Health Canada approves rapid COVID-19 testing device as cases surge
Oct 02, 2020, at 05:03 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Health Canada's approval of Abbott Laboratories-backed point-of-care ID NOW rapid COVID-19 testing devices, which give the result in just 15 minutes, would enable millions of more tests to be conducted for communities combating with a surge in coronavirus cases, media reports said.
Pakistani opposition parties are persecuted and punished: Activist Sajjad Raja
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:19 am
Islamabad: Gilgit-Baltistan leader and activist Sajjad Raja has targeted the Pakistani government and said it is only busy “persecuting the opposition leaders”.
Imran Khan govt to push for ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's deportation from UK
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:02 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has tasked relevant authorities with bringing back Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo leader Nawaz Sharif from London, media reports said.
Oct 02, 2020, at 03:48 am
Toronto/IBNS: The rapid surge in COVID-19 cases by some Canadian provinces in just a few weeks after the start of the school year, had forced a large number of families to consider a switch from in-person to virtual learning where it's offered, media reports said.
Moria fires aftermath: More than 1,000 asylum seekers relocated from Greece this year
Oct 01, 2020, at 11:11 pm
New York: Nearly 140 asylum seekers were relocated from Greece to Germany on Wednesday through a European Commission-funded initiative that has relocated more than 1,000 people so far this year alone, three UN agencies have reported.
Libyan rivals conclude talks on key security and military issues
Oct 01, 2020, at 10:46 pm
New York: Delegations from Libya’s warring sides meeting in Egypt have concluded two days of security and military talks in efforts towards a lasting ceasefire, the UN political mission for the country, UNSMIL, has reported.
Thailand: More than 100 companies pledge to strengthen women’s economic empowerment
Oct 01, 2020, at 10:42 pm
New York: Chief executives of 110 companies in Thailand on Wednesday, have signed up to a new set of UN principles on women’s economic empowerment, pledging to improve gender equality in the boardroom, equal pay for equal work, and safer and more inclusive workplaces.
US: Chinese national sentenced for laundering Millions for Mexican drug cartels
Oct 01, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Washington: A Chinese national was sentenced today to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $4.2 million for laundering drug proceeds generated by large-scale cocaine trafficking in the United States.
Oct 01, 2020, at 04:38 am
Toronto/IBNS: Sponsored and presented jointly by Canada India Foundation (CIF), Canadian Ayurvedic Practitioners Association (CAPA) & Vedic Spiritual Heritage Foundation (VSHF), Ayurveda Speaker Series would cover preventive health and common diseases virtually on the Zoom platform starting Oct 4 and will repeat every fortnight, CIF reported.
Canada: COVID-19 aid bill passed unanimously, Liberals survived a confidence vote
Oct 01, 2020, at 04:33 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Backed by the support of Bloc Québécois and the Conservatives, Bill C-4 has been unanimously passed by the House of Commons in the early hours of Wednesday authorizing new benefits for workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
The UN is ‘right platform’ to address global challenges: Tanzanian Ambassador
Oct 01, 2020, at 12:22 am
New York: The COVID-19 outbreak reminds the world that we need “to enhance solidarity within the multilateral system” to confront global challenges, the representative of Tanzania told the closing session of the UN’s annual high-level session on Tuesday.
Nuclear threat against North Korea ‘continues unabated’, UN ambassador tells Assembly
Oct 01, 2020, at 12:09 am
New York: During the past several decades, North Korea has done “everything possible” to safeguard peace and security on the Korean peninsula, the country’s representative told the UN high-level General Debate on Tuesday.
UN Middle East envoy urges sides to engage ‘before it is too late’
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:36 pm
New York: Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and their international partners, must urgently resume peace efforts “before it is too late”, UN Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov told the Security Council on Tuesday, echoing the Secretary-General.
Uighurs may be able to file genocide case against China in UK court
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:32 pm
London/UNI: The British Parliamentarians, sympathetic to Uighurs are pushing for Muslim minorities in China being allowed to file petitions in the UK High Court against the alleged genocide in Xinjiang.
Climate change ‘the defining challenge of our generation’ says New Zealand Ambassador
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:26 pm
New York: There is no vaccine against climate change, the Permanent Representative of New Zealand told the UN General Assembly debate on Tuesday, noting that now more than ever, the international community must “step up, collectively and in the common interest.”
To UN, Israeli Prime Minister says ‘no doubt’ more Arab countries will soon join ‘circle of peace’
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:17 pm
New York: While telling the UN General Assembly on Tuesday there was “good news” to report about the “expanding circle of peace” between Israel and some Arab countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also accused Hezbollah militants of storing weapons in a residential area of Beirut.
WHO promises ‘robust’ investigation of sexual abuse allegations against workers in DR Congo
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:14 pm
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, promised that any of its staff working as part of the agency’s Ebola response team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) found to have been involved in sexual exploitation and abuse, would face “serious consequences, including instant dismissal.”
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:12 pm
New York: From domestic violence to sexual abuse, online harassment and increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV) is “a global scourge” that is being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said on Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:01 pm
Amsterdam: The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) hosted a well-attended webinar titled, ‘Rise of ISIS in South Asia’, on the sidelines of the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Pandemic shows international cooperation ‘delivers results’, says German Foreign Minister
Sep 30, 2020, at 10:10 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how international cooperation “delivers results” in efforts to resolve conflict, though there is still a long way to go, Germany’s Foreign Minister told the UN General Assembly in a pre-recorded speech broadcast on Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2020, at 09:45 pm
New York: Bilateral cooperation is the only way to effectively resolve the repatriation issue between Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Minister of the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, told the UN General Assembly.
Loud sound rocks Paris, police say it was caused due to sonic boom from a fighter jet
Sep 30, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Paris: A loud sound was heard in the French capital Paris on Wednesday.
Protect the world from sliding into global recession, urges UN chief
Sep 30, 2020, at 09:26 pm
New York: The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic “are as bad as we feared”, the UN Secretary-General said, as he warned that the international community must act now if it is stave off a global recession, which could wipe out decades of development gains.
India slams Pakistan over its treatment towards minorities
Sep 30, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Geneva: At UNHRC, India on Monday slammed Pakistan by stating that Pakistan is known as the “killing field” for the minorities.
Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels
Sep 30, 2020, at 03:59 pm
New York: Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Food loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, UN chief says on International Day
Sep 30, 2020, at 03:44 pm
New York: New approaches and solutions are needed to address worsening food loss and waste, the UN Secretary-General has said, in a message marking the first ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction.
COVID-19: ‘Legitimate concerns’ must be heard, and fears addressed over misinformation
Sep 30, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York: Amid continuing uncertainty, fear and anxiety around the world over the COVID-19 pandemic, senior UN officials are keen to stress the legitimacy of concerns, listen carefully to citizens around the world, and help them distinguish between misinformation and accurate information, based on science.
ISIS kills 9 civilians in Syria's Hama
Sep 30, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Damascus/Xinhua: Nine civilians were killed on Tuesday by the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's central province of Hama, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
US sentences Chinese national to 5 Years over money laundering charges
Sep 30, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Washington/Sputnik: A US federal judge has sentenced a citizen of China to five years in jail for laundering millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels, the Department of Justice announced in a press release.
Canada Conservatives skeptical if Liberals meet target to end First Nations' boil water advisories
Sep 30, 2020, at 05:09 am
Ottawa/IBNS: COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized some of the Liberal government's key deadlines of its reconciliation agenda including a promise to end all long-term boil-water advisories on First Nations by March 2021, media reports said.