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School children in Bentiu South Sudan celebrated the International Day of the African Child in style, thanks to a surprise visit by UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana. They brought tons of educational goodies, and as far as we know everyone is still merrily rejoicing! — courtesy Twitter

UNSC reviews obstacles to peace deal in South Sudan

NEW YORK — The UN Security Council (UNSC) will hold an open briefing on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which will celebrate next month the tenth anniversary of independence, to review obstacles to the peace deal and the slow and selective implementation of the revitalized deal on resolving the conflict nationwide.The political and security situation in the country is likely to be discussed at Monday's meeting and the Special Representative and Head of UNMISS Nicholas Haysom, may welcome the reconstitution of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) and call for its activation.The slow implementation of the agreement contributes to creating a state of uncertainty about the peace process, while the human rights, food security and poor economic conditions in the...

June 20, 2021

UNSC reviews obstacles to peace deal in South Sudan

India reported 58,419 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday, the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the Health Ministry showed.

India posts lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases in nearly 3 months

NEW DELHI — India reported 58,419 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday, the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the Health Ministry showed.The total number of cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 29.9 million and so far 386,713 people have died. Deaths rose by 1,576 overnight — the lowest in 63 days.India's COVID chart continued to show improvement Sunday, with the country hitting the lowest number of cases in 81 days. Active cases now comprise 2.44% of the total infections.Active cases have decreased by 30,776 in the last 24 hours to take the tally to 7,29,243. The daily recoveries have been outnumbering the fresh infections for 38 consecutive days now. About 87,619 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.Over 27 crores people have been...

June 20, 2021

India posts lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases in nearly 3 months

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Activists protest treatment of migrants on Bosnia-Croatia border

SARAJEVO — Activists briefly blocked the Croatia-Bosnian border on Saturday in a protest to highlight the European Union's migration policies.About 100 people from different human rights organizations across Europe gathered near the border in Maljevac, Croatia, and held up traffic for about two hours.Police attended the protest but no incidents were reported. The demonstrators, who hailed mostly from Italy but also came from Germany, Austria, Spain and Slovenia, demanded an end to deportations and the dissolution of EU border agency Frontex.Francesco Cibati, from a rights group based in Trieste, Italy, said the group wanted to highlight that everyone should be granted the right to seek asylum.“The European Union is violently pushing people back," he said, "and Croatian...

June 20, 2021

Activists protest treatment of migrants on Bosnia-Croatia border

Polling stations in Armenia have opened on Sunday morning for early elections called by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and against the backdrop of the country's military defeat to Azerbaijan in 2020.

Bitter election in Armenia amid shadow of a lost war

YEREVAN — Polling stations in Armenia have opened on Sunday morning for early elections called by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and against the backdrop of the country's military defeat to Azerbaijan in 2020.Pashinyan, who led the so-called Velvet Revolution against Armenia’s ruling oligarchy in 2018, is now fighting for his political life after Azerbaijan won back control of the contested region of Nagorno Karabakh in a six-week war that ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in November.As part of the deal, Armenia agreed to cede territory that the country had captured from Azerbaijan in 1994 and the defeat has led to street protests and calls for Pashinyan, a 46-year-old former journalist and protest leader, to resign.Pashinyan chose instead to gamble on new parliamentary...

June 20, 2021

Bitter election in Armenia amid shadow of a lost war

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that you can buy, sell and exchange directly, without an intermediary like a bank. — courtesy Unsplash/André François McKenz

Sustainability solution or climate calamity? The dangers and promise of cryptocurrency technology

GENEVA — The negative environmental impact of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has been widely covered in the press in recent weeks and months, and their volatility has also been flagged as a cause for concern.Nevertheless, the UN believes that blockchain, the technology lying behind these online currencies, could be of great benefit to those fighting the climate crisis, and help bring about a more sustainable global economy.A ‘pointless way of using energy’?The amount of energy needed to power the Bitcoin network is staggering: Tim Berners-Lee, credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web, has gone so far as to describe “Bitcoin mining” as “one of the most fundamentally pointless ways of using energy.”Bitcoins don’t exist as physical objects, but new coins are...

