Climate change could force over 140 million to migrate within countries by 2050: World Bank Report
Mar 20, 2018, at 10:28 pm
Washington, Mar 20 (IBNS): The worsening impacts of climate change in three densely populated regions of the world could see over 140 million people move within their countries’ borders by 2050, creating a looming human crisis and threatening the development process, a new World Bank Group report finds.
Xi urges China not to be complacent, warns against separatist attempts
Mar 20, 2018, at 05:37 pm
Beijing, Mar 20 (IBNS): China's President Xi Jingping has urged the National People's Congress that China must not become complacent with its development.
Uber suspends self-driving car tests after fatal accident in US
Mar 20, 2018, at 03:35 pm
Tempe, Mar 20 (IBNS): Following a fatal accident in Tempe, popular app-based Taxi service Uber has suspended its self-driving car tests in all North American cities, media reports said on Tuesday.
Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon to run for New York Governor
Mar 20, 2018, at 03:15 pm
New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): Actress Cynthia Nixon has joined the race in becoming the Governor of New York city.
Thousands suffering amid harrowing conditions in east Ghouta and Afrin – UN
Mar 20, 2018, at 02:34 pm
New York, Mar 20 (JEN): The United Nations in Syria is appealing urgently for help to ease the catastrophic situation for tens for thousands of people impacted by fighting in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, and the northern town of Afrin.
Mar 20, 2018, at 02:31 pm
New York, Mar 20 (JEN): With five billion people at risk of having difficulty accessing adequate water by 2050, finding nature-based solutions, such as China’s rainwater recycling, India’s forest regeneration and Ukraine’s artificial wetlands, is becoming increasingly important, according to a United Nations report released Monday at the world’s largest water-related event in Brazil.
Mar 20, 2018, at 02:27 pm
New York, Mar 20 (JEN): The humanitarian crisis and the resulting suffering will only worsen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) if persistent violence is not brought under control and there is no political transition, the top United Nations relief official warned on Monday.
UN forum to spotlight ways ICT can help beat poverty and boost development
Mar 20, 2018, at 02:24 pm
New York, Mar 20 (JEN): Making information and communication technology (ICT) readily available for vulnerable countries and harnessing it’s potential to help tackle a raft of ills – from disaster risk reduction to reaching ‘zero hunger’ – will be among the issues on the agenda at an annual United Nations information forum that kicked off Monday in Geneva.
Lebanon: UN humanitarian fund to step up support for the most vulnerable
Mar 20, 2018, at 02:21 pm
New York, Mar 20 (JEN): At a time when resources for refugees from Syria is declining, the top United Nations humanitarian official in Lebanon, the country host to some 1.5 million Syrian and several thousand Palestinian refugees, has launched a funding allocation to ensure that critical relief programmes can be sustained.
Canada: Toronto Mayor Tory announces next steps in Vision Zero Road Safety Plan for school zones
Mar 20, 2018, at 04:08 am
Toronto, Mar 20 (IBNS): Several new initiatives to improve road safety to be launched in the next few weeks have been announced by the City of Toronto with the message “slow down Toronto” in school zones, media reports said.
Parliament may consider lowering the voting age, says Canada's elections chief
Mar 20, 2018, at 01:37 am
Ottawa, Mar 19 (IBNS): Canada's elections chief has said the parliament may consider lowering the voting age to 16, media reports said.
Canada: Shooting takes place in Toronto restaurant, one man injured
Mar 20, 2018, at 01:04 am
Toronto, Mar 19 (IBNS): A man has been injured in a shooting which took place at a 24-hour restaurant in Toronto, Canada, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Jalalabad blast kills four people
Mar 19, 2018, at 11:05 pm
Kabul, Mar 19 (IBNS): A blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area on Monday left at least four supporters of Hizb-I-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) killed, media reports said.
Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case : Bangladesh SC stays Khaleda Zia's bail till May 8
Mar 19, 2018, at 09:14 pm
Dhaka, Mar 19 (IBNS) : The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday stayed till May 8 the High Court order which granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, media reports said.
Nepal: Kathmandu road mishap injures 1
Mar 19, 2018, at 03:20 pm
Kathmandu, Mar 19 (IBNS): At least one person was injured in a road mishap in Kathmandu city of Nepal on Monday, media reports said.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits frontline area in Eastern Ghouta
Mar 19, 2018, at 03:11 pm
Damascus, Mar 19 (IBNS): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a frontline area in Damascus' Eastern Ghouta area on Sunday, media reports said.
Vladimir Putin wins Russian Presidential election, re-elected for another term
Mar 19, 2018, at 02:50 pm
Moscow, Mar 19 (IBNS): Vladimir Putin is all set to rule Russia as its President for another six years after he registered a landslide victory in the Presidential polls on Sunday.
China's Xi Jinping congratulates Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin
Mar 19, 2018, at 02:37 pm
Beijing, Mar 19 (IBNS): Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin on Monday.
New initiatives to serve Indigenous voters being launched by Elections Canada
Mar 19, 2018, at 04:08 am
Ottawa, Mar 18 (IBNS): New initiatives and cultural training for staff is being launched by Elections Canada to serve Indigenous voters better in the polls next year, media reports said.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani invites Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to visit his nation
Mar 19, 2018, at 02:29 am
Kabul, Mar 18 (IBNS); Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has invited Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to visit his nation.
Taliban attack kills five policemen in Afghanistan
Mar 19, 2018, at 02:21 am
Kabul, Mar 18 (IBNS): A Taliban attack on a police check-post in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Sunday left at least five cops killed, media reports said.
Canada: Quebec boy still missing, parents plead to get back son
Mar 18, 2018, at 01:20 am
Montreal, Mar 17 (IBNS): Parents of 10-year old Quebec boy Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, who went missing since Monday, have pleaded to get back their son, media reports said.
Suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan kills 3 civilians
Mar 17, 2018, at 10:50 pm
Kabul, Mar 17 (IBNS): At least three people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Kabul blast: At least two killed; Taliban claims responsibility
Mar 17, 2018, at 05:36 pm
Kabul, Mar 17 (IBNS): At least two people have been killed in an suicide explosion which rocked Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Saturday morning, reports aid.
Kabul suicide blast injures four
Mar 17, 2018, at 04:58 pm
Kabul, Mar 17 (IBNS): A suicide blast rocked Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Saturday morning, reports said.
USA: Fired from his post, Andrew McCabe releases a fiery statement
Mar 17, 2018, at 04:19 pm
Washington, Mar 17 (IBNS): Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deputy director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by the Trump Administration on the eve of his retirement, has issued a fiery statement, saying that he was singled out.
Xi Jinping re-elected as Chinese President
Mar 17, 2018, at 03:00 pm
Beijing, Mar 17 (IBNS): At the ongoing first session of the 13th National People's Congress, Xi Jinping was on Saturday re-elected as the President of China.
US: FBI official Andrew McCabe sacked
Mar 17, 2018, at 02:47 pm
Washington, Mar 17 (IBNS): In a major development, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired FBI official Andrew McCabe, media reports said.
Mar 17, 2018, at 02:24 pm
New York, Mar 17 (JEN): Thousands of refugees who have fled violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) to Chad are facing food and shelter shortages the United Nations refugee agency said Friday, warning that this is the largest influx in for years into the small landlocked country.
Brief ceasefire in Douma only piece of good news for civilians in war-torn Syria, UN envoy says
Mar 17, 2018, at 02:18 pm
New York, Mar 17 (JEN): The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict told the Security Council on Friday that its three-week old demand for a ceasefire across the war-ravaged country was still not being implemented, and while progress had been made in in Douma in Eastern Ghouta, “the bottom line is, too many civilians are still suffering.”