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Watch Two Minutes Of Apple's Foundation Series: 'Only He Can Shorten The Darkness'3h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 2:15 PM )  Tags: Apple, Hbo, Television, Movies, News, David, United Nations, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Isaac Asimov, David S Goyer, Goyer, Seldon, Hari Seldon, PlayStation YouTube, Jared Harris Lee Pace Leah Harvey 80 people like this. Like Music Industry Moves: BTS and Sony Celebrate ‘Butter’ Success; Def Jam Names Dara Michelle Executive VP5h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 11:40 AM ) After BTS’ speech and performance at the United Nations earlier this week, the group and BigHit Music president Shin Young-Jae got together with Columbia Records chief Ron Perry and the Orchard’s Brad Navin to celebrate the success of the group’s blockbuster single “Butter” (pictured above with Navin and Perry, center, and Young-Jae, far right). + […]Tags: News, Global, United Nations, Sony, Columbia Records, Bts, Perry, Navin, Ron Perry, Brad Navin, Saban Music Group, Def Jam Names Dara Michelle Executive VP, BigHit Music, Shin Young Jae, Young Jae 10 people like this. Like The United Nations held a major meeting on race. Why the US and UK skipped it9h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 7:51 AM ) After more than a year of racial reckoning that saw historic monuments to enslavers and colonists torn down on both sides of the Atlantic, the United Nations convened a major day-long event on racism and reparations on Wednesday. But representatives from some of the West's biggest powers never showed.Tags: UK, US, Cnn, Atlantic, United Nations 35 people like this. Like 16 million in Yemen ‘marching towards starvation’ as food rations run low – UN10h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 6:59 AM ) Aid worker describes ‘horrific’ scenes in one hospital where starving and malnourished children ‘look like skeletons’At least 5 million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine and a further 16 million are “marching toward starvation”, as the country’s humanitarian crisis spirals out of control.The situation in Yemen, which has been torn apart by civil war, has been described as “rapidly deteriorating” by experts. Continue reading...Tags: Famine, Society, World news, Hunger, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign Policy, United Nations, Aid, Global development, Un, Yemen, Conflict and arms 31 people like this. Like United Arab Emirates: The Middle East: Plugged Into Renewable Energy - BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP11h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 6:24 AM ) Six years ago, the United Nations put together a universal call to action to end poverty and protect the planet.Tags: News, Middle East, United Nations, United Arab Emirates, Associates LLP, Ahmad Bin Hezeem 34 people like this. Like Small farmers have the answer to feeding the world. Why isn’t the UN listening? | Elizabeth Mpofu and Henk Hobbelink15h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 2:01 AM ) We’re among the thousands boycotting the UN food summit – it’s been hijacked by corporate interests while the voices of small-scale farmers go unheardThursday’s UN food summit proposes to help solve the world’s nutrition crisis, with 800 million people going hungry and 1.9 billion labelled obese, by better aligning food systems with development goals. But it won’t achieve any of this. The summit was hijacked early on by powerful corporate interests – but people are resisting.Hundreds of social m...Tags: Food, Business, Obesity, Society, World news, Poverty, Rome, Hunger, Davos, Food & drink industry, United Nations, Global development, Un, Food Security, UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, Elizabeth Mpofu 36 people like this. Like More than 100 countries face spending cuts as Covid worsens debt crisis, report warns16h ago ( September 23, 2021 at 1:00 AM ) As pandemic widens inequalities, many developing countries spend more on debt than health, study saysMore than 100 countries face cuts to public spending on health, education and social protection as the Covid-19 pandemic compounds already high levels of debt, a new report says.The International Monetary Fund believes that 35 to 40 countries are “debt distressed” – defined as when a country is experiencing difficulties in servicing its debt, such as when there are arrears or debt restructuring. ...Tags: Health, Education, Society, World news, Public services policy, Poverty, Social exclusion, Global Economy, United Nations, Global development, Health policy, International Monetary Fund, Inequality, Sustainable Development Goals, Debt relief, International Monetary Fund (IMF 14 people like this. Like Boris Johnson tells UN that Cop26 