Green method developed for making artificial spider silk
Jul 13, 2017, at 01:23 am
London, July 12 (IBNS): Researchers have designed a super stretchy, strong and sustainable material that mimics the qualities of spider silk, and is ‘spun’ from a material that is 98% water.
Stanford researchers find intriguing clues about obesity by counting steps via smartphones
Jul 13, 2017, at 12:31 am
London, July 12 (IBNS): Stanford researchers using smartphones to track the activity levels of hundreds of thousands of people around the globe made an intriguing discovery: In countries with little obesity, people mostly walked a similar amount per day.
Afghanistan : Taliban commander killed in infighting
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:40 pm
Kabul, Jul 12 (IBNS) : A Taliban commander has been killed during the latest infighting among the Taliban insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, state-run news agency Khaama Press said.
Taliban execute seven passengers in West of Afghanistan
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:38 pm
Kabul, Jul 12 (IBNS) : The Taliban insurgents have executed at least seven passengers in western Farah province of Afghanistan, state-run news agency Khaama Press said.
Roadside bombing kills 2 children in Afghanistan
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:01 pm
Kabul, July 12 (IBNS): A roadside bombing in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province killed at least two children, media reports said on Wednesday.
Generous people live happier lives, says study
Jul 12, 2017, at 08:59 pm
London, July 12 (IBNS): Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. People who act solely out of self-interest are less happy. Merely promising to be more generous is enough to trigger a change in our brains that makes us happier. This is what UZH neuroeconomists found in a recent study.
Turkey : Five killed in police operation against ISIS sleeper cell operatives
Jul 12, 2017, at 07:53 pm
Ankara, Jul 12 (IBNS) : Five ISIS fighters were killed in an anti-terror operation in central Turkey's Konya province on Wednesday, media reports said.
Tourism: 'Hurt' China looking to inflict pain on South Korea
Jul 12, 2017, at 07:30 pm
Beijing/ Seoul, Jul 12 (IBNS): Seemingly 'hurt' by South Korea's 'indulgence' in allowing the US to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in their country, China has banned all its tour operators from selling packaged tours to the neighbouring nation, media reports said.
Trump Jr. confirms meeting Russian lawyer in father's oblivity
Jul 12, 2017, at 06:50 pm
Washington, Jul 12 (IBNS): Things just got a bit hot for Donald Trump following his son's confirmation that the latter met a Russian lawyer but the son said that his father had no knowledge about the meeting.
Aid agenices in Yemen forced to shift resources from fighting hunger to cholera – UN
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:40 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): Unless the international community contributes $200 million to address the cholera outbreak in Yemen, the United Nations humanitarian arm will be forced to “reprogram†more resources tagged for malnutrition in the country already facing famine, a senior official on Tuesday said.
Eleven global banks partner with UN to make financial markets more climate transparent
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:38 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): Representing over $7 trillion, eleven major financial institutions around the globe have joined forces with the United Nations to promote climate transparency in financial markets, the Organization’s environment wing said on Tuesday.
Asia-Pacific moving in ‘wrong direction’ on some development targets, notes UN regional report
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:37 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): Despite an impressive track record, the Asia-Pacific region will need to scale up development efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the target envisioned, the United Nations development arm for the region has said.
UN agency helps nearly 100,000 migrants return home in 2016
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:36 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency reported on Tuesday that it helped nearly 100,000 migrants return home voluntarily last year, a 41 per cent increase over 2015. This assistance was provided through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR ) programmes and highlighted in its 2016 Key Highlights report. In a corresponding news release, IOM notes that the people assisted in 2016 from 110 countries were returned to 161 countries and territories of origin.
Security Council warned DR Congo’s violence on rise amid little political progress
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:35 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): The security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to be a major source of concern, with violence in the Kasai provinces, in the western part of the vast country, reaching “disturbing†levels, the United Nations Security Council was told on Tuesday.
Living conditions in Gaza 'more and more wretched' over past decade, UN finds
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:35 pm
New York, July 12(Just Earth News): A decade after Hamas seized the Gaza Strip, the living conditions for two million people in the Palestinian enclave are deteriorating “further and faster†than the prediction made in 2012 that the enclave would become “unlivable†by 2020, a new United Nations report has found.
