Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert
May 15, 2020, at 04:39 pm
New York/IBNS: Last week’s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India, is a grim wake up call for the chemical industry to acknowledge and fulfil its responsibility to respect human rights, the UN independent expert who monitors the issue, said on Thursday.
Tribute: Bangladesh national professor Anisuzzaman, a life less ordinary
May 15, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Dhaka: Drawing the curtain down on an illustrious life, Bangladesh's National Professor, Dr. Anisuzzaman, passed away at the Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Thursday (May 14). He was 83 years old. It was revealed after his death that he was infected with coronavirus.
Car bomb explosion in Paktia kills five civilians
May 15, 2020, at 10:14 am
Paktia/IBNS: At least five civilians were killed as a car bomb exploded in front of the gate of a Defense Ministry facility in Gardiz city of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
'Back-end’ validation of CERB claims possible only during 2021 tax season
May 14, 2020, at 09:33 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Planning of measures by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is being done to check up on Canadians receiving Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the COVID-19 crisis, media reports said.
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Falun Gong practitioners in Vienna highlight their plight inflicted by China
May 14, 2020, at 09:04 pm
Vienna: Practitioners of Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, gathered on Wednesday in Austria's capital city Vienna to mark World Falun Dafa Day and also highlighted how they were targeted by Chinese.
COVID-19: Britain may take harder stance against China
May 14, 2020, at 08:29 pm
London: The British government's mollifying stance on China is likely to harden in the coming months once the immediate concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak are dealt with, media reports said.
South Sudan: Coronavirus cases confirmed inside UN civilian protection site
May 14, 2020, at 03:43 pm
New York/IBNS: The South Sudanese Government has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 have been identified inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in the capital, Juba, although the world’s youngest nation has been relatively unscathed by the pandemic, with 74 cases recorded so far.
Take ‘all appropriate public health measures’ to protect detainees from coronavirus, UN urges
May 14, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York/IBNS: UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others in confinement, urging Governments to take “all appropriate public health measures” to keep them safe from the deadly disease.
Hong Kong urged to drop prosecutions of leading activists, not to silence peaceful protest
May 14, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts urged Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday to immediately drop the criminal prosecution of 15 pro-democracy activists who participated in peaceful protests across the Special Administrative Region of China last year.
Canadian National Exhibition 2020 to get cancelled due to fear of COVID-19 spread
May 13, 2020, at 11:08 pm
Toronto/IBNS: 2020 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), scheduled to run from Aug 21 to Sept 7 at Exhibition Place in Toronto, is being cancelled due to the fear of COVID-19 spread, making it the first time since the Second World War that CNE will not be held, media reports said.
Covid-19: Kuwait records 11,028 cases, 82 deaths
May 13, 2020, at 06:39 pm
Kuwait City/Xinhua: Kuwait on Wednesday reported 751 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths, raising the tally of infections in the country to 11,028 and the death toll to 82, Kuwaiti Health Ministry said in a statement.
Pashtun activist claims Pakistan Army committing human rights violations
May 13, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Islamabad: A Pashtun activist has accused the Pakistan Army of committing human rights violations in the country's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Attack India with forces: PoK PM tells Imran Khan
May 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: At this moment of crisis when the world is combating COVID-19, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) PM Farooq Haider has asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan to attack India with forces.
Pakistan disobeying UNSC resolution on Kashmir: PoK activist writes to British MP
May 13, 2020, at 05:54 pm
London/IBNS: A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Shabir Choudhry has written to British lawmaker and Leader of Opposition, Keir Starmer, and informed him that Islamabad is not obeying UN Security Council's resolutions on Kashmir issue.
Amid COVID-19 scare, Chinese police clash with protesters in Hong Kong
May 13, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Beijing/Hong Kong: China seems to be using their trick of moving into Hong Kong even as the world is busy combating COVID-19.