must be ‘turning point for humanity’September 22, 2021 at 5:30 PM UK PM says it is time for the world to ‘grow up’ and ‘listen to scientists’ in speech to general assemblyCop26 must be a “turning point for humanity” in just 40 days’ time, Boris Johnson has urged in a call to arms to fellow global leaders ahead of the climate summit in Glasgow.Addressing the UN general assembly in New York on Wednesday evening, Johnson warned it was time for humanity to “grow up”. Continue reading...Tags: UK, New York, Environment, World news, United Nations, Un, Glasgow, Boris Johnson, Johnson, UN General Assembly, Climate Crisis, Cop26: Glasgow climate change conference 2021 43 people like this. Like Biden's foreign policy chops were supposed to be a strength, but experts believe he's made major mistakes in front of the worldSeptember 22, 2021 at 12:53 PM Tags: Politics, UK, Isis, News, Obama, Australia, Washington, France, US, International, America, Barack Obama, Trends, Joe Biden, Analysis, Afghanistan 52 people like this. Like Biden's foreign policy chops haven't prevented him from making major missteps in front of the worldSeptember 22, 2021 at 12:53 PM Tags: Politics, UK, Isis, News, Obama, Australia, Washington, France, US, International, America, Trends, Joe Biden, Analysis, Afghanistan, United States 103 people like this. Like Brazil's health minister shook hands with a maskless Boris Johnson at the UN. Then he tested positive for COVID-19.September 22, 2021 at 10:31 AM Tags: Politics, UK, News, International, Trends, Joe Biden, United Nations, Brazil, Guardian, Un, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Andrzej Duda, United Nations General Assembly, EUA, Antonio Guterres 64 people like this. Like UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteurSeptember 22, 2021 at 9:03 AM Michael Fakhri says Thursday’s meeting will not be promised ‘people’s summit’ on tackling world’s nutrition crisisThe UN global food summit is “elitist and regressive” and has failed in its goal of being a “people’s summit”, according to the special rapporteur on food rights.As world leaders prepare to attend the virtual event on Thursday, which aims to examine ways to transform global food systems to be more sustainable, Michael Fakhri said it risked leaving behind the very people critical for ...Tags: World news, Food & drink industry, United Nations, Global development, Un, Food Security, Fakhri, Coronavirus, Michael Fakhri 12 people like this. Like Brazilian minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless JohnsonSeptember 22, 2021 at 6:05 AM Marcelo Queiroga sat close to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss at New York meetingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBrazil’s health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, has tested positive for Covid and gone into isolation, 24 hours after meeting a maskless Boris Johnson and other British officials in New York.Queiroga, who sat close to Johnson and the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, on Monday during their meeting with Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced his positive test on ...Tags: Politics, New York, Americas, UK News, World news, US news, United Nations, Brazil, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Liz Truss, Jair Bolsonaro, Coronavirus, Marcelo Queiroga, New York Queiroga 24 people like this. Like 'Sickening' display of hate: Why world leaders should boycott U.N.'s Durban eventSeptember 22, 2021 at 5:00 AM  Tags: Usa, News, United Nations, Usa Today, Durban 71 people like this. Like ‘Ecofeminism is about respect’: the activist working to revolutionise west African farmingSeptember 22, 2021 at 3:01 AM Mariama Sonko is an unstoppable force who continued her work even when she was ostracised by her community in SenegalOutside Mariama Sonko’s home in the Casamance region of southern Senegal pink shells hang on improvised nets that will be placed in mangroves to provide a breeding spot for oysters.Normally, women collecting oysters chop at the branches – a method that can harm the mangroves. But these nets allow them to harvest sustainably, says Sonko, who is trying to revolutionise agriculture i...Tags: Food, Africa, Environment, Women, Senegal, Society, World news, Farming, United Nations, Global development, Sustainable Development, Environmental Sustainability, Food Security, Casamance, Sonko, Women's rights and gender equality 26 people like this. Like Most infants in 91 countries are malnourished, warns UnicefSeptember 22, 2021 at 1:01 AM Climate crisis, conflict and Covid stunting progress on nutrition, UN says on eve of food security summitOnly a third of children under two in many developing countries are fed what they need for healthy growth and no progress has been made on improving their nutrition over the