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Five things to know about the Google antitrust trial as it hits halfway markIn the trial that started on Sept. 12 and is scheduled to go to about mid-November, the Justice Department accused Google of manipulating o...- UN official: Conflicts make controlling COVID more difficultIn March 2020, as the pandemic was starting to circle the globe, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for global action "to put a...
- UN Security Council urges immediate ceasefire in YemenIn calling for a cessation of hostilities, the council singled out the military escalation by Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels in the oi...
- UN Syria envoy Geir Pederson says there's interest in stepped up diplomacyPedersen said a ``new international format`` could bring stakeholders to the table. ``With a relative, albeit fragile, calm on the ground, ...
- UNSC needs to introspect about the cost of its 'actions and inactions' on Syria: IndiaThe UN Security Council needs to introspect about the cost of its "actions and inactions" on Syria, India has said, emphasising that the po...
- Disheartening that there is no end in sight to decade-long conflict in Yemen: IndiaIndia's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti noted with concern that formidable economic, security and political cha...
- Foreign fighters involved in Syrian conflict have moved to other places as mercenaries: India"As we begin our new Council term eight years later, it is indeed disheartening to note that the ongoing crisis in Syria still has no end i...
- COVID-19 drives 40% spike in number of people needing humanitarian aid, U.N. saysThe COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a 40% increase in the number of people needing humanitarian assistance around the globe, the United Nation...
- Yemen in imminent danger of famine, warns UN chief Antonio GuterresGuterres warning comes as the United States threatens to blacklist Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi group as part of its "maximum pressure" campa...
- Warning of famine, United Nations releases $100M to seven countriesA statement overnight said USD 80 million of the money will go to Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen. Another...
- A week after explosion, Beirut could run out of bread in 2 weeksU.N. food chief David Beasley is in Beirut assessing damage and recovery prospects.
- COVID-19: UN and partners launch $6.7 billion appeal for vulnerable countriesThe UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said that while the virus has now affected every country and almost every person on the pl...
- United Nations appeals for $4.7 billion dollars more to fight coronavirus pandemicThe money is on top of the $2 billion the UN already called for when it launched its global humanitarian response plan on March 25. It has ...
- UN: USD 90 billion could protect 700 million poor in pandemicRestrictive measures imposed by governments to tackle the pandemic are likely to have a bigger impact in poorer countries than wealthier on...
- Louvre closes its doors as coronavirus spreads to new frontsThe virus has spread to more than 60 countries, and more than 3,000 people have died from the COVID-19 illness.
- Meet the startup that polices YouTube for twerk-averse advertisersHenry runs OpenSlate, a company that screens and grades YouTube videos for marketers. Several advertisers halted spending with YouTube afte...
- UN appeals for record $22.5 bn in global aid for 2018The global appeal by UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations aims to raise funds to help the some 91 million most vulnerable of th...
- DFID grants Rs 240 crore for Orissa's nutrition programmeDFID will give a grant of 45 mn pounds to civil society programmes to fight against discrimination and support Orissa, Bihar and Madhya Pra...
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