Headlines- A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
- The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
- A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
- Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
- The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
- After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.
Month: September 2020
Virtual Event on Sexual and Gender-based...
Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, addresses the event on sexual and gender-based violence, “Strengthening commitments to prevent, respond and protect against Sexual and Gender-based Violence in humanitarian crises”
Journalists Hit Out at Fresh Probe...
An ongoing investigation into a hard-hitting journalist with Hong Kong’s government broadcaster RTHK will have a “chilling effect” on the city’s news organizations, the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association (HKJA)
Father And Daughter Duet Benefiting from...
A South African father-daughter singing duo that gained attention in Britain for their singing talents has gone viral in Colombia after being mistakenly identified as relatives of a famous Italian opera singer
Macedonian Air Quality App
There are all kinds of apps that rate the air quality in your home and outside. But one young programmer has created one on his own, that has taken off in his native Macedonia and is expanding worldwide
A Community Forest
Meet a community that came together to create a woodland retreat
Prime Minister of India Addresses UN...
Narendra Modi (on screens), Prime Minister of the Republic of India, addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Kayaking:New Yorkers Find a Safe Way...
With gyms closed and a lot of sports club unable to reopen, New Yorkers have turned to a new safe way of exercising
Indian Grandmother A Symbol of Resistance
An 82-year-old Indian grandmother who became the symbol of resistance to a controversial new citizenship law passed last year that prompted widespread protests has been named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. The protest was cleared in late March after India imposed a stringent lockdown amid the COVID 19 pandemic
Fourth Day of UN General Assembly...
Staff cleans the dais between sessions during the fourth day of the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Myanmar Sees First Gay Election Candidate...
Myanmar’s first openly gay candidate to run for a parliamentary seat in the conservative Buddhist country’s November elections wants to put an end to the abuse that members of the LBGT community say they suffer at the hands of the police