Alarming gaps in reliable data leave 28 million uprooted children unprotected – UN
Feb 16, 2018, at 02:08 pm
New York, Feb 16 (JEN): There are “alarming holes” in the availability, reliability, timeliness and accessibility of the data and evidence essential for understanding how children and their families are impacted by migration and forced displacement, United Nations agencies and their partners warned on Thursday.
UN says more than 10,000 civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan conflict last year
Feb 16, 2018, at 02:04 pm
New York, Feb 16 (JEN): More than 10,000 civilians were killed or wounded in the Afghanistan conflict during 2017, a nine per cent drop over 2016, according to a United Nations report out Thursday which also revealed rising casualties caused by suicide bombings and attacks using improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
New guidelines on global care standards during childbirth issued by UN health agency
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:53 pm
New York, Feb 16 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines on global care standards throughout labour and immediately after childbirth aimed at reducing the use of needless and potentially harmful routine clinical and medical interventions.
Canada: Toronto Public Health launches this year's condomTO campaign, entitled Life in the Bowl
Feb 16, 2018, at 03:13 am
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Toronto Public Health (TPL) launched has this year's condomTO campaign entitled Life in the Bowl, to coincide with Valentine's Day, to help promote safer sex and reduce stigma around condom use, media reports said.
Canada: Toronto Mayor Tory declares February 14, 2018 as Toronto's first annual Safe City Day
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:21 am
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Toronto Mayor John Tory on Thursday declared February 14, 2018 as Toronto's first annual Safe City Day, media reports said.
Canadian businesses lose their competitive advantage over U.S. peers
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:14 am
Washington, Feb 15 (IBNS): Analysts from Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) highlighted in their recent weekly report that U.S. president Donald Trump's tax reform package has caused Canadian businesses to lose their competitive advantage to their U.S. peers, media reports said.
MP Sahota announces faster reunion of spouses in Canada
Feb 16, 2018, at 01:12 am
Brampton, Feb 15 (IBNS): The process of spouse sponsorship by the Government of Canada had significantly improved over the past year, helping Canadians and permanent residents to reunite faster with their spouses, media reports said.
Feb 15, 2018, at 10:22 pm
Kabul, Feb 15 (IBNS): More than 10,000 civilians lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017, according to the latest annual UN report documenting the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan.
Patrick Brown's former girl friend raises questions to allegations against resigned PC leader
Feb 15, 2018, at 08:14 pm
Toronto, Feb 15 (IBNS): Resigned Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, received support from his former girl friend, media reports said.
Zimbabwe main opposition leader Tsvangirai succumbs to colon cancer
Feb 15, 2018, at 04:49 pm
Harare/Cape Town, Feb 15 (IBNS): Zimbabwe's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has died. He was aged 65.
Florida school shooting kills 17, suspect taken into custody
Feb 15, 2018, at 03:31 pm
Florida, Feb 15 (IBNS): A 19-year-old man opened fire on students and teachers at a high school campus in Parkland area of Florida in the US on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, media reports said.
Guinea-Bissau: Political crisis requires continued UN presence, Security Council told
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:55 pm
New York, Feb 15 (JEN): The United Nations will need to focus its efforts on supporting Guinea-Bissau’s national leaders in their efforts to appoint an acceptable Prime Minister, establish an inclusive Government, organize and conduct timely elections, and implement the priority reforms, a UN envoy for the West African country said Wednesday.
In Johannesburg, UN youth envoy spotlights need to boost support for reproductive health
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:49 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): In this century, child marriage cannot be allowed to happen, and similarly, children should not give birth to children, the United Nations youth envoy told an African forum on reproductive health and rights on Wednesday.
Without firm action on gender equality, women’s empowerment, world may miss development targets
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:37 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): Without speedy progress on gender equality and real action to end pervasive discrimination against women and girls, the global community will not be able to keep the promise to ‘leave no one behind’ on the road to ending poverty, protecting the planet and advancing prosperity by 2030, according to a new United Nations report launched on Wednesday.
