South Sudan: Alarmed by violence in Yei, UN mission calls for immediate end to hostilities
Oct 11, 2016, at 01:25 pm
New York, Oct 11 (Just Earth News): Extremely concerned by the continuing deterioration of the security situation in the South Sudanese town of Yei, where an estimated 100,000 people are trapped, the United Nations mission in the African country on Monday called on warring factions to immediately end all hostilities.
Oct 11, 2016, at 01:23 pm
New York, Oct 11 (Just Earth News): Announcing the launch on Monday of a new platform for scaling up innovative finance solutions to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the initiative can help in identifying and piloting innovative finance instruments that can drive investment and support well thought-out SDG interventions.
Police nabs IS suspect in Germany
Oct 10, 2016, at 11:56 pm
Leipzig, Oct 10 (IBNS): A Syrian man arrested by German police following a two-day manhunt, had a probable IS link, BBC reported.
US Presidential debate: Trump and Clinton fight a bitter battle
Oct 10, 2016, at 06:45 pm
St.Louis,Washington, Oct 10 (IBNS) : The vicious spurring going on between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton turned nasty in their second debate on Sunday where he wanted her to be in jail and she called him a 'congenital liar'.
Oct 10, 2016, at 06:38 am
New York, Oct 10 (Just Earth News): Senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, have condemned an attack in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, that killed more than 140 people and injured at least five hundred more. They also called for swift and impartial investigations into the incident.
Oct 10, 2016, at 06:36 am
New York, Oct 10 (Just Earth News): Marking World Post Day, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) has stressed that putting customers at the heart of its service and adjusting to rapid technological modernization remains the top priority of the postal services worldwide.
Oct 10, 2016, at 01:31 am
Rawalpindi , Oct 9 (IBNS): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited frontlines troops deployed along the line of control (LOC) in Haji Pir Sector on Sunday.
Canada to impose regulations on vaping products
Oct 10, 2016, at 12:46 am
Ottawa, Oct 9(IBNS): The liberal government of Canada says it has plans to introduce new legislation to regulate vaping products, once it comes back after the fall.
Canada's population soars with immigrant and refugee arrivals
Oct 10, 2016, at 12:06 am
Toronto, Oct 9 (IBNS): Statistic Canada says record number of immigrants and refugees arriving on Canadian shores have helped push Canada’s official population over 36 million as of July 1.
Police seized illegal marijuana plants from Health Canada licensed grow-op in Ontario
Oct 09, 2016, at 10:40 pm
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Oct. 9 (IBNS): Police have seized more than 4,000 illicit marijuana plants worth more than an estimated four million dollars from a Health Canada approved grow-op on Oct 3.
Security Council fails to adopt resolutions on ending violence in war-torn Syria's eastern Aleppo
Oct 09, 2016, at 12:21 pm
New York, Oct 9(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Saturday failed to adopt two resolutions to end the bloodshed in Syria's besieged eastern Aleppo.
In Iceland, UN chief highlights that fate of Arctic and that of the world are intertwined
Oct 09, 2016, at 12:18 pm
ew York, Oct 9 (Just Earth News): Drawing attention to the melting of the Arctic ice cap, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday underlined the urgency of implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change and the need to help developing countries in their efforts to combat climate change.
One civilian killed in Afghanistan suicide attack
Oct 09, 2016, at 04:40 am
Kabul, Oct 8 (IBNS): Suicide bombing in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province killed at least one civilian on Saturday media reports said.
Official celebration of October Islamic Heritage Month in Ontario
Oct 09, 2016, at 03:29 am
Toronto, Oct 8 (IBNS): The legislature of Ontario had unanimously passed an act for the official recognition of the month of October to celebrate Islamic Heritage in Ontario, reports said.
New bill to punish Ontario teachers convicted of abuse
Oct 09, 2016, at 03:29 am
Ottawa, Oct 8 (IBNS): According to a recent update from the education minister Mitzie Hunter, a new bill surfaced that would automatically expel teachers out of the profession if they are convicted of sex abuse or child pornography.
Major gaps in Ontario personal support worker registry says the report
Oct 09, 2016, at 03:08 am
Toronto, Oct 8 (IBNS): Miranda Ferrier, head of the Ontario Personal Support Worker (PSW) Association, displeased with the shut down of the registry by the province in January, said reports.
