It’s the first military action since Oct. 18 when Syrian and Russia air strikes were halted to give a pause for the rebels who wanted to leave eastern Aleppo. However, the rebels didn’t leave amid official Syrian claims that the rebels prevented the civilians from leaving. Mogherini met with leaders of the High Negotiating Committee […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) on Friday called once again for more urgent support to farmers in southern Madagascar, hit by three years of devastating drought. Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, said at a daily news briefing here that 67 million U.S. dollars are needed in food […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday announced that Zika outbreaks and associated neurological abnormality have no longer constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) while requires a robust longer-term technical mechanism to manage the global response. The announcement came after the fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee on Zika, microcephaly and other neurological […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) said in a statement that the U.S. industry is “neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of iron mechanical transfer drive components from Canada and China.” “All six Commissioners voted in the negative,” said the bipartisan trade panel in a final ruling. “As a […]
The most active gold contract for December delivery fell 8.2 U.S. dollars, or 0.67 percent, to settle at 1,208.70 dollars per ounce. Gold was put under extensive pressure as the U.S. dollar rose to its highest level since 2003. The U.S. Dollar Index rose by 0.33 percent to 101.28 as of 1745 GMT. The index […]
San Mateo County Fire Department said it received a report at 11:18 a.m. local time that a plane went down near the Half Moon Bay Airport, about 25 miles (40 km) south of San Francisco on the U.S. west coast. Fire crews responded to the scene at the edge of a residential neighborhood near the […]
Mucha told Polish Press Agency that this decision was announced by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Friday evening. During a speech at the 22th climate conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, Polish Minister of Environment Jan Szyszko offered to host the climate conference in 2018. He said that on behalf of the Polish […]
Orban said he hoped that Macedonia would achieve membership as soon as possible. Gruevski called Hungary one of his country’s chief allies and underlined the high level of cooperation between the two countries. He also said he thought the forthcoming elections in Macedonia were an excellent opportunity to end the political crisis in the country. […]
In his message, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that this year’s World Toilet Day focuses on “toilets and jobs,” spotlighting the impact of the lack of sanitation on livelihoods and work environments. Activities promoting this goal are taking place around the world, including at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday in Mumbai, India, Farhan Haq, […]
Three of the sufferers have tested positive for Norovirus. The sick have suffered from nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, which are typical symptoms caused by Norovirus, the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in humans. The first group of people was found infected at the beginning of November, said the center. The authority is working with […]
The announcement came after the fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee on Zika, microcephaly and other neurological disorders convened by WHO on Friday afternoon. The committee originally recommended a PHEIC in February 2016 on the basis of an extraordinary cluster of microcephaly and other neurological disorders reported in Brazil, following a similar cluster in French […]
Oil prices increased Friday despite a strong U.S. dollar and rising U.S. rig count, as market becomes optimistic that an oil output cut deal will be reached by the end of this month. The West Texas Intermediate for December Delivery added 27 U.S. cents to settle at 45.69 dollars a barrel on the New York […]
Government shelling on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo killed 65 people, including eight children, and wounded hundreds of others, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Rebel shelling on government-controlled areas killed 54 civilians, including seven children, the London-based watchdog added. The Observatory pointed out that as many as 5,100 people have been killed in […]
Informal consultations have been extended into night, forcing Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, president of the current United Nations climate conference, to postpone his plan to leave the southern Morrocan city. Speaking at a plenary session of the conference, Mezouar reiterated his appeal to all related parties to accelerate their talks so that the annual […]
KWS said the adult female elephant died from the accident along Nairobi-Mombasa highway in the early morning. “KWS is saddened that in the early hours of this morning, an elephant died arising from a hit by a canter lorry at Kanga station area of the park along Mombasa-Nairobi highway,” the organization said in a statement. […]
Cabinet Secretary in the National Treasury Henry Rotich told journalists in Nairobi that public procurement accounts for 70 percent of all corruptions cases in the country. “We are therefore fast tracking reforms in public procurement systems in order to fight graft,” Rotich said during a stakeholders’ validation workshop on Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations, […]
Under the Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme, the government is inviting all community, voluntary and non-profit organizations to apply for grant assistance to provide basic digital skills training courses in cities, towns and villages across the country. In Ireland, almost one in six adults living in Ireland has never used the internet. The Digital […]
Rwanda genocide survivors association, locally called IBUKA, Friday commended the recent deportations and extraditions of genocide fugitives to Rwanda. The latest to be deported is Jean Claude Henri Seyoboka, deported from Canada, on Friday morning while Jean Claude Iyamuremye, and Jean-Baptiste Mugimba were extradited from the Netherlands, last weekend. Earlier, Leopold Munyakazi was deported from […]
The “Parlemeter” poll found that 53 percent of the Europeans interviewed supported their country’s EU membership, although the rate dropped by 2.0 percent from 2015. The result shows that the EU support indicator has remained roughly stable since 2009, when it was also 53 percent. Thirty-five percent of the respondents agree that the EU “contributes […]
Embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has strongly dismissed claims by former Attorney General Martin Amidu that a GHC4million cheque issued as part payment of the GHS51.5million judgment debt, was fake and concocted by the government to deceive Ghanaians. His comments come after Mr. Amidu who has been christened by Ghanaians as the citizen vigilante on […]
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