Senior United Nations officials warned on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk in the besieged Sudanese town of El-Fasher, amid signs that the fighting could soon escalate. El-Fasher is one of five state capitals in Sudan’s western Darfur region and the only one not in the hands of the Rapid Support … Read more
The federal government has activated the National Emergency Operation Centre to coordinate responses and provide timely support to flood victims and people with public health concerns. The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, disclosed this at a National Emergency Coordination Forum held on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of … Read more
Head of the UN office for disaster risk reduction Mami Mizutori tells Pradeep Thakur Covax is making progress towards having 2 billion doses available by the end of 2021, which should be enough to protect high-risk and vulnerable people. Excerpts from the interview:The World Bank estimates 150 million people will be pushed into extreme poverty … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not mince words, while criticizing Opposition leader Peter Dutton over the move to shelve Labor’s 2030 gas reduction target if the Coalition came to power. Dutton said Saturday if the Coalition formed the next government, it would do away with Labor government’s legislated 2030 emissions target — a 43% … Read more
Indian pop singer Dhvani Bhanushali is set to headline a concert in celebration of World Environment Day on June 8, 2024. The event, which will be held at Amphitheatre in Bandra in suburban Mumbai, aims to raise awareness about environmental issues and promote sustainability. Dhvani Bhanushali to headline United Nations Environment Concert The showcase will … Read more
“Due to political considerations, the WHO has continued to exclude Taiwan. This undermines the WHO’s efforts to create a more comprehensive global health architecture,” Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency quoted new Health Minister Chiu Tai-yuan as saying in Geneva. Chiu said the WHO should align its actions with this year’s assembly theme of “All for … Read more
THE rise in geopolitical tensions across the globe has brought terms and phrases often used only among political scientists into public attention, such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Last December, South Africa filed a case against Israel at ICJ alleging that its action in Gaza is tantamount … Read more
FOREIGN bureaucrats should be banned from forcing freedom-loving Brits into more lockdowns, Nigel Farage demanded today. The ex-Brexit Party chief warned the World Health Organisation must urgently reform so it is prevented from imposing major restrictions on sovereign countries. 1 Nigel Farage demanded that foreign bureaucrats should be banned from forcing freedom-loving Brits into more … Read more
China’s Ant Group, Baidu and Tencent Holdings have joined forces with leading global tech companies including OpenAI, Microsoft and Nvidia to publish two international standards on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs). The companies on Tuesday released the “Generative AI Application Security Testing and Validation Standard” and the “Large Language Model Security … Read more
Saudi Arabia has been chosen to lead a top United Nations (UN) women’s rights group. Campaigners have since lashed out at the unopposed bid, pointing the finger at the UN for ignoring the nation’s “abysmal” treatment of women. Abdulaziz Alwasil, Saudi Arabia’s envoy to the UN, was named the chair of the Commission on the … Read more
