South Carolina school shooting: 2 students, 1 teacher injured
Sep 29, 2016, at 06:21 am
Townville, Sept 29 (IBNS): At least two children and a teacher were shot at an elementary school in US state of South Carolina on Wednesday, media reports said.
UN health agency declares elimination of measles in the Americas
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:35 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, the United Nations health agency has declared.
Ban calls on UN Security Council for decisive steps to end attacks on hospitals, medical staff
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:34 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Denouncing a surge in “horrific attacks†on hospitals, clinics and medical staff, most recently in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Security Council on Wednesday to take decisive steps to end such obvious war crimes and hold the perpetrators accountable.
Improved UN database spotlights huge global disparities in access to cancer care
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): A revamped global database launched on Wednesday by the United Nations atomic agency highlights startling disparities across the world when it comes to access to treatment and care for cancer.
UN food relief agency reaches town in northern Iraq for first time in two years
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:31 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): For the first time in more than two years, the United Nations food relief agency has distributed urgently-needed food for people in and around the northern Iraqi town of Shirqat, which was under siege and cut off from humanitarian access from 2014 until earlier this month.
On World Day, UN urges rabies control beyond human and animal health services
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:30 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Officials at the United Nations on Wednesday urged human and animal health authorities around the world to step up and more effectively address rabies – a preventable but fatal disease that still claims the lives of an estimated 60,000 people each year – as the international community marks World Rabies Day.
UN pays tribute to Shimon Peres, 'tireless' worker for Middle East peace
Sep 29, 2016, at 04:29 am
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to Shimon Peres, former Israeli President and the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who passed away early Wednesday at the age of 93.
Funeral ceremony of Ex-Israel President Shimon Peres to be held on Friday
Sep 29, 2016, at 02:11 am
New Delhi, Set 28 (IBNS): The funeral ceremony for former President of Israel Shimon Peres will take place on Friday on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
Toronto: Home depot pulls out 'Scary Pepper Creeper' after voyeurism complaint
Sep 29, 2016, at 01:55 am
Toronto, Sept 28 (IBNS): After a "serious crime" complaint lodged due to the "Scary Pepper Creeper" Halloween decoration, Home Depot has said it would pull out the item from its stores, this season.
Mayor Tory to host housing summit to discuss social housing issues
Sep 29, 2016, at 01:51 am
Toronto, Sept 28 (IBNS): Mayors from across Canada will be joining Mayor John Tory later this week as part of a housing summit where municipal leaders will discuss "the affordable and social housing crisis facing Canadian cities."
Microtransit services a good option for hard-to-serve areas
Sep 28, 2016, at 11:29 pm
Toronto, Sept. 28 (IBNS): Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong had foreseen privately-owned vans operating on-demand in low-density areas as a viable option and accordingly planned to put forth a proposal to this effect before the commission’s board, reported Ben Spurr, Transportation Reporter, thestar.com.
21 killed in Afghanistan drone attack
Sep 28, 2016, at 10:43 pm
Kabul, Sept 28 (IBNS): At least 21 militants and civilians were killed in a US drone strike in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
No loss of life reported yet from Indonesia volcano eruption
Sep 28, 2016, at 06:51 pm
Jakarta, Sep 28 (IBNS): Indonesian authorities are searching for several hundred tourists after a volcano erupted at one of the country's most popular hiking destinations, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Australia: Spider bites man on the penis for the second time
Sep 28, 2016, at 03:55 pm
Sydney, Sept 28 (IBNS): An Australian man has been bitten by a venomous spider on his penis for the second time, reports said.
UN Human Rights Council discusses situations in DR Congo, Libya, Ukraine and Burundi
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:14 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): At interactive dialogues on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya Ukraine, and Burundi, senior UN human rights officials and independent experts on Tuesday urged the governments to take immediate steps to ensure protection of human rights in their respective countries.
Accessible tourism will benefit everyone, say senior UN officials on World Day
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:13 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Noting the obstacles that persons with disabilities or those with other access requirements face in taking advantage of fundamental aspects of travel, senior United Nations officials on Tuesday urged policy-makers, travel planners and companies that work with persons with disabilities to work together to make travel more accessible.
