UN health agency establishes high-level commission to tackle noncommunicable diseases
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:10 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency on Tuesday announced the establishment of a high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to identify innovative ways to curb the world’s biggest causes of death and extend life expectancy for millions of people.
Disaster risk outpaces resilience in Asia-Pacific, warns UN regional commission
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:09 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Disaster risk is outpacing resilience in Asia-Pacific and putting people in this most disaster-prone region at risk of being pushed back into poverty, the latest report from a United Nations regional commission has revealed.
Homeless Syrian family finds new place after fire destroyed their Mississauga house
Oct 10, 2017, at 11:36 pm
Mississauga, Oct 10 (IBNS): A Syrian family, who had turned out to be homeless after their Mississauga house was destroyed in a fire, found a new place as an Iranian offered them an apartment, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 7 terrorists blown up by their own bomb
Oct 10, 2017, at 09:44 pm
Kabul, Oct 10 (IBNS): Explosion of their own bomb left at least seven Taliban insurgents killed and nine others injured in Alingar district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Boiler blast leaves 11 injured
Oct 10, 2017, at 09:34 pm
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IBNS): At least 11 people were injured in a boiler explosion at a steel manufacturing factory in Sitakunda upazila of Bangladesh city Chittagong on Tuesday, media reports said.
California: Deadly fire kills at least 10 people
Oct 10, 2017, at 06:29 pm
Napa, Oct 10 (IBNS): At least 10 people have lost their lives in a deadly fire which devoured parts of California's wine region, media reports said.
UN Treaty ‘beginning of the end for nuclear weapons,’ say Nobel Peace Prize winners
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:23 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Speaking to journalists at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, representatives of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – urged countries around the globe to eliminate nuclear weapons.
UN concerned for safety of more than five million displaced in northern Iraq
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): As the Iraqi offensive in and near Hawija in Kirkuk Governorate is drawing to a close, the United Nations and its humanitarian partners expressed deep concern on Monday for the safety of civilian populations in the region.
On World Day, UN spotlights posts’ contributions to development
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:21 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The post plays an important role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as contributes to global social and economic development, the United Nations postal agency said Monday, marking World Post Day.
Global unemployment passes 200 million in 2017, UN labour agency reports
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:20 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): More than 200 million people are out of work around the world – an increase of 3.4 million since last year, the United Nations labour agency said Monday, calling for policies that can recharge “sluggish†growth of small and medium-sized businesses.
UN emergency response fund reaches annual goal of $450 million, but more needed
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:19 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The United Nations global emergency response fund has reached its 2017 funding target of $450 million, but much more is required given that the number of people in need of assistance is at a record high.
DR Congo: Two UN ‘blue helmets’ killed in attack in North Kivu
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:18 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and several injured in an attack on their base in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesperson said.
Rural areas have potential to feed and employ 'younger, more crowded planet' – UN report
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:17 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Long seen as poverty traps, rural areas are in fact key to economic growth in developing countries when pegged to food production, according to a new United Nations agriculture agency report released Monday.
Rohingya refugee children perish as boat capsizes off Bangladesh – UN migration agency
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:16 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): At least 13 Rohingya refugees, 11 of them young children, fleeing violence in Myanmar have drowned when the fishing boat they were on capsized in stormy weather, the United Nations migration agency said.
UNICEF warns of nutrition crisis affecting 165,000 children in Mali
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:15 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): A nutrition crisis, exacerbated by continuing violence, instability and displacement, is threatening the lives and futures of thousands of children in Mali, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.
Troops can be employed despite being medically unfit, hints Canada's top general
Oct 10, 2017, at 03:44 am
Ottawa, Oct 9 (IBNS): Canada's top general has dropped a hint that troops, who get medically unfit for deployment, can be employed in some other services in the future, media reports said.
Fire in Mississauga leaves Syrian refugees homeless
Oct 10, 2017, at 03:43 am
Mississauga, Oct 9 (IBNS): A Syrian family has become homeless after a fire struck a house and burnt completely in Mississauga on Saturday, media reports.said.
Days of depending on US are over: Pakistan PM
Oct 09, 2017, at 10:52 pm
Islamabad, Oct 9 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the days of his country's dependency on the US over its military and other requirements are over.
Quetta: Five killed as gunmen open fire at vehicle
Oct 09, 2017, at 10:22 pm
Quetta, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as gunmen targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday, media reports said.
Richard H. Thaler awarded Nobel Prize in Economics
Oct 09, 2017, at 09:36 pm
Oslo, Oct 9 (IBNS): American economist Richard H. Thaler has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday.
Oct 09, 2017, at 06:54 pm
Toronto, Oct 9 (IBNS): Ontario is on track to balance the budget this year, and has added 34,700 Jobs in September. media reports said, quoting the 2017-18 First Quarter Finances -- which contained updated information about Ontario's fiscal outlook for the current fiscal year .
Former Afghanistan President Karzai slams US govt, says latter aiding ISIS
Oct 09, 2017, at 06:43 pm
Kabul, Oct 9 (IBNS): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has slammed the US government, saying that it aids the so-called Islamic State or ISIS.
Afghanistan: Airstrike kills at least four ISIS militants in Nangarhar
Oct 09, 2017, at 06:28 pm
Achin, Nangarhar, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least four Islamic State militants have been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press reported.
US suspends visa services in Turkey following staffer's arrest
Oct 09, 2017, at 03:39 pm
Ankara, Oct 9 (IBNS): The United States of America has suspended all regular visa services in Turkey after the arrest of one of its staffers in the national capital, media reports said.
Boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes near Bangladesh, at least 11 dead
Oct 09, 2017, at 03:04 pm
Cox's Bazar, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least 11 Rohingya refugees have died after a boat carrying them capsized near the Bangladeshi coast on Monday morning, local Dhaka Tribune reported.
UN chief lauds Dominica's vision to become first climate-resilient nation after recent devastation
Oct 09, 2017, at 02:42 pm
New York, Oct 9(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Dominica on Sunday, taking stock of the immense damage caused by Hurricane Maria last month and the relief efforts underway, as well as paying tribute to its leaders for their vision to not only rebuild but to become the world's first climate-resilient nation.
Oct 09, 2017, at 02:42 pm
New York, Oct 9(Just Earth News): Having seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called for the full mobilization of the international community to support the people of the affected areas, while stressing the need to accelerate climate action.
Study: Polyvictimization erodes school climate
Oct 08, 2017, at 09:54 pm
New York, Oct 8 (IBNS): School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new study showing the highly damaging effects of multiple forms of victimization on school climate.
Canadian man guilty of plotting terror attack targeting New York, to be sentenced in December
Oct 08, 2017, at 06:10 am
Ottawa, Oct 7 (IBNS): A 19-year old Canadian teen, who had pleaded guilty of plotting a terror attack targeting New York, will be sentenced in December this year, media reports said.
Diwali Gala meets up noble cause of assisting Oakville Hospital Foundation in Canada
Oct 08, 2017, at 03:49 am
Toronto, Oct 7 (IBNS): The Oakville Diwali Gala, which was organised in the Halton region of Ontario, has successfully met the noble cause of securing state of the art equipment to assist the Oakville Hospital Foundation (OHF).