Tag: Antonio Guterres
Sudan: Jaishankar in NY to secure UN help for safety of Indians in Sudan
NEW DELHI: As violence continued to surge in Sudan, the government on Thursday said foreign minister S Jaishankar was in New York to meet UN…
Thunberg: Greta Thunberg, climate activists get court nod to sue Swedish state
STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court gave Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other climate activists the go-ahead on Tuesday to proceed with a class action lawsuit against…
Russia: Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world’s poor
KYIV: An unprecedented wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a…
Women’s Day events highlight major gaps in gender equality
MADRID: From demands for constitutional rights in Islamabad to calls for economic parity in Manila, Paris and Madrid, International Women’s Day demonstrations in cities around…
UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo
KINSHASA: A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
UN says Myanmar junta elections will fuel violence
BANGKOK: Junta plans for elections in coup-hit Myanmar this year will “fuel greater violence”, a United Nations special envoy said on Tuesday, calling for the…