Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health risks in the world. Now, UN health agency WHO, is pledging to work more closely with them, to help save and…
Sri Lanka must ensure compensation for victims of 2019 terrorist attacks
Sri Lanka must fully compensate victims of the Easter Sunday 2019 terrorist attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, following a recent decision by the country’s top court. Read the full story, “Sri Lanka must ensure compensation …
Ukraine war: No chance for serious peace negotiations yet, says UN chief
The UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday that he did not believe that there was an opportunity yet, to organise “a serious peace negotiation” between the warring parties in Ukraine, nearly a year on from Russia’s full-scale invasion.Read the full sto…
NATO Secretary General to stress importance of long-term support to Ukraine at World Economic Forum
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday (18 January 2023). In the plenary session on ”Restoring Security and Peace”, he is set to stress the importance of long-term support to Ukraine, the enduring value of transatlantic unity, and the need to avoid dependencies on authoritarian regimes.
NATO Chiefs of Defence meet in Brussels
The Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, and the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Mircea Geoană, opened the first meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session of 2023 on Wednesday 18 January 2023. This meeti…
How China came to regret its one-child policy
A young girl rides on a man’s shoulders as they walk along a street in Beijing on October 7, 2022. China has announced its first overall population decline in recent years amid an aging society and plunging birthrate. | Mark Sch…
Online gambling firm fined nearly £500,000 for only checking winners’ credentials
Regulator fines TonyBet for imposing unfair terms on payouts, anti-money laundering failures and not checking for vulnerable customers An online betting firm has been fined £442,750 for demanding ID from winning punters before it would give them the ca…
Brother of 12-year-old dissolved in vat of acid wishes captured mafia boss a slow death
The brother of a boy kidnapped, strangled and dissolved in acid by captured mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has said he hopes the crime lord will “suffer”.
Iran’s Judiciary: Daughter of former president serving jail term in two separate cases
The spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a politician and former lawmaker, has been sentenced to jail following conviction in two different cases brought against her.
18k Nissan Customers Affected by Data Breach at Third-Party Software Developer
Nissan North America is informing roughly 18,000 customers that their personal information was exposed in a data breach at a third-party services provider.
The breach occurred after data provided by Nissan to the services provider was inadvertently exp…