Lack of infrastructure, jobs drives rural youth to cities, says UN rural poverty agency head
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:11 am
New York, Apr 3 (Just Earth News): Investing in rural youth is essential to stem the migration of young people looking for work in cities and to keeping a global food supply, the new head of the United Nations agency charged with eradicating rural poverty on Monday said.
Syria: Agriculture should be kick-started now despite huge destruction – UN report
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:10 am
New York, Apr 3 (Just Earth News): With six years of conflict in Syria causing more than $16 billion of lost crop and livestock production and destroyed farming assets, a United Nations report published on Monday stressed the need to reboot and kick-start the agricultural sector now to dramatically reduce the need for humanitarian aid and migration.
Russia: St Petersburg metro explosions kills 10
Apr 04, 2017, at 12:06 am
Moscow, Apr 3 (IBNS): At least 10 people have been killed as explosion rocked inside a metro train at the Sennaya Square station in St. Petersburg, Russian media reports said.
Ontario calls for equal pay for women
Apr 03, 2017, at 11:03 pm
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): Indira Naidoo-Harris, Ontario’s Minister for the Status of Women, has said although women made up some 55 percent of the workforce within the public service, they take home about 12 percent less money than their male counterparts, media reports said.
Tory proposes vacant properties’ owners should be taxed
Apr 03, 2017, at 11:03 pm
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): Toronto Mayor John Tory has suggested, in a recent meeting with experts in the real estate, banking, business and housing sectors, that in the wake of the recent increases in prices of houses in Toronto, taxes should be levied on the vacant houses, media reports said.
If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will, says Donald Trump
Apr 03, 2017, at 03:57 pm
Washington, Apr 3 (IBNS): Responding to nuclear threats from North Korea, US President Donald Trump has said that his government is going to take on the Kim Jong-un led nation, with or without the help of China.
Pakistan: Explosion in North Waziristan, 2 injured
Apr 02, 2017, at 11:20 pm
Islamabad, Apr 2 (IBNS): An explosion hit Pakistan's North Waziristan area which left at least two security personnel injured on Sunday, media reports said.
Dubai building fire brought under control
Apr 02, 2017, at 09:54 pm
Dubai, Apr 2 (IBNS): Fire broke out at a building close to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai city on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 20 killed by shrine custodian in Sargodha
Apr 02, 2017, at 08:39 pm
Islamabad, Apr 2 (IBNS): At least 20 people, including six members from one family, were killed and four others were injured by custodian of a shrine in Sargodha in Pakistan's Punjab province, media reports said on Sunday.
193 people die as three rivers overflow in Columbia
Apr 02, 2017, at 06:40 pm
Columbia, Apr 2 (IBNS): At least 193 people died as an avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers flooded a small city in Colombia in the US, media reports said.
Canada: Federal, provincial and indigenous leaders develop action plan to support First Nations
Apr 02, 2017, at 06:10 pm
Toronto, Apr 2 (IBNS): A new agreement has been recently signed to plan for the First Nation community's future by Indigenous, federal and provincial leaders in Kashechewan, media reports said.
Bombardier chairman desires his salary increase to be reversed
Apr 02, 2017, at 04:52 pm
Toronto, Apr 2 (IBNS): Senior Quebec cabinet ministers said on Friday that citizens and elected officials had been shocked regarding increased executive pay of senior executives of Bombardier, media reports said.
Saskatchewan Premier invites oil and gas companies to relocate, Alberta takes offence
Apr 01, 2017, at 06:59 pm
Calgary, Apr 1 (IBNS): Brad Wall, Premier of Canada's Saskatchewan province, appears to have ruffled his counterpart from Alberta, Rachel Notley, by inviting a few Calgary-based oil and gas firms to relocated to Saskatchewan.
IOM, Japan support internally displaced families in Libya
Apr 01, 2017, at 06:22 pm
Libya, Apr 1(Just Earth News): Japan, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has committed USD 679,500 to support a 12–month project addressing the immediate needs of internally displaced families in Libya.
Mosul tops IOM’s 2017 funding appeal for Iraq
Apr 01, 2017, at 06:10 pm
Iraq, Apr 1(Just Earth News): As the Mosul battle to retake Iraq’s northern city approaches its seventh month, responding to the needs of affected people has become IOM’s top priority, according to the UN Migration Agency’s Iraq Crisis Funding Appeal.