Sexting and digital flirting poses threat to teenage life: Experts
Oct 09, 2016, at 03:00 am
Toronto, Oct 8 (IBNS): Grade 4 students in Nova Scotia are being tutored how to stay safe online, to avoid the personal and legal damages associated in the age of digital flirting and sexting.
Oct 08, 2016, at 07:04 pm
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): Welcoming a recent draft bill to the Guatemalan Congress on constitutional justice reform, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) On Friday urged a rapid approval by the Government while voicing concern over the growing threats against judicial authorities.
Labour disparity between girls and boys perpetuates gender stereotypes, UNICEF report shows
Oct 08, 2016, at 06:56 pm
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): Ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) On Friday released a report warning that the worldwide disparity between unpaid household chores assumed by girls aged five through 14 as compared to their male counterparts, amounts to 40 per cent more time – or 160 million more hours a day.
Colombian Government and FARC-EP request UN to authorize Mission to continue supporting ceasefire
Oct 08, 2016, at 06:46 pm
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): The Colombian Government and the country’s largest rebel group announced On Friday that they are willing to press ahead on the goals of the historic peace accord that was rejected by voters this past weekend, while the two sides also requested that the United Nations Mission in the country continue its work, particularly relating to monitoring the ceasefire.
UN chief welcomes decision by global aviation body to cut global greenhouse gases
Oct 08, 2016, at 06:34 pm
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon On Friday welcomed the yesterday’s decision of the member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to adopt a new emissions standard to control global greenhouse gas emissions from international airline flights.
UN condemns deadly attack on ‘refugee hosting area’ in western Niger
Oct 08, 2016, at 10:48 am
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the attack against a security post at a refugee hosting area in Tazalit, in the Tahoua region of Niger, bordering Mali, on 6 October, in which at least 22 members of Niger’s security forces were killed and several others were injured.
Oct 08, 2016, at 10:47 am
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): Most civilians living in areas of northern Nigeria recaptured by the armed forces from Boko Haram since the start of the year still face serious protection problems and lack the most basic assistance, with women particularly at risk, the United Nations refugee agency warned On Friday.
Oct 08, 2016, at 10:44 am
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): After two months of intense flooding, the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) is now facing another looming danger as a severe winter is closing with thousands of children still in need of urgent assistance, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partner agency Save the Children.
UN rights office calls for independent inquiry following numerous deaths at an Ethiopian festival
Oct 08, 2016, at 10:43 am
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): Expressing concern at increasing unrest in several Ethiopian towns following deaths of a number of people in unclear circumstances in the country’s Bishoftu town, the United Nations human rights arm has called on protesters to exercise restraint and on security forces to conduct themselves in line with international human rights laws and standards.
Reports that Yahoo aided US e-mail surveillance draw concern of UN human rights expert
Oct 08, 2016, at 10:41 am
New York, Oct 8(Just Earth News): The top United Nations expert of free expression said On Friday that reports that Yahoo complied with United States intelligence demands by searching the e-mails of hundreds of millions of customers “raise serious human rights concerns.â€
Shining lights on bikes for Toronto cyclists in dark
Oct 08, 2016, at 04:29 am
Toronto, Oct 7 (IBNS): The annual Get Lit! campaign sponsored by the city and Bike Law Canada, would be organized by cyclist-advocacy group Cycle Toronto with the aim of educating cyclists to have well lit bikes while cycling in the dark, reports said.
Thomson Reuters to expand in Canada
Oct 08, 2016, at 04:27 am
Toronto, Oct 7(IBNS): Thomson Reuters Corp. has planned a major extension to its Canadian operation by building a technology hub, which will add over 400 high-tech jobs in downtown Toronto over the next coupe of years.
Canada added 67,000 new jobs but unemployment rate still the same
Oct 08, 2016, at 04:25 am
Toronto, Oct 7(IBNS): The Canadian economy recently added 67,000 jobs in September.
Pakistan: Two blasts target train, six killed
Oct 08, 2016, at 01:38 am
Quetta, Oct 7 (IBNS): At least six people were killed as two blasts targeting railway tracks hit near the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.