hours - Russian Defense Ministry
May 03, 2020, at 08:15 am
MOSCOW/Sputnik: Syrian military engineers have diffused 60 explosive devices over the past 24 hours, thereby demining 2 hectares (4.9 acres) of territory, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides said on Saturday.
Mongolia reports one more COVID-19 case
May 02, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Ulan Bator/Xinhua: Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) on Saturday reported one newly confirmed COVID-19 case, taking the tally of all confirmed cases in the country to 39.