Dec 09, 2024, at 11:40 am
German-based Hindu organisation Deutschland Hinduistische Verbande has expressed deep concerns over the 'atrocities' committed on minority members ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government toppled in Bangladesh.
Jul 22, 2024, at 01:44 am
A group of people threw stones and pulled down the Pakistani flag when they attacked the country's consulate in Germany's Frankfurt city recently.
Nationalist worldview is recipe for ‘more conflict, less prosperity, Germany tells UN Assembly
Sep 22, 2017, at 05:13 pm
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): Germany warned the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday not to be lured by the siren song of ‘our country first,’ calling it a recipe for more conflict and less prosperity that must be eschewed in favour more international cooperation and the strengthening of the UN.
UN chief praises 'vision, tenacity' of the late Helmut Khol, chancellor who reunited Germany
Jun 17, 2017, at 01:42 pm
New York, June 17(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has lauded the vision and tenacity of the former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl, who died on Friday at the age of 87.
Germany: UN rights panel highlights racial profiling against people of African descent
Feb 28, 2017, at 01:18 pm
New York, Feb 28 (Just Earth News): People of African descent in Germany suffer racial discrimination, Afrophobia and racial profiling in their daily lives, but their situation remains largely invisible to the wider society, a United Nations expert panel said on Monday at the end of its first official visit to the country.
Sep 24, 2016, at 02:46 pm
New York, Sept 24 (Just Earth News): The world has become an unsafe place for far too many people, and with so many challenges to address, at times, it seems all but hopeless, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, told the United Nations on Friday, “but all of us politicians here have a choice – between resignation or engagement in the face of these crises†and working towards a better future for all.
France and Germany bracing to face more rainfall and flooding
Jun 03, 2016, at 10:12 pm
Paris, Jun 3 (IBNS) High alert was sounded on Friday in the French capital with the forecast of more rain resulting in peaking of flood waters with the River Seine due to reach 6m (19ft) above its normal level, media reported.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visits REDI School of Digital Integration
Feb 27, 2016, at 10:43 pm
New York, Feb 27 (IBNS): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has visited REDI School of Digital Integration in Berlin which teaches refugees to code.
Global film industry perpetuates discrimination against women – UN-backed study
Sep 23, 2014, at 06:07 pm
New York, Sept 23 (IBNS) Nowhere to be “scene,†women protagonists have less than one-third of all speaking roles in film and are largely absent from powerful positions, according to a United Nations-backed survey released on Monday which argues for the involvement of more female film-makers in the industry, and for greater sensitivity to gender imbalance on screen.