Massive fire breaks out at five star hotel in London
Jun 06, 2018, at 10:22 pm
London, June 6 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out at a luxury hotel, named Mandarin Oriental, located at Knightsbridge in London on Wednesday evening, media reports said.
Immigrant and disadvantaged children benefit most from early childcare: Study
Jun 06, 2018, at 07:04 pm
London, June 6 (IBNS): Attending universal childcare from age three significantly improves the school readiness of children from immigrant and disadvantaged family backgrounds, a new UCL study has found.
24 Chinese tourists injured in Canada bus mishap
Jun 06, 2018, at 05:19 pm
Ottawa, June 6 (IBNS): A bus carrying 37 Chinese tourists crashed on a highway leading to the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Monday, leaving at least 24 people injured, media reports said.
Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in apparent suicide
Jun 06, 2018, at 09:47 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in an apartment in New York city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Jun 06, 2018, at 09:09 am
Hague, June 6 (IBNS): A video, showcasing Dutch PM Mark Rutte cleaning the coffee he dropped in the country's Parliament, has gone viral.
Ecuadorian politician and poet becomes fourth woman to preside over UN General Assembly
Jun 06, 2018, at 08:43 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of its upcoming 73rd session; only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first since 2006.
Weeding corruption out of sport an investment in development: UN crime-fighting agency
Jun 06, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): Sports scandals, including allegations of endemic corruption and the involvement of organized crime, threaten to undermine the sector’s potential to contribute to peace and global development, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday
‘Spotlight Initiative’ can make violence against women a thing of the past, says UN deputy chief
Jun 06, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): The launch of a new partnership between the United Nations and European Union, is an essential tool to make violence against women and girls “a thing of the past”, said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday.
Children ‘as young as one’ involved in US separation of migrant families – UN rights office
Jun 06, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): The current policy in the United States of separating “extremely young children” from their asylum-seeker or migrant parents along the country’s southern border “always constitutes a child rights violation”, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
England: London teen becomes Britain's youngest convicted female IS terrorist
Jun 05, 2018, at 05:13 pm
London, June 5 (IBNS): A teenager has become the youngest convicted female Islamic State (IS) terrorist in Britain after a court in the country found her guilty of plotting a terror attack on British Museum in capital city London.
Guatemala volcanic eruption: Death toll touches 62
Jun 05, 2018, at 09:25 am
Guatemala City, June 5 (IBNS): the death toll due to the Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala has touched 62, media reports said on Tuesday.
The world is being ‘swamped’ by harmful plastic waste says UN chief, marking Environment Day
Jun 05, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): The world must unite to “beat plastic pollution” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day on Tuesday, noting that microplastic particles in the ocean, “now outnumber stars in our galaxy”.
UN rights expert chides US government's 'systematic assault' on welfare
Jun 05, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): The principal strategy for dealing with extreme poverty in the USA is to “criminalise and stigmatise” those who need assistance, according to a United Nations independent human rights expert, in a statement on Tuesday.
Guterres strongly denounces latest attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic
Jun 05, 2018, at 09:08 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned Sunday’s attack that killed a UN peacekeeper from Tanzania and injured seven others while they were patrolling in the west of the Central African Republic (CAR).
Suicide attack on clerics in Afghanistan condemned by UN
Jun 05, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): United Nations chief António Guterres has condemned Monday’s suicide attack in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, that reportedly killed at least seven religious scholars who had gathered from across the country to promote peace.
UN ‘Tech Bank’ opens in Turkey, to help poor nations ‘leapfrog development challenges’
Jun 05, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): The United Nations on Monday welcomed a new member of the family, which will help address the development challenges of the world’s poorest countries through science, technology and innovation, while also marking a significant milestone for the whole 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Guatemala: UN chief pledges support for rescue effort after deadly volcano eruption
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:57 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his solidarity with the people of Guatemala, and said the Organization stands ready to support rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of a devastating volcanic eruption on Sunday, in the Central American nation.
South Sudan suffering on ‘almost unimaginable scale’, warns UN relief chief
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:51 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): People are suffering “on an almost unimaginable scale” in South Sudan, the United Nations emergency relief chief said on Monday, adding that he welcomed the announcement by the United States that it is to review the amount of assistance it provides to the war-torn country.
UN agency ready to play 'essential role' in verifying DPRK nuclear programme
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains ready to play “an essential role” in verifying the status of North Korea’s nuclear programme as international talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula continue, the agency’s chief said on Monday.
UN agencies express outrage over killing of Palestinian volunteer medic in Gaza
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): United Nations officials have expressed their outrage over Friday’s killing by Israeli security forces of a 21-year-old Palestinian volunteer medic who was helping the injured along the Gaza border.
Fuego Volcano eruption: Death toll rises to 25, hundreds injured
Jun 04, 2018, at 11:44 am
Guatemala City, June 4 (IBNS): At least 25 people have died as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday for the second time this year, media reports said.
Tunisia: Boat capsizes off eastern coast, 48 migrants die
Jun 04, 2018, at 09:12 am
Tunis, June 4 (IBNS): At least 48 migrants died after the boat in which they were traveling capsized off the eastern coast of Tunisia, media reports said on Monday.
Guatemala volcano erupts, several dead
Jun 04, 2018, at 08:28 am
Guatemala City, June 4 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday for the second time this year, media reports said.
Berlin: Police officer shoots knife-yielding man
Jun 04, 2018, at 08:11 am
Berlin, June 4 (IBNS): The police on Sunday shot a knife-yielding man in Berlin city of Germany.
Jun 03, 2018, at 04:38 pm
New York, June 3 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for “calm and restraint” on Saturday, following violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Mali’s capital Bamako.
France, UK, Canada rap Trump, say US trade tariffs absurd, illegal
Jun 02, 2018, at 11:52 am
Paris/LondonJun 2 (IBNS): As US trade tariffs came into force, allies France, the UK and Canada have joined hands in condemning American President Donald Trump, stating that the move is absurd and illegal.
Security Council fails to adopt competing texts on protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions; one produced by Kuwait, in response to the killing of dozens of Palestinian protestors in Gaza, and the other tabled by the United States, which vetoed the initial resolution saying it was “grossly one-sided” against Israel.
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:44 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): Commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the Organization’s headquarters, in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the service and sacrifice made by UN “blue helmets” for the cause of peace around the world.
UN agencies and Myanmar lay groundwork for possible Rohingya return
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): United Nations agencies and Myanmar have agreed a framework which it is hoped will lead to the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, but only if their “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” return from camps in Bangladesh can be guaranteed.
UNHCR raises alarm over deadly detention centre escape in Libya
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted to flee a detention centre in Libya last month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, describing it as the “latest horror story” to emerge from the war-torn country.