Syria: Civilians killed on ‘horrific scale’ as conflict begins spilling across borders
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:30 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): The conflict in Syria is now spilling over the country’s borders amid increased military intervention from multiple sources, a senior United Nations mediator said on Wednesday, warning that civilians are being killed on a horrific scale and the crisis is at one of the most “dangerous and worrying moments” in over four years.
At donor conference, UN chief launches two-year plan to fast-track Iraq reconstruction
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:18 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday launched a reconstruction programme for Iraq, urging the global community to support Iraqis as they embark on the journey to rebuild their country and make sure that it is committed to unity and inclusivity.
South Africa President Jacob Zuma resigns
Feb 15, 2018, at 02:04 pm
Johannesburg, Feb 15 (IBNS): Amid intense pressure from his party, South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday resigned from his office.
Canada PM Trudeau to announce legal framework for protection of Indigenous people
Feb 15, 2018, at 04:16 am
Ottawa, Feb 14 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shortly announce a legal framework to protect the interests of Indigenous people in the country, CTV News reported.
Pakistan: Four security personnel killed in Quetta attack
Feb 14, 2018, at 09:53 pm
Quetta, Feb 14 (IBNS): Unidentified men attacked targetted a motorcycle patrol of the Frontier Corps (FC) while it was on routine duty in Quetta, leaving at least four security personnel killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
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Canada: CSA warns Canada-U.S. cannabis companies to strictly adhere to disclosure rules
Feb 14, 2018, at 07:48 pm
Ottawa, Feb 14 (IBNS): Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released a new guidance that requires U.S.-exposed Canadian cannabis companies to to strictly adhere to disclosure rules, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau meets family of Indigenous man who was killed by white farmer
Feb 14, 2018, at 07:15 pm
Ottawa, Feb 14 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met the family of the Indigenous man who was killed by a white farmer way back in 2016, media reports said.
Over 40 Taliban insurgents killed in airstrikes in Afghanistan
Feb 14, 2018, at 06:29 pm
Afghanistan, Feb 14 (IBNS) : More than 40 Taliban insurgents were killed in a series of airstrikes launched in response to the coordinated attack of the group on Nish district.
Israel police say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must face corruption probe
Feb 14, 2018, at 04:54 pm
Jerusalem, Feb 14 (IBNS): Israeli police have said that the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ought to face corruption charges.
Actress Minnie Driver steps down as Oxfam ambassador over Haiti scandal
Feb 14, 2018, at 03:29 pm
Los Angeles, Feb 14 (IBNS): In a major move since revelations of sexual abuse by aid workers in Haiti, actress Minnie Driver has stepped down as the ambassador of UK-based charity Oxfam.
Oxfam International chairman Juan Alberto Fuentes detained over corruption charges
Feb 14, 2018, at 03:13 pm
Guatemala, Feb 14 (IBNS): Police in Guatemala have detained Juan Alberto Fuentes, Chairman of the charity Oxfam International, on Tuesday, media reports said.
New study finds sea level rise accelerating
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:35 pm
Washington, Feb 14 (IBNS): Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.
Yemen: UN aid chief welcomes $1 billion funding pledge as humanitarian crisis deepens
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:32 pm
New York,Feb 14 (JEN): Amidst ongoing conflict, the collapse of basic services and economic decline in Yemen, the United Nations aid chief welcomed a substantial humanitarian pledge from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
UN agency sets ambitious target to reduce hunger and poverty for millions worldwide
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:29 pm
New York, Feb 14 (JEN): Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:23 pm
New York, Feb 14 (JEN): Nearly six months after an outbreak of violence drove almost 700,000 minority Rohingyas from Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh, senior United Nations officials on Tuesday said it is time to address the root causes – including decades of repression inside Myanmar – so those who fled feel safe enough to return to their homeland.
Fleeing DR Congo violence, thousands take perilous lake journey to Uganda – UN
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:19 pm
New York, Feb 14 (JEN): Over 22,000 desperate Congolese refugees crossed Lake Albert to Uganda last week, with four drowning when their boat capsized on the perilous journey from the conflict-hit eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.