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Venezuela under scrutiny at the UN Human Rights Council
On March 17 and 18, oral updates from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the United Nations Independent International Fact Finding ... -
‘Mission Impossible’: The UN in Cambodia showed the first limit of nation-building | world news
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border told Sam Sophal that the United ... -
East Africa meets minimum requirements for trade under AfCFTA | The new times
East African Community countries took a huge step forward on Friday (February 18) by adopting the bloc’s tariff offer for Category A products amounting to 90.2% ... -
UN envoy to Syria expects regime and opposition to resume talks
United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen said on Wednesday he expected Bashar al-Assad regime and Syrian opposition committees to resume talks and draft constitutional reforms amid ... -
Tax bills: Musk owes record $11 billion, Tesla $0 (apparently)
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk has repeatedly bragged (or, perhaps, complained) that he will pay more federal taxes for 2021 than anyone has ever ... -
All roads lead to recession for Latin America’s largest economies
(Bloomberg) — They got there in stark contrast, but Latin America’s two largest economies found themselves in a similar, unenviable situation two years into the pandemic: ... -
A pre-budget reminder to the Minister of Finance on the Indian economy
Modi shifted the tax burden to consumers So what do we think of Jerry’s little jeremiad about overtaxed Indians? By the way, the average tax to ... -
Are we witnessing the death of American soft power?
The United States has been pushed out of the top spot for its soft power prowess as Germany takes the top spot in 2021. We look ... -
Covid-19 disrupts the UN and threatens a potential cash crisis in the world
Editors’ Choice, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations The empty corridors of the UN. Credit: United Nations UNITED NATIONS, ... -
Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN chief
NEW YORK: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic is not the last of its kind and that people should take ... -
UN, US lawmakers back efforts to prevent Afghanistan’s economic collapse
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations joined Pakistan on Sunday in calling on the world to help prevent Afghanistan’s economic collapse, as 39 U.S. lawmakers also backed ... -
SEEM selects Hartigen as market platform supplier
ATLANTA, December 10, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The South East Energy Exchange (SEEM) Member Board of Directors today approved a contract with Hartigen to build ... -
companies attracting employees with customers this season | California News
By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) – The Hampton Inn in Folsom, Calif. Has 147 rooms, but general manager Enid Baldock was only able ... -
TRAI’s tariff regulation for the broadcasting sector has not responded to any stakeholder interest: K Madhavan
Insisting on the need for self-regulation and light regulation, K Madhavan, chairman of the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF) and chairman of Walt Disney India ... -
What You Should Know About DFTs: Three Key Considerations for Businesses | Vinson & Elkins LLP
âIf you are a business, you need to think about ways to take advantage of NFTs. “ What do fast food, art and sport have in ... -
Post-Trump test for Democrats looms in Virginia election
Virginia Democrats are scrambling to avert disaster in the state governor race. RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) – For four years, nothing has rallied Democrats like the pressure ... -
UN calls for new cash injection for famine-threatened Yemen
DUBAI, October 25 (Reuters) – Funds needed to feed millions of people in war-torn Yemen could run out within weeks, a senior United Nations official warned, ... -
Treasurer, official UN conference on development challenges
Treasury Minister Ian Ling Stuckey had productive discussions on the Sustainable Development Goals with the second highest person at the United Nations in New York last ... -
UN chief attacks Ethiopia over expelled staff: show me the proof
Ethiopian porters unload food aid for war victims after a checkpoint leading to Tigray in the town of Mai Tsebri, Ethiopia on June 26, 2021. Photo ... -
Rtl today – World Bank chief in Sudan for first visit in 40 years
World Bank President David Malpass, in Sudan on Thursday for the first visit in nearly 40 years by a head of the development agency, hailed the ... -
Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis “Taints Our Conscience”: UN | United Nations News
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths calls for urgent action to avert famine in the rebel region of Tigray. The crisis in Ethiopia that is pushing the ... -
The chief of the UN aid in Ethiopia on the famine in Tigray: “Move these trucks”
New United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths speaks during a press conference on the humanitarian crisis in Tigray after visiting the region, in Addis ... -
EDITORIAL: Without fairness, the UN system rings hollow
Through East Africa As it celebrated its 75th anniversary last year, the United Nations stood at a crossroads. Surrounded by legacy interests and the clamor for ... -
Biden’s speech to UN: President pleads for use of “relentless diplomacy” instead of military might to resolve global crises
And although he did not point to China as the dominant global threat, he insisted that the United States would seek to counter the rise of ... -
What are the challenges for making more fair economies?