past decade.Unicef, the UN’s children’s agency, said in a report published on Wednesday that a combination of crises from Covid-19 to conflict and the climate breakdown had stunted progress on children’s nutrition in 91 c...Tags: Children, Society, World news, Poverty, Hunger, United Nations, Global development, Un, Food poverty, Food Security, Unicef, Global Health, COVID 37 people like this. Like US-UK ‘special relationship’ faces new challenges despite signs of healingSeptember 22, 2021 at 12:30 AM Relationship between Biden’s US and Johnson’s post-Brexit UK remains complicated and inevitably transactionalWhat a difference a month makes.In August Joe Biden was being denounced in the British parliament for a “shameful” retreat from Afghanistan that blindsided the UK and other allies. The US president reportedly took a day and a half to return prime minister Boris Johnson’s call. Continue reading...Tags: UK, US, UK News, Joe Biden, US news, Afghanistan, United Nations, Boris Johnson, Johnson, Biden, Brexit, US UK, Brexit UK 9 people like this. Like Taliban request representation at the United Nations, kicking off credentials battleSeptember 21, 2021 at 7:43 PM The Taliban have requested representation at this week's United Nations General Assembly, a move that is expected to kick off a diplomatic battle with the preexisting Afghan envoy.Tags: Cnn, Taliban, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly 46 people like this. Like Taliban requests representation at the United Nations, kicking off credentials battleSeptember 21, 2021 at 6:05 PM The Taliban has requested representation at this week's United Nations General Assembly, a move that is expected to kick off a diplomatic battle with the preexisting Afghan envoy.Tags: Cnn, Taliban, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly 9 people like this. Like UN chief tears into Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson for 'joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth'September 21, 2021 at 5:12 PM Tags: Amazon, Transportation, Spacex, Elon Musk, Politics, News, America, Trends, Earth, Space Tourism, Virgin Galactic, United Nations, Warren, Un, Richard Branson, Associated Press 137 people like this. Like US has ‘no closer ally than Australia’, Biden says after Aukus pactSeptember 21, 2021 at 2:32 PM US president and Australian PM welcome new security ties after deal that has infuriated FranceJoe Biden and the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, have welcomed their new security ties after last week’s announcement that Washington would provide Canberra with advanced technology for nuclear-powered submarines as part of trilateral deal with the UK.“The United States has no closer or more reliable ally than Australia,” Biden said on Tuesday ahead of a bilateral meeting with Morrison on th...Tags: UK, New York, Australia, Washington, US, Australia news, Joe Biden, US news, United States, United Nations, Canberra, Scott Morrison, Biden, Morrison, Emmanuel Macron, United Nations General Assembly 28 people like this. Like US has ‘no closer ally than Australia’, says Biden after Aukus pactSeptember 21, 2021 at 2:32 PM US president and Australian PM welcome new security ties after deal that has infuriated FranceJoe Biden and the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, have welcomed their new security ties after last week’s announcement that Washington would provide Canberra with advanced technology for nuclear-powered submarines as part of trilateral deal with the UK.“The United States has no closer or more reliable ally than Australia,” Biden said on Tuesday ahead of a bilateral meeting with Morrison on th...Tags: UK, New York, Australia, Washington, US, Australia news, Joe Biden, US news, United States, United Nations, Canberra, Scott Morrison, Biden, Morrison, Emmanuel Macron, United Nations General Assembly 48 people like this. Like Key findings about the religious composition of IndiaSeptember 21, 2021 at 2:59 PM  Tags: News, Indonesia, Life, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, United Nations, Muslim, Bangladesh, Christian, Kashmir, Pew Research Center, Hindu, Punjab, Bihar 72 people like this. Like Joe Biden promises UN an end to ‘relentless war’ and the start of ‘relentless diplomacy’September 21, 2021 at 12:24 PM President says US will give $11bn a year to developing nations to respond to climate emergencyJoe Biden has promised to the United Nations that the withdrawal from Afghanistan is a turning point in history, in which “relentless war” would be supplanted by “relentless diplomacy”, pledging a renewed commitment to the UN and to his nation’s alliances.