UN rights experts urge Pakistan authorities to halt execution of man with disability
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:12 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Four United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday urged authorities in Pakistan to halt the execution of Imdad Ali, a man with a psychosocial disability, and to re-try him in compliance with international standards.
Repealing anti-abortion laws would save the lives of nearly 50,000 women a year – UN experts
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:11 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Warning that unsafe abortions kill nearly 50,000 women each year, United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday called on States across the world to repeal restrictive abortion laws and policies, and all punitive measures and discriminatory barriers to access safe reproductive health services.
Latest Somali election delay raises risks of manipulation, more delays – senior UN official
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:09 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): A new delay in Somalia’s elections is a matter of “immediate concern,†raising fears that the process is being politically manipulated and that the latest postponement may only be one of yet further rolling delays, the top United Nations official in the long-troubled East African country warned on Tuesday.
Mali: UN food relief agency warns funding gap may jeopardize school meals programme
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:09 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday cautioned that unless it receives $3 million in urgent funding, it will have to suspend its school meals programme in Mali, affecting nearly 180,000 children in about 1,000 schools.
Vast majority of world – 6.76 billion people – living with excessive air pollution – UN report
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:08 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): With some 6.5 million people dying annually from air pollution and 92 per cent of the world’s population living in places where levels exceed recommended limits, the United Nations on Tuesday rolled out its most detailed profile of the scourge ever in a bid to slash the deadly toll.
ICC finds Malian extremist guilty of war crime in destroying historic sites in Timbuktu
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:07 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday found a Malian Islamist accused of destroying historical and religious monuments in the fabled city of Timbuktu guilty in the first-ever prosecution of the destruction of cultural heritage as a war crime.
UN humanitarian wing condemns attacks on relief workers in Central African Republic
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:06 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ recent attacks involving humanitarian workers in the northern town of Kaga Bandoro located in the Nana Gribizi prefecture of the Central African Republic (CAR).
UNESCO chief condemns killing of Mexican community radio host
Sep 28, 2016, at 12:20 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Tuesday expressed indignation at the killing of community radio host Agustin Pavia Pavia in the Mexican state of Oaxaca on 13 September.
Ombudsman to probe school bus chaos
Sep 28, 2016, at 04:22 am
Toronto, Sept 27 (IBNS): Ontario’s Ombudsman Paul Dubé announced on Monday that with the growing number of complaints related to school busses, his office would be looking into the matter soon.
Federal heritage status granted to three lighthouses in Atlantic Canada
Sep 28, 2016, at 03:57 am
Toronto, Sept. 27 (IBNS): Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act had designated three lighthouses in Atlantic Canada for federal protection making a total of ninety lighthouses in eight provinces selected for heritage status with more expected to be added to the list, reported The Canadian Press.
Teen hospitalised after brutal stabbing in Toronto
Sep 28, 2016, at 03:07 am
Toronto, Sept 27 (IBNS): A young boy was stabbed in the Toronto city's west end on Monday night.
Clinton-Trump face-off: Charges and retaliations take centre stage at first debate
Sep 27, 2016, at 09:20 pm
New York, Sep 27 (IBNS): The first Presidential election debate between the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the Republican nominee Donald Trump found both sides in a virtual war of words, which was not quite unexpected, according to media reports.
NATO Secretary General to attend the informal meeting of the European Union Defence Ministers
Sep 27, 2016, at 06:28 pm
Brussels, Sept 27 (IBNS): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will participate in the informal meeting of the European Union Defence Ministers in Bratislava on Tuesday, Sept 27, 2016, an official release stated.
UN highlights agriculture's potential to help address climate change and antimicrobial resistance
Sep 27, 2016, at 02:07 pm
New York, Sept 27 (Just Earth News): The role of agriculture should go beyond just generating food to help address global challenges such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance, the head of United Nations agriculture agency stressed on Monday.