Despite significant progress over the past decades, we are a long way from ending extreme poverty by 2030 and achieving many other goals. COVID-19 has set ... -
Senate called on to tackle forced labor issue
The Senate will be asked on Monday to send a direct message to China about its widespread use of Uyghur forced labor. Independent Senator Rex Patrick ... -
US stocks are trading lower ahead of the bell opening on Monday
Find out what clicks on FoxBusiness.com. U.S. Equity Futures traded lower ahead of Monday’s session after mostly posting gains on Friday as the Labor Department released ... -
Jobs, vaccines, team mascots: your Friday night briefing
(Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Here is registration.) Good evening. Here is the last one at the end of Friday. 1. US employment ... -
The Vineyard Gazette – Martha’s Vineyard News
Following Robert F. Kennedy’s journey through the civil rights movement, historian Patricia Sullivan said she couldn’t help but burst with emotion as she wrote the final ... -
Press release | Press releases | Writing
07.21.21 “This invitation to investigate our own country under the authority of this Council is an insult to the American people and a parody of the ... -
COVID has left hundreds of millions of people hungry around the world | Voice of America
The United Nations said on Monday that world hunger increased dramatically in 2020, largely due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cost of ... -
South Sudan’s lost decade calls for impact investments
From left to right, Riek Machar, President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and James Wani Igga in Juba, April 29, 2016. [Courtesy] South Sudan gained independence ... -
hope for South Sudan shattered after decade of horror
In July 2011, Nunu Diana smiled through tears as South Sudan gained independence, envisioning the future of her homeland: a great nation, peaceful and prosperous, full ... -
The conquest of the UN by Russia and China
ANALYSIS / OPINION: After the first great war of the 20th century, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and other great powers founded the League of Nations. ... -
The Covid-19 has plunged 119 to 124 million people into extreme poverty: UN
NEW DELHI: The coronavirus pandemic, which surfaced at the end of 2019, has so far plunged 119 to 124 million people into extreme poverty around the ... -
High-level ECOSOC meeting to discuss ways to recover from economic damage inflicted by Covid: Munir Akram
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), due to meet next week, will discuss ways to ensure a ‘resilient’ recovery that puts coronavirus-affected countries on ... -
The United States backs down at the United Nations
Will the United States hold the United Nations to its highest ideals and serve our national interests? Things are not looking good. The United Nations health ... -
China responds to Canada, calls for UN investigation into crimes against indigenous peoples
On the same day, Canada helped launch an international effort at the United Nations to demand that China allow free access to Xinjiang to investigate reported ... -
UN envoy urges Yemen’s Houthis to accept ceasefire agreement | Voice of America
NEW YORK – The UN special envoy for Yemen said on Tuesday “the time is not on Yemen’s side” and urged Houthi rebels to come to ... -
From gender inequality to climate change
As Bangladesh looks forward to its next 50 years, significant human development challenges remain for the country. Some of these challenges are persistent challenges, such as ... -
Thailand’s long descent into economic darkness
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades”. As the globe sees flickers of ... -
Fort Worth chooses new mayor for the first time in a decade | News from USA®
By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Fort Worth elects a new mayor on Saturday in a race that looks like a Texas battlefield and could lead ... -
Spectacularly offensive remarks by PLD lawmaker further embarrass Japan
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades”. Backbench lawmaker Kazuo Yana is now ... -
Lack of clean water is deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, UNICEF report says |
Water Under Fire Volume 3, highlights that children’s access to water has been threatened in almost all conflict-related emergencies in which UNICEF operates. The report focuses ... -
Mercer has agreed to become a member of the United Nations Academic Impact Initiative
ATLANTA / MACON – Mercer University was recently accepted to become a member of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), an initiative that aligns higher education institutions ... -
DR Congo: More than 170 children fear missing after volcanic eruption in Goma |
The sky turned red and lava erupted from the volcano on Saturday, causing thousands to flee the city of two million people, located just to the ... -
Leaving Home: West Virginia’s Population Drop Largest in United States | West Virginia News
By JOHN RABY, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – After her company told employees in 2017 to start working remotely, customer service rep Haley Miller decided ... -
Renewable Technologies Bring Power Through the World’s Poorest Villages |
Around 789 million people around the world still do not have access to electricity, which seriously hinders their development possibilities. But the installation, with the support ... -
Bernie Sanders: COVID relief package ‘totally inadequate’ for ‘unprecedented’ economic crisis
This is an urgent transcription. The copy may not be in its final form. FRIEND GOOD MAN: The House could vote on a new $900 billion ... -
Payday: Helping contract workers and contract workers get paid | Payment trends
The pandemic has transformed many full-time positions into contract or “working together” positions. Many companies needed help figuring out how to streamline the payment of contract ... -
“Unlimited Catastrophe”: Michael Eric Dyson on How Trump Turned the White House into “Fulcrum of Fascism”
This is an urgent transcript. The copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOOD MAN: This is Democracy now!, democratienow.org, The quarantine report. I’m ... -
In Blow to Drug War, House backs decriminalization of pot as voters approve legalization vote initiatives
This is an urgent transcript. The copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOOD MAN: This is Democracy now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan ... -
Spain approves 11 billion euros in aid to virus-hit firms
DUBAI: In the past decade, the world has witnessed a pressing need for a major transformation from conventional energy sources to renewables starting with planned efforts ... -
Lebanon approves World Bank rescue plan for needy families
DUBAI: In the past decade, the world has witnessed a pressing need for a major transformation from conventional energy sources to renewables starting with planned efforts ... -
Do this with student loans if the Senate rejects the HEROES law
President Donald Trump (AP Photo / Alex Brandon) ASSOCIATED PRESS This is your next step for your student loans. Here’s what you need to know. Student ...