“As I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years the United States is not at war. We’ve turned the page,” Biden said in his first address to the...Tags: US, World news, Joe Biden, US news, Afghanistan, United States, United Nations, Un, Biden, UN General Assembly 8 people like this. Like UN: Joe Biden pledges to double climate aid to developing countries – liveSeptember 21, 2021 at 12:12 PM World leaders gather for the UN general assembly in New York, with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro taking stand against Covid vaccine mandates• Biden will tell UN general assembly ‘America is back’ 4.48pm BST Joe Biden’s headline announcement at the United Nations is a doubling of climate aid given by the US to developing countries – the total will top $11bn if Congress agrees – but beneath this there was tacit acknowledgment that the climate crisis is in danger of spinning dangerously out of contro...Tags: New York, Congress, Scotland, Senate, China, US, World news, Joe Biden, United Nations, Brazil, Un, Biden, Maldives, UN General Assembly, Antonio Guterres, Joe Manchin 37 people like this. Like Texas Republican congressman says the Border Patrol agents filmed whipping at Haitian migrants are 'doing God's work'September 21, 2021 at 11:57 AM Tags: Politics, Texas, Human Rights, Crime, News, Congress, Mexico, White House, Immigration, Nbc News, US, Trends, Cnn, United Nations, Republican, Al Jazeera 117 people like this. Like UN: Joe Biden urges leaders to confront ‘decisive decade for our world’ – liveSeptember 21, 2021 at 11:21 AM World leaders gather for the UN general assembly in New York, with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro taking stand against Covid vaccine mandates• Biden will tell UN general assembly ‘America is back’ 4.21pm BST Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, president of the Maldives, spoke to the general assembly about what the nation has experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our economy relies on welcoming tourists to these shores. We import nearly everything from food to medicine to the materials we build our shelters...Tags: New York, World news, Joe Biden, United Nations, Brazil, Un, Biden, Maldives, UN General Assembly, Jair Bolsonaro, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Solih, UN general assembly ` America 32 people like this. Like Joe Biden urges leaders to confront ‘decisive decade for our world’ – liveSeptember 21, 2021 at 10:23 AM World leaders are gathering for the UN general assembly in New York, with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro among those scheduled to speak• Biden will tell UN general assembly ‘America is back’ 3.17pm BST Joe Biden is speaking at the UN general assembly, his first speech as US president. Biden noted the 4.5m people who have died from Covid-19 saying, “our shared grief is a poignant reminder that our collective future will hinge on our ability to recognize our common humanity, to act together.” “This i...Tags: New York, US, World news, Joe Biden, United Nations, Brazil, Un, Biden, UN General Assembly, Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, COVID, UN general assembly ` America 4 people like this. Like Xi’s army: from ‘hiding and biding’ to building China’s dreamSeptember 21, 2021 at 7:38 AM The combat capability of the People’s Liberation Army may still be a ‘work in progress’ but it is catching up through influence and trainingWhen Covid-19 swept across Iran last March, killing more than 1,000 people including the senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, it was the Chinese military that Tehran turned to for help. On 19 March 2020, batch loads of testing kits, PPE and face masks arrived in the Iranian capital.In February this year, China’s People’s Liberation Army...Tags: China, World news, Iran, Taiwan, Asia Pacific, Xi Jinping, Sierra Leone, United Nations, Cambodia, Tehran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, People 's Liberation Army, People 's Liberation Army PLA, Coronavirus, COVID 35 people like this. Like Gilgamesh Dream Tablet to be formally handed back to IraqSeptember 21, 2021 at 6:57 AM The 3,600-year-old tablet that shows parts of a Sumerian poem will be returned by the US to the country it was taken from in 1991A 3,600-year-old tablet showing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh will be formally handed back to Iraq by the US on Thursday.The tablet, known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, shows parts of a Sumerian poem from the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world’s oldest known religious texts. It is believed to have been looted from a museum in Iraq in 1991, and “fraudulently” entered ...Tags: Books, Iraq, Poetry, US, World news, US news, Culture, Unesco, Middle East and North Africa, United Nations, US Department of Justice, Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh Dream Tablet 38 people like this. Like |
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