Paris: One in three children worldwide does not have access to clean drinking water while at school, impacting their health and ability to learn, the United Nations said Wednesday. "Globally, almost one in three schools has no drinking water from an improved source," the UN cultural
Diamniadio Senegal: When Mohamed was hired at the construction site for the United Nations’ new West Africa headquarters in Senegal, he was proud to say he would be working "not only for Africa, but for the world." The 25-year-old Sierra Leonean was a plumber on the
Paris: Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said. Superbugs — strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics — are estimated to have killed 1.27 million
Dubai: Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the republic. Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa
Ladakh: The people of Ladakh district participated in the protest and demanded statehood and constitutional guarantees under the sixth schedule for the Union Territory. The protest was organized under the banner of the Leh-based apex body of People’s Movement for 6th Schedule and the Kargil-based Kargil
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday continued to target the Narendra Modi government in Parliament on allegations that it was in collusion with industrialist Gautam Adani. Party chief Mallikarjun Kharge questioned whether the exponential rise in Adani’s wealth was due to favours from the government. “Wealth
Jaipur: Hindutva organizations Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, have distributed trishuls (tridents) to around 1,100 Hindu youth which was followed by a call for turning India into Hindu Rashtra at Vidyadhar in Jaipur city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. This is not the
London: A summit to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement’s 25th anniversary will take place in Derry next month. The Peace Summit 2023 will be hosted by the John and Pat Hume Foundation and Community Dialogue in partnership with the Glencree Peace and Reconciliation Centre, Youth Action
London: Health workers in Britain began their largest strike, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on the state-run National Health Service (NHS). Nurses and ambulance workers have been striking separately on and off
United Nations: United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres warned nations Tuesday that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a "wider war." The secretary-general laid out his priorities for the year in a gloomy speech to