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“Turn off the lights, and move the world towards a better future for all,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said in a message for the event. The UN chief recalled that 2023 was the hottest in history, and this year’s celebration is a global demonstration of solidarity to follow a …

Bill passes after hours of gridlock over funding for three-quarters of the government for the next six months. Lawmakers in the United States Senate have passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill, narrowly averting a partial government shutdown. The lower house on Saturday approved the measure by a 74-24 vote after …

Several camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at a popular concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday night, killing about 60 people and wounding more than 100, the F.S.B., Russia’s top security agency said. That death toll would make it the deadliest attack in the capital region in more than …

The minister added the President has a firm belief that a porous border is detrimental to national peace and security. Tunji-Ojo who made this known during the inauguration of 30 vehicles for border surveillance on Friday in Abuja, said the insurgency being experienced was a wake-up call for the country …

Millions of children are suffering from malnutrition in Afghanistan. Credit: Learning Together  kabul Friday, March 22, 2024 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons KABUL, Mar 22 (IPS) – Malnutrition in Afghanistan …

Washington, DC – The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1.2 trillion funding bill that would ban funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) amid the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. The measure, which passed in a 286 to 134 vote on Friday, would …

Before the United States presented a resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Friday calling for an “immediate and sustained cease-fire” in Gaza, it had vetoed three previous ones demanding a halt to the fighting. The United States has long used its veto power as a permanent Security Council …

Opinion by Shihana Mohamed (new york) Friday, March 22, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) – At the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 11, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Your gathering this year is focused on how …

Tinubu said this when he hosted the leadership of the Senate to a dinner to break the Ramadan fast at the State House on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the military would continue to enjoy the support of his administration in neutralising security threats across the country. “Our armed …

Security Council expected to vote on Friday on US-drafted ceasefire resolution with talks to continue in Qatar. The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote as soon as Friday on a United States-drafted resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as the European Union called for a “humanitarian pause”, …