SYDNEY, Australia, Jul 24 2020 (IPS) – Sixteen-year-old Suhana Khan had just completed her grade 10 exams in March when India imposed a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Since then, she has been spending her mornings and evenings doing household chores, from…
Geneva, 31 Mar (D. Ravi Kanth) — Trade ministers of the Group of 20 countries (G20) on 30 March failed to arrive at a concrete developmental package for assisting developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) in combating the deadly COVID-19 disease…
Virat Kohli’s struggles in New Zealand continued on Saturday when he was out for three before Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari stabilised India’s first innings in the second Test in Christchurch.
(Jerusalem) – Israel should grant Palestinians in the West Bank rights protections at least equal to those afforded Israeli citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today, citing Israel’s 52 years of occupation with no end in sight.…
Having failed to hold its scheduled rally in the city due to ‘obstruction’ by the police on the first anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election, BNP on Monday announced that it will stage demonstrations in the capital on Tuesday.
Dhaka, Oct 7 (UNB) – Barbados Tridents lost the first qualifier of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CBP) losing to Guyana Amazon Warriors by 30 runs at Providence Stadium in Guyana on Monday.
PA Media: UK News10 September 2019 Boris Johnson has suffered another humiliating Commons defeat after his second bid for a snap general election was rejected by MPs.
Moscow, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station. A statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the failure to dock on Saturday was…
by Peter Bofinger Libra means ‘balance’ in Latin. But Peter Bofinger argues that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency would be highly risky for holders and a giant enrichment programme for the company. Facebook’s idea of issuing its own cryptocurrency has met strong…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram After the failure and abuses of privatization became apparent, public-private partnerships have since been promoted ostensibly to mobilize private finance for the public purpose. In all too many cases, PPPs have socialized costs and losses while…
New Delhi, 24 April (KM Gopakumar): The recent restructuring of the World Health Organization (WHO) hierarchy fails to address conflict of interest in the implementation of the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA). WHO announced its new structure on…