Effects of colonialism ‘still being felt to this day’
Feb 19, 2022, at 10:53 pm
New York: The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray told the Special Committee on Decolonization on Friday.
Pakistan: Grenade attack in Peshawar leaves 3 policemen injured
Feb 19, 2022, at 10:07 pm
Peshawar: At least three policemen were hurt as a grenade attack hit Pakistan's Peshawar city on Saturday, media reports said.
Conflict in Ukraine disrupting entire generation of children, says UNICEF
Feb 19, 2022, at 08:52 pm
New York: Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 750 schools have been damaged.
Ethiopia conflict: thousands of Eritrean refugees flee new deadly attack on camp
Feb 19, 2022, at 07:13 pm
New York: Thousands of Eritrean refugees sheltering at a camp in the Ethiopian Afar region, have fled following a deadly attack on the facility earlier this month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Time to ‘seriously de-escalate’ tensions over Ukraine, Guterres tells Munich conference
Feb 19, 2022, at 06:11 pm
New York: With tensions continuing to mount over the Ukraine crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that he still believed military conflict in Europe “will not happen” – although if it did, “it would be catastrophic”.
Russian forces are planning to attack Ukraine in coming days: Biden
Feb 19, 2022, at 03:35 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday said Russia might be invading Ukraine in the coming days.
China's wrath: Uyghur high school principal sent to 18 years in prison
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:20 am
Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur educator and principal of a high school in Korla in Xinjiang region of China has been serving 18 years in prison for inviting two Uyghur scholars to give presentations, media reports said on Friday.
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:14 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan and said under his regime the country is sliding towards authoritarianism and dictatorship.
Pakistan: Students’ sit-in for unions revival enters 9th day
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:08 am
Lahore: The sit-in of the Progressive Students Collective (PSC), who are demanding a revival of the student unions, reduction in fee and withdrawal of security forces from the campuses, entered its ninth day of protest on Thursday, media reports said.
Canada's Ontario govt to invest $300,000 for promoting Black history curriculum in schools
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:05 am
Toronto/IBNS: Stephen Lecce, Ontario Minister of Education, Friday announced an investment of $300,000 by the government to support the development of Black history curriculum-aligned resources to assist educators in teaching about the community's experiences and contributions to Canada.
Canada House of Commons sitting cancelled over police actions against protesters
Feb 19, 2022, at 04:03 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's House of Commons sitting in Ottawa to debate the controversial Emergencies Act starting Friday was cancelled as police continue to deal with the fourth week of the protest, said Anthony Rota, Speaker of House of Commons in a tweet.
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:35 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noorul Haq Qadri, has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan not to allow any organisation or individual to raise “anti-Islam slogans” during ‘Aurat March’.
Pakistan: Police arrest three staff members of journalist Mohsin Baig
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:11 am
Islamabad: Police in Islamabad city of Pakistan have arrested three servants of senior media person Mohsin Baig in connection with a case registered over an alleged attack on a team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) who had gone to his house to arrest him on Wednesday.
Bank of Russia prepares bill on ban of cryptocurrencies
Feb 18, 2022, at 11:14 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Bank of Russia has prepared two bills on the ban and circulation of private digital currencies in the country, a source told Sputnik on Friday.
Pakistan: Samaa TV journalist shot dead in Karachi
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Armed robbers shot dead a Samaa TV journalist in an alleged snatching bid in Karachi's North Nazimabad area on Friday, media reports said.
EU waiting for Russian troops' pullback - Finland
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:25 pm
Helsinki/UNI/Sputnik: Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Friday described the situation around Ukraine as quite worrying, saying the European Union was waiting for Russia to follow words with actions concerning the troops' pullback from the Ukrainian border.
Ukraine crisis: UN political affairs chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:58 pm
New York: Amid competing narratives of events unfolding swiftly in and around Ukraine - one detailing the withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders and another proclaiming that an attack is imminent – the UN political affairs chief called on Thursday for the parties to make meaningful progress on implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements, as she briefed the Security Council.
Meeting commitments, requires UN to work in ‘lockstep’ with parliamentarians
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:50 pm
New York: Global commitments on implementing multilateral agreements were front and centre on Thursday, as the General Assembly President co-hosted hundreds of Parliamentarians from around the world – the largest in-person gathering at the UN in New York since last September’s High Level Week.
Global trade expected to slow, after record high of $28.5 trillion in 2021
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:46 pm
New York: Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global supply chains, UN economists said on Thursday.
Child sex abuse in Madagascar ‘widespread and tolerated’
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:28 pm
New York: In Madagascar, child sex abuse is “widespread and tolerated” in tourist hotspots, UN-appointed rights experts said on Thursday.
Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian security body
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:05 pm
New York: Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Africa’s Sahel region facing ‘horrendous food crisis’
Feb 18, 2022, at 08:59 pm
New York: As the Sahel region “stares down a horrendous food crisis”, the UN emergency food relief chief warned on Wednesday that the number of people on the brink of starvation has “increased almost tenfold” over the past three years and “displacement by nearly 400 per cent”.
Joe Biden to host meeting with Ukraine
Feb 18, 2022, at 03:28 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will host a meeting with major allies on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office said in a statement.
Canadian police planning to take ‘imminent’ action against protesters
Feb 18, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Canadian law enforcement agencies are preparing to take "imminent" action against participants in the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, who demand the government scrap COVID-19 vaccine mandates, interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said.
US Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown
Feb 18, 2022, at 02:24 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US Senate passed a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government operating through Mar 11.
Canada truckers' protests head into 4th weekend, Ottawa police pledge action in the coming days
Feb 18, 2022, at 05:25 am
Ottawa/IBNS: After all border crossings between Canada and the United States (U.S.) opened for the first time in more than two weeks of unrest, a few refused to budge from their spot and defiantly ripped up warnings issued by the police.
Sydney beaches shut after shark attack
Feb 17, 2022, at 09:39 pm
Sydney/UNI: Several beaches in Sydney were closed on Thursday after a swimmer was mauled to death by a shark.
Bill Gates meets Imran Khan on 1st ever Pak trip
Feb 17, 2022, at 08:55 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on his first-ever visit to the country, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday.
Russian jets unprofessionally intercept 3 US Navy aircraft: Pentagon
Feb 17, 2022, at 06:30 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Three United States Navy aircraft had been unprofessionally intercepted by Russian aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea during the weekend, Defense Department spokesperson Capt. Mike Kafka told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:52 am
Shenzhen, China: The housing market in China's Shenzhen has gone into deep freeze, as a mixture of anti-speculation measures and a slowing economy sent the market contraction into overdrive, which has left sales of lived-in homes in the secondary market to plunge to 15-year low figures, media reports said on Wednesday.