Tailored village-specific policies bolster fight against traffickers in Indonesia
Apr 01, 2017, at 06:07 pm
Indonesia, Apr 1 (Just Earth News): The fight against human trafficking begins with grassroots leadership, the representatives of 13 at-risk Indonesian communities were told at Wednesday’s unveiling of a series of innovative village-specific counter trafficking policies developed by a district anti-trafficking task force with IOM’s assistance.
LGBTQ flag creator Gilbert Baker dies, aged 65
Apr 01, 2017, at 05:49 pm
New York City, Apr 1 (IBNS): Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow flag, the symbol of the LGBTQ community, has died, reports said.
Toronto firm to undertake Hyperloops project to connect Calgary with Edmonton
Apr 01, 2017, at 04:39 pm
Calgary, Apr 01 (IBNS): A Toronto based new technology firm is likely to take up a project of Hyperloops, which is a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation that would propel a pod-like vehicle through a reduced-pressure tube, to connect Calgary with Edmonton, said media reports.
UN agency dispatches 3.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine to counter outbreak in Brazil
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:24 pm
New York, Apr 1(Just Earth News): In response to the yellow fever outbreak on-going in Brazil, some 3.5 million doses of vaccine from the emergency stockpile were deployed to the country through a United Nations-backed coordination mechanism, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
UN calls for recognizing the rights of people with autism to make their own decisions
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:23 pm
New York, Apr 1(Just Earth News): Ahead of World Autism Awareness Day, the United Nations on Friday called for recognizing the rights of people with the spectrum neurological condition, which is believed to affect 70 million people around the world.
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Apr 1(Just Earth News): The Paris Agreement on climate change remains a momentous diplomatic success, universally supported by all countries when it was adopted in 2015 at a United Nations conference, and as of on Friday, it has been ratified by 141 nations, surpassing the threshold for its entry into force.
INTERVIEW: Mark Bowden on his time in Afghanistan and on revamping international aid
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:20 pm
New York, Apr 1 (Just Earth News): The conflict in Afghanistan is “partially forgotten,†the former United Nations Deputy Special Representative for the country has warned, calling for more aid for displaced families and a greater focus on bridging the poverty gaps.
DR Congo: Security Council extends peacekeeping mandate, but reduces troop strength
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:19 pm
New York, Mar 31 (Just Earth News): The Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year but reduced the number of troops.
Incremental progress but ‘we’re not yet there,’ UN mediator on Syria reports
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:17 pm
New York, Apr 1 (Just Earth News): The latest round of the United Nations-facilitated intra-Syrian talks concluded on Friday in Geneva where UN envoy Staffan de Mistura told journalists the discussions had been serious and the parties engaged, but “we’re not yet there.â€
Approval of Somalia’s new cabinet a ‘green light for action,’ says UN envoy
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:15 pm
New York, Apr 1 (Just Earth News): Welcoming the Somali Federal Parliament’s approval of a new cabinet, the United Nations envoy for the country expressed hope that the new Government will be able to address the challenges confronting the Horn of Africa nation.
UNESCO award for Dawit Isaak 'sign of hope' to free imprisoned Eritrean journalist
Apr 01, 2017, at 01:14 pm
New York, Apr 1 (Just Earth News): An imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist who was arrested in a crackdown on the media in September 2001 and was known for his critical and insightful reporting has won a prestigious United Nations prize dedicated to promoting press freedom.
Canada govt to invest 1.9 billion in GO train transit, Ontario welcomes decision
Apr 01, 2017, at 07:08 am
Toronto, Mar 31 (IBNS) The Federal Government in Canada will invest roughly $1.9 billion in the GO RER (Regional Express Railway) project thus upgrading the GO Transit train service, a move welcomed by Ontario.
UN, partners warn 108 million people face severe food insecurity worldwide
Apr 01, 2017, at 05:59 am
New York, Apr 1(Just Earth News): Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people worldwide were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic increase compared with 80 million in 2015, according to a United Nations-backed report on food crises that offers benchmark for action needed to avoid catastrophe.
Some 300 million people suffer from depression, UN warns ahead of World Health Day
Apr 01, 2017, at 05:57 am
New York, Apr 1(Just Earth News): More than 300 million people are now living with depression, which is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) released ahead of World Health Day.
Guterres voices 'disappointment and alarm' after latest Israeli settlement announcement
Apr 01, 2017, at 05:56 am
New York, Apr 1(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, voicing concern about the latest decision to build a new settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.