Coping with COVID: A Webinar Series...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres makes remarks during the webinar series on young people and mental health titled “Coping with COVID” organized by Secretary-General’s Envoy

SARS Makes R11.6 million Rhino Horn...

The South African Police Services’ Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (the Hawks) have been alerted of the incident. In addition, a criminal case has been registered with the South African Police Service (SAPS) for further investigation

What Are The Types Of Fraud...

By Debdutta Ghosh Some time at the end of June, Delhi resident Puneet Agarwal, the nephew of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel put up a plea for plasma for treatment of Covid-19 for a close relative on his social media page.   Blood plasma from an individual who has recovered from Covid-19 contains vital antibodies …

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UN Security Council Meets on Situation...

A wide view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen) as the Council unanimously adopts resolution 2534 (2020) renewing the mandate of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) in Yemen

China’s Tsinghua University Fires Outspoken Lecturer...

Political commentator Wu Qiang, who was also dismissed by Tsinghua for showing public support for the 2014 Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, said that since Xi began an indefinite term in office in March 2018, the ruling party has stepped up a purge of liberal intellectuals from higher education institutions.

Vikas Dubey Case Once Again Brings...

The rise of Dubey as a gangster also highlights the pattern of nexus between gangsters, the police and politicians. Having started off as a petty criminal, Dubey soon began to dabble in politics and even got elected at the panchayat level on several occasions. This also helped him to further strengthen his bond with the police

Woman Allegedly Assaulted by Myanmar Soldiers...

Mya Thuzar, an attorney the Legal Clinic Myanmar’s Sittwe office who is assisting the woman with her case, said police registered her compliant and questioned her on July 10. The following day, they questioned her daughter, who was spared from assault by the same men because she had given birth six days earlier

Coronavirus Has Pushed a Million in...

One million more people are facing famine in Afghanistan as a result of coronavirus, global aid agency Oxfam has said. The number of people on the brink of famine in Afghanistan has risen sharply from 2.5 million in September 2019 to 3.5 million in May 2020, the agency said in a report. It said that …

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COVID-19: WHO Announces Initiation of the...

At the historic 73rd World Health Assembly in May, Member States adopted a landmark resolution that called on WHO to initiate an independent and comprehensive evaluation of the lessons learned from the international health response to COVID-19

Press Conference by Head of UN...

Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, briefs reporters on the outcome of the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week under the theme “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”