Wed 06 January 2021: Julian Assange has been refused bail by a judge Vanessa Baraitser at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court means the WikiLeaks founder will continue to be held at the capital’s maximum-security Belmarsh prison. Earlier this week judge Vanessa Baraitser who ruled in his favour , by blocking the United States’ attempt to extradite […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: World Day of War Orphans reminds the world that caring for children in traumatic circumstances is a priority particularly amid the pandemic. Children caught in crossfire or estranged from parents need utmost care to help heal the mental wounds of war, restart schools and normal life. World Day of War Orphans is marked every year […]
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Mon 04 January 2021: A UK judge on Monday refused a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered the decision against the US authorities’ request on Monday, at the Old Bailey court in London. Assange was likely to commit suicide if sent to the US, Baraitser said. Assange faces 18 […]
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Mon 04 January 2021: A UK court is set to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US to face espionage charges, in what the leaks group called the most important press freedom case in decades. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser is expected to deliver the decision at 10:00 GMT on Monday at the Old Bailey. If the judge […]
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Friday 01 January 2021: UNICEF expects that 10.4 million children will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021 due to prolonged conflicts, internal displacement and the coronavirus pandemic. As the pandemic deepens, acute food insecurity in poor countries is leaving millions of children at risk of famine.. According to a report published by the United Nations International Children’s […]
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Tue 29 December 2020: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a message of hope and healing for the new year to the hundreds of millions of people worldwide whose lives have been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Defining 2020 as the year of trials, tragedies and tears, the UN secretary-general appealed for cooperation […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison under a vague and broadly-worded law aimed at combating terrorism, according to state-linked media. Loujain al-Hathloul’s case as well as her imprisonment for the past two and a half years, have drawn […]
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Fri 25 December 2020: Portugal has opened an investigation into a hunting expedition in which 16 Spanish hunters shot down 540 animals mostly deer and wild boars in a fenced-off area. Political parties, local authorities and environmental associations throughout Portugal are outraged over the hunting trip, which took place on December 17 and 18, and an official […]
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Fri 25 December 2020: Each of us sometimes is Mr. Jekyll and sometimes Mr. Hyde. We experience a range of feelings and emotions throughout our lives. Unfortunately, they are not always pleasant; some are so-called ugly feelings such as anger, jealousy, or irritation. Life goes on, and we move on. So do our emotions and […]
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Sat 19 December 2020: The research team gauged how living in an area of socioeconomic poverty – measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation – was linked to severe Covid-19 using anonymous health records LONDON – Researchers have now claimed that people in poorest areas are more likely to be affected by severe Covid-19 — […]
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