“Several Religious And Political Mass Gatherings Behind India’s Covid Surge”: WHO
In its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, published Wednesday, the global health body said that viruses in the B.1.617 lineage were first reported in India in...
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Myanmar coup: ‘No sign’ of end to brutal crackdown on all fronts
One hundred days since the Myanmar military seized power, the “brutal” repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the...
Tensions could escalate to ‘full-scale war’, UN Middle East envoy warns
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process added his voice to calls for calm in the Occupied Palestinian Territory late on Tuesday,...
Hindu Sect BAPS Accused Of Using Forced Labor To Build Temple In New Jersey
The majority of workers who worked at the BAPS temple site come from the Dalit community, the lowest rung in India’s caste system, the report...
Israel & Hamas Engage In Deadly Aerial Exchange As UN Says: “Stop The Fire”
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight with at least 35 killed in Gaza and five in Israel. In the most intensive aerial exchanges for...
COVID’s grip keeps world in ‘perilous situation’
Amidst an “unacceptably high plateau” in COVID-19 cases and deaths globally, the UN health agency chief on Monday shone a light on last week’s death...
5 things you should know about the state of the global economy
Is this the year we overcome the global economic crisis caused by the pandemic? Are our jobs in danger? Who has lost the most in...
UN chief and senior officials express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem,...
What can the UN do to support India through its deadly COVID-19 surge?
The UN is at the forefront of efforts to help India extricate itself from the almost unimaginable scale of suffering its citizens are undergoing, as...
Coronavirus Airborne, Can Spread Beyond 6 Feet: US CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 is through very fine aerosolised particles...