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The latest round of Taliban-Afghan government peace talks in Qatar ended on July 19 with little apparent progress. Many Afghans are concerned about the group’s failure to accept women’s rights in the past
The United Nations signed the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951 to define who a refugee is. Its initial goal was to protect millions of European refugees fleeing World War II. It changed the treaty to apply to refugees “without regard to geography.”
Experts say an unprecedented number of people are quitting their jobs as the coronavirus pandemic eases in the United States
Hindus are Pakistan’s largest non-Muslim community, accounting for two to four percent of the country’s population.But Human Rights activists and International Human Rights Organizations appealed time and again that Pakistan’s goverment must respect the Hindu community’s right to freedom of religion and belief, including the right to build temples to practise it
Native athletes met in Fairbanks, Alaska, two days before the Tokyo Olympics to compete in the 60th World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
The Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Rabab Fatima, speaks at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on “Poverty eradication and other development issues” and “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social, and related fields”
The short animated film “Tomorrow’s Leaves,” which premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival earlier this month, is planned to be released worldwide on July 23, the day of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony. The film, which was commissioned by the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) and created by Studio Ponoc’s Oscar-nominated Yoshiaki Nishimura, gives a new viewpoint on the Olympic principles of excellence, friendship, and respect
Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso achieved a world record in January by hopping, skipping, and jumping more than 18 metres indoors. Zango is on his way to the Tokyo Olympics and is a strong contender for Burkina Faso’s first Olympic medal. VOA’s Ouagadougou correspondent
Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ Chef de Cabinet, speaks at a General Assembly discussion on the International Decade for People of African Descent’s midterm assessment
Thousands of migrants are still making the risky voyage from Africa to Spain’s southern beaches. Hundreds of unaccompanied minors are among them, who are authorised to stay in Spain until they reach the age of 18 under Spanish law