New Zealand offers COVID-19 mental health support
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:52 pm
Wellington/Xinhua/UNI: A range of support is being rolled out across New Zealand to help people look after their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister David Clark said on Tuesday.
How can the world counter COVID-19 online? UN issues hackers’ challenge to CodeTheCurve
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:13 pm
New York/IBNS: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting young innovators, data scientists and designers throughout the world – especially those whose schools have closed due to COVID-19 - to join a month-long hackathon to come up with digital solutions to the global pandemic.
Syria: Warring parties failed to abide by international law over hospital attacks
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:09 pm
New York/IBNS: Parties to Syria’s brutal civil war, now in its tenth year, failed to abide by their obligations under international law to avoid attacks on hospitals and other civilian facilities that featured on the UN’s so-called deconfliction list, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:06 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s war-torn Taizz Governerate, in the south of the country, which has left at least five women and one child dead, and wounding more than 11, with casualties expected to rise.
Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:57 am
New York/IBNS: Fearing a needless increase in COVID-19 deaths due to discrimination, UN independent human rights experts on Monday called for Governments to commit to racial equity and equality in their response to the pandemic.
UN backs global action to end violence against women and girls amid COVID-19 crisis
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:56 am
New York/IBNS: The United Nations is advocating immediate global action to end all forms of violence against women and girls in the midst of a global upsurge related to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world.
COVID-19: World leaders wish Boris Johnson speedy recovery
Apr 07, 2020, at 10:42 am
London/IBNS: Several world leaders wished British PM Boris Johnson as he was admitted to the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
COVID-19: London Mayor Sadiq Khan prays for PM Boris Johnson's swift recovery
Apr 07, 2020, at 10:15 am
London/IBNS: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday wished 'swift recovery' of COVID-19 infected UK PM Boris Johnson who was shifted to intensive care at a hospital here late Monday night.
Boris Johnson moved to intensive care unit after his condition worsens from Covid-19
Apr 07, 2020, at 01:32 am
London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for Covid-19, has been shifted to the intensive care unit of the hospital after his condition worsened, the Downing Street has said. He was admitted to hospital yesterday.
More than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Turkey over 24 Hours: Health Minister
Apr 06, 2020, at 01:19 pm
Ankara/Sputnik/UNI: More than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 73 more deaths have been reported in Turkey over the past 24 hours, the country’s Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca announced on Sunday.
Japan's Abe to declare state of emergency as COVID-19 cases surge
Apr 06, 2020, at 01:15 pm
TokyoXinhua/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak in Japan, due to the recent surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo and other large cities, government sources said Monday.
UN chief calls for domestic violence ‘ceasefire’ amid ‘horrifying global surge’
Apr 06, 2020, at 10:32 am
New York/IBNS: UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lockdowns imposed by governments responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
5.57 mln Hubei people return to work
Apr 05, 2020, at 08:47 pm
Wuhan/Xinhua/UNI: Around 5.57 million people in central China's Hubei Province, hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak, had returned to work by Friday, according to the provincial department of human resources and social security.
COVID-19 cases exceed 5,000 in Russia
Apr 05, 2020, at 08:44 pm
Moscow/Xinhua/UNI: Russia has registered 5,389 COVID-19 cases covering most of the regions as of Sunday, up by 658 from the previous day, official data showed.
Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missile falls in Yemen's Sadah
Apr 05, 2020, at 07:49 pm
Riyadh/Xinhua/UNI: Saudi-led coalition announced on Sunday the falling of a Houthi missile in Yemeni city Sadah.
Covid-19: China now faces 'compensation' heat, London-based ICJ moves UNHRC
Apr 05, 2020, at 06:43 pm
London/IBNS: The London-based International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has moved the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to seek compensation from China for "surreptitiously developing a biological weapon capable of mass destruction", media reports said.
