UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons. As the only weapons with potentially existential consequences, nuclear weapons pose a grave threat to international, national and human security. The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves, he […]
The chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has resigned following allegations of political interference. Justin Milne resigned from the national broadcaster amid reports he had asked for journalists to be fired because their reporting was disliked by the Australian government, the BBC reported on Thursday. The government has denied pressuring the broadcaster over its […]
Unicef has launched a partnership with Microsoft to tackle the education crisis impacting children and young people affected by conflict and natural disasters, providing them with protection services. The two along with the University of Cambridge, are developing a ‘learning passport’ — a digital platform that will facilitate learning opportunities for children and young people […]
President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of attempting to meddle in the Nov. 6 congressional elections in the United States in retaliation for the tariffs his administration has imposed on Chinese goods. “Regrettably, we found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election, coming up in November, against my administration,” […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on world leaders to embrace globalisation shunning natural patriotism that gets warped into aggressive nationalism leading to confrontations. The British leader’s address came a day after US President Donald Trump said: “We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism” at the UNGA. May […]
US President Donald Trump has again claimed that his predecessor Barack Obama was close to starting a war with North Korea, saying that if he “wasn’t elected, there would have been a war”. “President Obama thought you had to go to war. You know how close he was to pressing the trigger,” Trump said at […]
Google on Thursday turned 20 and celebrated it with a nostalgic video feature of interesting searches through the years — from holidays, events, achievements and people to the best dance moves, food to eat, planets and languages. Google has answered all our queries since it came into being in 1998 as a research project by […]
The ongoing trade war between the US and China has escalated after American President Donald Trump’s administration’s new 10 per cent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods kicked in on Monday, spanning thousands of products, including food seasonings, baseball gloves, network routers and industrial machinery parts. China retaliated immediately with new taxes of 5 […]
The US State Department said on Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had spoken over phone with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to discuss the denuclearization of North Korea. According to a statement issued State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, Pompeo and Kono on Thursday discussed “the ongoing pressure campaign to achieve the final, fully […]
The UN Security Council has reiterated the importance of protecting civilians in armed conflict and requested the secretary-general to report on this matter every 12 months. In a statement on Friday, the council expressed outrage that civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict, Xinhua news agency reported. […]