[ad_1] COP28  President Dr.  Sultan Al Jaber  was recognized with an award by the World Energy Council for his leadership in advancing the energy transition through the delivery of the historic UAE Consensus. Dr.  Al Jaber  received the ‘Global Energy Transition Impact Award’– one of four inaugural World Energy Leadership Awards – at the Council’s Centennial […]

[ad_1] The United Nations in Somalia recently hosted a career fair attended by more than 200 Somali students and members of the civil society. Organised by the Human Resources Working Group (HRWQ), the career fair aimed to raise awareness about job opportunities and career pathways within the UN system. Dr Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Head of […]

[ad_1] Rishi Sunak insists his policy to process asylum seekers in Rwanda will become law, even if it means MPs sitting late into the night to pass it. There has been a prolonged stand-off over the bill between the two Houses of Parliament over the past four months. The Lords have consistently blocked and amended […]

[ad_1] The Iranian/Pakistani gas pipeline likely to top agenda for the visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Pakistan. The visit takes place in an atmosphere of renewed tensions in the Middle East and a threat of US sanctions. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Sunday, April 21, 2024 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Apr 21 […]

[ad_1] New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast as the global average. Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, climate monitors have warned. The continent endured a record number of “extreme heat stress” days in 2023, the European Union’s […]

[ad_1] Israel abandoned plans for a much more extensive counterstrike on Iran after concerted diplomatic pressure from the United States and other foreign allies and because the brunt of an Iranian assault on Israel soil had been thwarted, according to three senior Israeli officials. Israeli leaders originally discussed bombarding several military targets across Iran last […]

[ad_1] “The old rich guy in town, the US, is having problems with the new rich guy in town, China,” says Enrique Dussel of the Centre for China-Mexico Studies at the National Autonomous University in Mexico. “And Mexico – under previous administrations, and in this one – doesn’t have a strategy vis-à-vis this new triangular […]

[ad_1] Some gunmen reportedly killed one person and injured two local chiefs in a Thursday afternoon attack on the Oluke community in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. This is just as the state’s Police Command said it had commenced an investigation into the attack. PUNCH Metro gathered from a source within the […]

[ad_1] On Monday, 22 April 2024, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Leonardo Santos Simão, the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, Miguel Moratinos, and […]

[ad_1] I was disturbed watching videos of a young man dressed in designer outfits, adorned with expensive wristwatches and shoes, displaying bags of costly perfumes, and being chauffeured around in flashy vehicles. His entourage includes a motley crew of well-armed bodyguards with sophisticated weapons, attendants, allies, and hangers-on, whether striding with him in processions or […]