UAE central bank adopts $70Bln worth program to support economy amid COVID-19 crisis
Apr 05, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Moscow/Sputnik:The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) said on Sunday it had rolled out a set of capital and liquidity relief measures worth a total of 256 billion UAE dirham ($69.7 billion) to support the country's economy and banking sector throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
Daniel murder:HC ruling on quashing of death sentence to be challenged in SC, says Qureshi
Apr 05, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has assured the United States that his government would challenge the Sindh High Court's ruling of quashing the death sentence of the main accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case.
British PM Boris Johnson's pregnant fiance had COVID-19 symptoms, recovering now
Apr 05, 2020, at 11:35 am
London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pregnant fiance Carrie Symonds has informed that she had spent the past week with Coronavirus symptoms and is recovering now.
Yemen's gov't forces claim killing 25 Houthi fighters
Apr 05, 2020, at 10:34 am
Aden/Yemen/UNI:Yemen's government forces has declared that 25 Houthi fighters were killed during an armed ambush in the country's northeastern province of Marib.
Eleven killed, 4 injured in Colombia's coal mine explosion
Apr 05, 2020, at 10:23 am
Mexico City,/UNI: A methane explosion at a coal mine in the central Colombian department of Cundinamarca damaged three nearby mines and caused the collapse of one of them, resulting in 11 deaths.
Apr 05, 2020, at 01:08 am
Kabul/IBNS: In a major operation, the Afghan Special Forces have arrested the leader of ISIS Khurasan and several other top leaders of the terrorist outfit, Afghanistan intelligence said, according to the Khaama Press. Abdullah Orakizai alias Aslam Farooqi, the leader of the Pakistan-sponsored module, who is a Pak national and a former LeT man, was responsible for the killing of 27 Sikhs in a gurudwara in Kabul's Shor Bazaar on March 25.
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Coronavirus restrictions hamper aid access for Sudanese in need
Apr 04, 2020, at 01:59 pm
New York/IBNS: The United Nations and its partners are putting in place alternative plans to ensure the continuity of humanitarian assistance in Sudan, as measures taken by the Government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are having an impact on aid access, deliveries and services.
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UN chief urges unity in mobilizing ‘every ounce of energy’ to defeat coronavirus pandemic
Apr 04, 2020, at 01:53 pm
New York/IBNS: There should be only one fight in our world today, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Friday, issuing a loud clarion call to join “our shared battle against COVID-19”.
Political prisoners should be among first released in pandemic response, says UN rights chief
Apr 04, 2020, at 01:50 pm
New York/IBNS: The decision by many Governments to release prisoners to slow the transmission of new coronavirus, was welcomed on Friday by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet.
Delta Airlines applies for US aid amid expectations of a 90 pc drop revenue - CEO
Apr 04, 2020, at 12:23 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: Delta Airlines applied for relief under the recently passed 2 trillion dollar CARES Act and is braced for a second quarter in which revenue is expected to fall 90 percent, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said in a memo to employees.
Canadian military deploying to Quebec to assist with COVID-19 containment - Statement
Apr 04, 2020, at 12:18 pm
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will be deployed to the northern part of the province of Quebec to assist with efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Department of National Defense confirmed in a statement to Sputnik.
UK confirms 38,168 COVID-19 cases, Britons urged to stick to social distancing
Apr 04, 2020, at 12:14 pm
London/Xinhua/UNI: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Britain reached 38,168 as of Friday morning, an increase of 4,450 in 24 hours, according to the lastest figure from the Department of Health and Social Care.
Somali army kills 10 al-Shabab militants in southern region
Apr 04, 2020, at 11:57 am
Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: Somali national forces backed by regional Jubaland state army killed 10 members of al-Shabab extremists in an operation in the southern region of Lower Juba, an official confirmed on Friday.
Chinese man sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstructing COVID-19 prevention, treatment
Apr 04, 2020, at 11:49 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A court in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Friday sentenced a man to 18 months in jail for obstructing the prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).