June 20, 2021

Sustainability solution or climate calamity? The dangers and promise of cryptocurrency technology

File photo shows a father standing with his children outside their tent in a displacement site outside Marib City, Yemen. — courtesy IOM/Olivia Headon

Yemeni Army Spokesman: 75% of combat capabilities of Houthi rebels at Marib outskirts destroyed

ADEN — Yemeni Army Spokesman Brig. Gen. Abdo Mijalli announced destroying 75 percent of combat capabilities mobilized by the terrorist Houthi militia at the outskirts of Marib during battles and airstrikes over the past few days.Brig. Gen. Mijalli in a press briefing on Saturday said that army forces, supported by tribesmen in his country, are achieving control on the ground through liberating important sites, cutting supply routes of the militias, and confronting all infiltrations and hostile attacks on various fronts in Marib and Al-Jouf governorates in the eastern and northern parts of Yemen.He also stressed that the army has managed to realize progress and gains on the ground in Al-Jouf Governorate, retrieving several sites, cutting supply routes of the terrorist militia, and taking...

June 20, 2021

Yemeni Army Spokesman: 75% of combat capabilities of Houthi rebels at Marib outskirts destroyed

After a seven-month ordeal at sea, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar reunites with his sister (center) in Aceh province, Indonesia. — courtesy UNHCR/Jiro Ose

Refugees disproportionately exposed to COVID impact: Guterres

NEW YORK — Everyone has a duty to help refugees rebuild their lives after a particularly difficult year for so many — that’s the message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, to mark World Refugee Day on June 20.In an appeal for greater empathy for all those who’ve had to flee conflict, climate shocks, and harassment, through no fault of their own, Guterres, who has just been re-appointed for a second term, said that the pandemic had wiped out refugees’ livelihoods, and led to stigmatization and vilification.Refugees had also been exposed disproportionately to the virus, the UN chief insisted, adding that once again, they had demonstrated their invaluable contribution to their host communities as essential and frontline workers.“We have a duty to help refugees rebuild...

June 19, 2021

Refugees disproportionately exposed to COVID impact: Guterres

Three critically-endangered Hawksbill turtles rescued by Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) sustainability teams at the company’s beach in Al Taweelah have been released back to the sea after receiving specialist care at Jumeirah Group’s Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project in Burj Al Arab Jumeirah.

Turtles rescued by EGA released back into sea after treatment at Burj Al Arab Jumeirah

DUBAI, UAE — Three critically-endangered Hawksbill turtles rescued by Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) sustainability teams at the company’s beach in Al Taweelah have been released back to the sea after receiving specialist care at Jumeirah Group’s Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project in Burj Al Arab Jumeirah.EGA monitors turtle nesting at the beach in Al Taweelah each year, protecting nests and carefully capturing injured or unwell turtles so they can receive care.The three turtles were amongst a group of 30 released back to the sea after receiving the needed care at the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project, which has been successfully tending to sick or injured sea turtles since the inception of its dedicated program in 2004, in collaboration with Dubai’s Wildlife Protection...

June 19, 2021

Turtles rescued by EGA released back into sea after treatment at Burj Al Arab Jumeirah

United Nation Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR Nikhil Seth has congratulated the winners of the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development, saying that it is a prestigious prize.

UN aide: Prince Talal Prize is an international prestigious prize

CAIRO — United Nation Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR Nikhil Seth has congratulated the winners of the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development, saying that it is a prestigious prize.During his speech at the ceremony that was held virtually last Wednesday, Seth stated that the prize is pivotal in promoting and supporting pioneering projects that contribute to sustainable development in the least developed countries.He also expressed that, the development community remains grateful to the Late Prince Talal for his pioneering development and humanitarian programs which continue to support the disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized groups of our society.Seth expressed his gratitude saying, “UNITAR is also grateful for its continuing...

June 19, 2021

UN aide: Prince Talal Prize is an international prestigious prize

Videograb of a tornado sweeping through the Auckland suburb on Saturday.

One person dies, 2 injured after tornado hit New Zealand suburb

AUCKLAND — One person has died and another two injured in a tornado that hit New Zealand's South Auckland suburb, the radio station RNZ reported on Saturday.The storm hit the suburb earlier in the day and resulted in destroyed roofs, broken windows and toppled trees.According to the broadcaster, a worker was killed as the tornado reached a freight container hub in the area. The other two have been hospitalized.The storm lifted roofs, toppled trees, shattered windows, downed powerlines and sent trampolines flying in the suburb of Papatoetoe at around 8:30 a.m.A worker was killed when the tornado struck a freight container hub in Wiri Station Road.Two others were taken to Middlemore Hospital — one is in a moderate condition and the other has minor injuries. Several containers were...

June 19, 2021

One person dies, 2 injured after tornado hit New Zealand suburb

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