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United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is chaired by Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of October. The Council hears the Secretary-report General’s on UN Organization Stabilization
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko wants to deepen his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to ease his government’s international isolation, which has resulted from a harsh crackdown on political opponents
T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks at a Security Council meeting about Haiti
Duramazwi Traditional Mbira Dance Troupe performed at Haka Game Park in Msasa, Harare, along the Cleaveland Dam. The group is expected to be performing at the next Dubai Expo
Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who had been living under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body drew death threats, died Sunday in a road accident, according to Swedish news agencies
On October 2, Georgia voters went to the polls to elect mayors and city councils. A mobile team delivered the ballot box to COVID-19-infected electors in Tbilisi, the capital
After a month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, fears of women being barred from higher education and public life are growing. Lawmakers in the United States are urging the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Taliban officials to protect women’s rights
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session, speaks to reporters after the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session’s general discussion
By 2027, geneticists, lead by Harvard Medical School’s George Church, hope to revive the woolly mammoth. However, other experts aren’t sure it’s such a good idea
As the coronavirus has spread across Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, myths surrounding the virus have grown as well, particularly among children. A Nigerian author has written a book for children to help them understand the pandemic and how to prevent getting infected