• US Decries "Outrageous" China & Russia Veto Of Its Gaza Ceasefire Resolution At UN

    US Decries "Outrageous" China & Russia Veto Of Its Gaza Ceasefire Resolution At UN On Friday Russia and China, along with Algeria, vetoed a US draft resolution on Gaza calling for ceasefire, with the objectors complaining that the language fell short of a clear and unequivocal demand for a ceasefire. The draft ceasefire sought to directly link an immediate ceasefire with the release of all hostages from Gaza. China and Russia saw in it language that paves the way for okaying an...

  • Cara Hunter decries ‘atrocities in Gaza and ongoing cruelty’ as UN warns of ‘imminent famine’

    Speaking this week as the death toll continued to climb above 30,000 and the United Nations warned of imminent famine, the SDLP MLA said: “I have attended rallies and spoken to activists and my constituents. We are all rightly outraged by the ongoing atrocities. How many life-saving supplies are so close, yet so far, to those who need them? "Knowing that, every day, women there are going without adequate and appropriate period products, instead using things like tent material and cloths, is...

  • UN Charter, UN Credibility and Unlawful Unilateral Coercive Measures

    Statement before the United Nations Security Council, Arria Formula Meeting, 25 March 2024. Excellencies, distinguished delegates, The unlawfulness of unilateral coercive measures imposed by certain countries against other States, businesses and individuals has been documented in United Nations studies going back to the seminal report issued in the year 2000 by the Subcommission on the More

  • King, UN chief discuss dangerous situation in Gaza, role of UN agencies

    His Majesty King Abdullah II and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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    Con duros términos, un juez desestima la demanda de Elon Musk contra un grupo de vigilancia de discurso de odio

    urielblanco (CNN) — Un juez federal desestimó este lunes una demanda que interpuso X, empresa de Elon Musk, contra un grupo de vigilancia por sus reportes de discursos de odio en la red social. En una contundente resolución de 52 páginas, el juez calificó la demanda de X de claramente punitiva y observó que no

  • Haiti Situation 'Cataclysmic': UN

    The situation in chaos-wracked Haiti is "cataclysmic", with more than 1,500 people killed by gang violence so far this year and more weapons pouring into the country, the UN said Thursday.

  • Where People Are (Un)Happiest With Their Lives

    Where People Are (Un)Happiest With Their Lives In 2012, the United Nations proclaimed March 20 as the International Day of Happiness or World Happiness Day, which has been held on this date every year since. The aim is to promote awareness for a "more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the happiness and well-being of all people". Although happiness and satisfaction are subjective parameters, Statista's Anna Fleck notes that the team behind...

  • We will continue supporting Zimbabwe — UN

    UNITED Nations (UN) resident coordinator Edward Kallon says the international body will continue supporting Zimbabwe for it to achieve its set economic To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • US sanctions Nicaragua attorney general

    The US announced sanctions on Thursday against Nicaraguan Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, accusing her of assisting the “ruthless oppression of peaceful opposition members” in the country. The Treasury Department dubbed Morales Urbina a "key actor in the Nicaraguan regime’s unjust persecution of political prisoners," according to a press release announcing its sanction. Morales

  • UN offers help to Cuba for the development of MSMEs

    Havana, March 27 (Prensa Latina) UN agencies, funds and programs are today at Cuba's disposal to contribute to the promotion of micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs), cooperatives and self-employed citizens' jobs, a manager endorsed. The post UN offers help to Cuba for the development of MSMEs first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Agreements with Burkina Faso, Nicaragua and Kazakhstan at Atomexpo

    Russia's Rosatom has signed agreements relating to developing nuclear medicine centres in Nicaragua and Kazakhstan, and also a memorandum of understanding with Burkina Faso which includes potential nuclear energy projects.

  • Gaza Crisis: UN unable to halt war

    Following Israel’s warning of a ground assault on Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, which has turned into a refuge for millions of displaced Palestinians, the United Nations has admitted its inability to halt this war. António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, witnessed the fourth attack during his regional trip at the Rafah […]