Safe, effective family planning is key to 'empowering people, developing nations' – UN
Jul 12, 2017, at 04:35 am
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, it would reduce an estimated 100,000 maternal death and avert 67 million unintended pregnancies, the United Nations population agency on Tuesday said.
With Mosul reclaimed, accountability key to heal Iraq's 'ISIL wounds' – UN rights chief
Jul 12, 2017, at 04:34 am
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): Although the retaking of Mosul city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters by Iraqi Government forces marks a significant turning point in the conflict, Iraq must ensure that those who committed crimes be held accountable, the United Nations human rights chief has said.
Jul 12, 2017, at 04:33 am
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that the opening of the road to Syria's north-eastern Hassakeh governorate is already making a difference for humanitarian aid delivery on the ground.
ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, claims Syrian Observatory
Jul 12, 2017, at 03:30 am
Raqqa, July 11 (IBNS): Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Tuesday claimed having confirmed information that leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) Abu Bakr al-Baghdad has died in Deir az Zor province in eastern Syria.
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:52 am
London, July 11 (IBNS): Disabled people would have a better chance to find a job if the government did more to support businesses - by abolishing national insurance contributions of disabled workers and providing incentives to hire workers with disability.
Jul 11, 2017, at 09:11 pm
Kabul, July 11 (IBNS): An air and ground operation in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan on Tuesday left at least seven Taliban killed, media reports said.
USA: At least 16 people killed after military plane crashes in Mississippi
Jul 11, 2017, at 03:42 pm
Jackson, Jul 11 (IBNS): At least 16 people were reported dead after a military plane crashed in the Mississippi delta on Monday, reports said.
Colombia: Security Council authorizes UN mission to monitor reintegration of FARC-EP
Jul 11, 2017, at 01:16 pm
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): The Security Council on Monday decided to establish a new United Nations political mission in Colombia that will succeed the current one and will shift from monitoring the disarmament of former combatants to verifying their political, economic and social reintegration.
Recognize tragedy of Srebrenica and ensure such atrocities are never repeated, urges UN chief
Jul 11, 2017, at 01:15 pm
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): Ahead of the twenty-second anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre – the largest atrocity on European soil since World War II – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged all to “look honestly†at the past, acknowledge the crimes and the inaction that allowed them to occur and ensure that such atrocities are never repeated.
UN political forum opens with focus on eradicating poverty and forming partnerships
Jul 11, 2017, at 01:14 pm
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): Senior government representatives are at the United Nations on Monday for the start of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to track progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two years after they were adopted.
Ceasefire, fresh political developments may help intra-Syrian talks – UN negotiator
Jul 11, 2017, at 01:13 pm
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): A deal to set up a ceasefire zone in Syria along with other political developments could help boost a new round of talks aimed at ending more than six years of conflict in the country, United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Monday.
Education critical in preventing adolescent pregnancy, underscores UN agency
Jul 11, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, July 11(Just Earth News): Girls with higher levels of education are less likely to have an early and unintended pregnancy, the United Nations education agency said on Monday, launching a new technical paper with recommendations for the education sector.
Low food prices foreseen in 2017-2026, but countries need to keep markets stable – UN-OECD report
Jul 11, 2017, at 05:07 am
New York, July 10(Just Earth News): Noting projections of low prices for food commodities over the next decade on the back of abundant stocks of cereal and other staples, the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report have underlined the need for governments continue efforts to provide stability to world food markets.
Guterres pledges UN support to Iraqi Government, people in Mosul; $562M needed in aid
Jul 11, 2017, at 05:05 am
New York, July 10(Just Earth News): Following Iraqi Government’s declaration that its forces have liberated the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday paid tribute to the country’s people and Government and vowed United Nations’ support to aid the displaced communities and restore rule of law in the freed areas.
UN-backed roadmap shows how to improve situation of separated refugee children in Europe
Jul 11, 2017, at 05:03 am
New York, July 10(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies on Monday issued a set of recommendations for action to improve the situation of refugee and migrant children arriving and staying in Europe without their parents or caregivers.