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Reimagine education to achieve quality learning for all, UN and partners urge
Now is the time to “think beyond COVID-19” to reimagine education and realize the goal of providing all students with access to quality learning, UN agencies and their partners said on Monday in a joint statement to mark World…
20 civilians killed in attacks in northern Congo
Twenty civilians were killed in attacks by gunmen on remote areas in Ituri and North Kivu provinces in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the past three days, according to local and international sources on Monday.…
UN organizations call for resuming payment of Yemeni teachers’ salaries
UN organizations and agencies called on Monday for resuming the payment of salaries for nearly half of Yemeni teachers and school employees, estimated at 160,000, who have not received their salaries regularly since 2016.
This came in a…
Coronavirus infections rise to 6.6 million in India
Indian Ministry of Health on Monday announced that 75,000 new cases of Coronavirus and more than 900 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
Thus, the number of Coronavirus infections in India has risen to 6.6 million since the…
UN condemns deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan
The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack on a government building in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, and underlined that the perpetrators must be brought to justice.…
COVID-19 hits mental health services, when they are needed the most, reports WHO
The global pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries it surveyed, underscoring the devastating impact of COVID-19 on these services and highlighting an urgent need to scale up funding,…
Tunisia bans gatherings, reducing working hours due to Coronavirus
Prime minister Hichem Mechichi announced a new package of preventive measures aimed at confronting the Coronavirus and limiting its spread, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported.
The most prominent of which is the adoption is banning…
UK records 12,872 new coronaviru infections
Britain’s health authorities announced on Saturday evening that 12,872 new cases of the new coronavirus had been reported in the last 24 hours.
The figure on the last day is doubled that of the United Kingdom on Friday.
The…
More than 33,000 new coronavirus infections reported in Brazil
The Brazilian Ministry of Health said in a statement late Friday that it had recorded 708 deaths and 33,431 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) within 24 hours.
The total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to date is…
2 US senators infected with Corona virus
Two US senators were infected with the Corona virus after attending an event held by President Donald Trump at the White House recently to announce his candidate for the vacant position on the Supreme Court.
Senator Tom Telles from North…