Bangladesh reports 19 more COVID-19 deaths
May 13, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 269 as 19 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country on Wednesday
New Zealand ends nationwide state of emergency as moving to COVID-19 alert level 2
May 13, 2020, at 04:36 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The authorities of New Zealand have canceled the nationwide state of emergency, as the country is due to move from the COVID-19 alert level 3 to level 2 amid the decrease in the number of cases, Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare said in a statement on Wednesday.
US plans to issue alert that Chinese hackers are targeting COVID-19 vaccine research
May 13, 2020, at 02:27 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States is planning to issue a warning that hackers tied to the Chinese government are attempting to steal information from researchers working to develop a coronavirus vaccine, media reports said.
Canada's free tax clinics go virtual
May 13, 2020, at 02:02 pm
Ottawa, May 13 (IBNS): Diane Lebouthillier, Canada's Minister of National Revenue, announced on Tuesday that free virtual tax clinics would be held in Canada on an interim basis while still following physical distancing guidelines due to COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
COVID-19 cases in Nepal cross 200-mark
May 13, 2020, at 01:39 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: COVID-19 cases in Nepal crossed 200 mark after the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday reported 83 new cases, in the largest single day spike in cases.
Afghanistan: UN shocked and outraged over deadly attacks on maternity hospital and funeral
May 13, 2020, at 01:07 pm
New York/IBNS: Perpetrators behind two separate deadly attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday must be brought to justice, top UN officials have said.
Universal basic income the right prescription for Latin America & Caribbean – UN report
May 13, 2020, at 01:01 pm
New York/IBNS: A new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) unveiled on Tuesday, proposes that governments ensure immediate temporary cash transfers to help millions of people struggling to meet basic needs, as the massive fallout from COVID-19 ripples across the region’s economies.
UN chief appeals to ‘common humanity’ across all faiths, in tackling the coronavirus
May 13, 2020, at 12:59 pm
New York/IBNS: Our shared vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic reveals “our common humanity”, the UN chief said on Tuesday during an online meeting with religious leaders on the important role they can play, in limiting the damage caused by COVID-19.
Political will ‘fundamental’ to realizing a more just and prosperous Iraq: UN envoy
May 13, 2020, at 12:49 pm
New York/IBNS: Despite compounding crises that include the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting oil revenues, a more prosperous and inclusive Iraq can be achieved provided the political will is there, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council during a virtual meeting held on Tuesday.
Chad’s storytellers take COVID prevention messages off the grid
May 13, 2020, at 12:41 pm
New York/IBNS: Traditional storytellers in Chad, known as troubadours, are taking life-saving messages to remote communities in the Sahelian country, as the Government steps up its efforts with the support of the UN to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.
Afghanistan: ISIS terrorists target funeral in Nangarhar during Ramadan, 24 killed
May 13, 2020, at 12:31 pm
Kabul/IBNS: In the holy month of Ramadan, terrorists targeted a funeral in Afghanistan's Nangarhar region which left 24 people dead and 70 others injured, media reports said on Wednesday.
South Korea's employment reduces 476,000 in April over COVID-19
May 13, 2020, at 10:31 am
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea's employment reduced 476,000 in April from a year earlier as companies encouraged employees to go on an unpaid leave or be laid off amid the COVID-19 outbreak, statistical office data showed Wednesday.
Terror attack in Kabul hospital leaves two newborns, 12 others dead
May 13, 2020, at 10:24 am
Kabul/IBNS: The terror attack in a hospital in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday left at least 14 people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Banning Indian raw material can prove suicidal: Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry warns Imran govt
May 13, 2020, at 03:04 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Despite all their designs against India, Pakistan government is facing a dilemma. It is because of a plea from its own people against the banning of Indian raw material for manufacturing drugs in the country, specially at this time when the nation is grappling with COVID-19 outbreak.
Belgium registers 53,779 COVID-19 cases, death toll at 8,761
May 12, 2020, at 06:52 pm
Brussels/Xinhua: Belgium has recorded 330 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the total to 53,779 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a statement by the public health institute Sciensano released Tuesday.