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No sustainable development or peace without women: UN deputy chief
The world will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if half the planet is left behind, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said in Papua New Guinea on Sunday: International Women’s Day.…
Coronavirus: Qatar, Kuwait Report New Cases
Qatar's Health Ministry confirmed on Saturday a new case infected with the novel coronavirus, raising the total number of cases in the country to 12. Kuwait also has detected three new cases of the coronavirus
“The infected patient was…
Int’l organizations’ role in supporting efforts to counter Corona discussed
The Higher Committee for Epidemics Control chaired Deputy Prime Minister for Services and Development Affairs Dr. Hussein Maqbouli on Saturday discussed the role of international organizations in supporting the state’s efforts to confront…
Traffic accident kills 30 people in Syria
At least 30 people were killed as fuel tanker collided with two passenger buses and several other cars on a highway near the capital Damascus, Syria’s official news agency reported on Saturday.
According to SANA, the accident occurred on…
28 death cases of coronavirus registered in China
Chinese authorities on Saturday reported 28 death and 99 infected cases of coronavirus “Covid-19″ in the last 24 hours.
The State Health Commission has received data from 31 provinces, confirming that since the spread of the coronavirus…
Report reveals nearly 90 per cent of all people have ‘a deeply ingrained bias’ against women
Despite decades of progress in closing the gender equality gap, close to nine out of 10 men and women around the world, hold some sort of bias against women, according to new findings published on Thursday from the UN Development…
Coronavirus update: 290 million students now stuck at home
School closures in 13 countries linked to the COVID-19 virus epidemic have disrupted the education of more than 290 million students, a record number, the UN education agency UNESCO said on Thursday.
The…
DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response
Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency,…
COVID-19: countries, businesses must safeguard human rights as virus spreads: Bachelet
As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread globally, the UN’s top human rights official appealed on Friday to put rights “front and centre” when implementing preventative measures.
Liz Throssell,…
Coronavirus update: WHO chief calls for private sector to step up, and, should you take that flight?
In his daily briefing to the press on Friday, World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that supplies of medicine are at risk of disruption due to the epidemic, given that China - the worst hit nation…