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July 06, 2022
UK group resignations shake Johnson's cabinet
GENEVA — On Wednesday, the first day of the Women’s Euro 2022 football tournament, the United Nations launched Football For The Goals (FFTG), an initiative aimed at tapping into the power of the game to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN’s blueprint for a fairer, greener future.FFTG is also intended to achieve behavioral change, and bring about sustainable practices in the football industry. The first organization to join up is UEFA, the game’s European governing body, and the UN has invited other members of the wider football community — from leagues and clubs, to players, fan groups and media partners — to follow UEFA’s lead, and commit to positive change.SDG champsThis means adopting UN principles of sustainable development and human rights,...
July 06, 2022
UN and UEFA score sustainable goals as women’s Euro tournament kicks off
July 06, 2022
Mali improvised bomb claims lives of two Egyptian peacekeepers
ALGIERS — Algeria celebrated 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in decades.
The events mark the country’s official declaration of independence on July 5, 1962, after a brutal seven-year war that ended 132 years of colonial rule. The war, which Algerian officials say killed around 1.5 million people, remains a point of tension in relations between Algeria and France.Warplanes whizzed overhead, armored vehicles rolled through central Algiers, and warships were decked out in the city harbor. Algerian flags flew from buildings across the country, and patriotic songs rang out from loudspeakers.“A day of glory for a new era” was the official slogan of the celebration, which includes...
July 06, 2022
Algeria marks 60 years of independence with military parade
July 06, 2022
British Airways cancels more flights at 'most challenging period' in history
July 06, 2022
Yemen parties commit to consolidate truce ahead of Eid Al-Adha
July 06, 2022
Rocco Morabito: Fugitive mobster handed over to Italy
July 06, 2022
China suspends officials for 'ignoring' alleged baby abduction
July 06, 2022
Ukraine reconstruction is a ‘long road’ but it must start now: Guterres
GENEVA — The UN human rights chief called on Tuesday for a prompt, impartial and “transparent investigation” into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.“The reports we have received about serious violence, including killings, during the protests are very concerning,” said High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, while calling on authorities to “exercise utmost restraint”.According to the Prosecutor General’s office, 18 people were killed and 243 injured, including 94 seriously, during the clashes between protesters and security forces in the regional capital, Nukus.But the actual number of casualties may be far higher, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR).While the identities of those who died...
July 06, 2022
Bachelet calls for impartial, ‘transparent investigation’ into Uzbekistan protest deaths
