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A corona nursing staff collecting the swab sample from a suspected covid19 patient in Mysore city hospital of Karnataka state in India.
India reports 234,692 new COVID-19 cases, total at 14.5 million
MUMBAI — India reported a record daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Saturday.Total cases reached nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States, which has reported more than 32 million infections.India's deaths from COVID-19 rose by 1,341 to reach a total of 175,649, the data showed.South Korea says virus battle at inflection pointIn Seoul, South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for the second straight day Friday as the country's virus fight is at a critical juncture of bracing for another wave of the pandemic, Yonhap reported.The country reported 673 more COVID-19 cases, including 652 local infections, raising the total caseload to 112,789, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention...
April 17, 2021

India reports 234,692 new COVID-19 cases, total at 14.5 million

File photo of  IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
IAEA confirms Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity
VIENNA — Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at its above-ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant at Natanz, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming earlier statements by Iranian officials, Reuters reported."The Agency today verified that Iran had begun the production of UF6 enriched up to 60% U-235 by feeding UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 simultaneously into two cascades of IR-4 centrifuges and IR-6 centrifuges at the Natanz Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant," the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement.UF6 is uranium hexafluoride, the form in which uranium is fed into centrifuges for enrichment.The move has complicated talks aimed at reviving Iran's nuclear deal with major powers as it is a big step towards...
April 17, 2021

IAEA confirms Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity

Lesotho's elderly population is at high risk from COVID-19. — courtesy UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker
Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent
GENEVA — A 77-year old nun from the southern African country of Lesotho has been telling the UN how she survived a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in her convent and why it’s important to embrace the vaccine.For Sister Juliet Lithemba, the past year has been “nothing short of grace and mercy from above”, as she explains it.The 77-year-old resident of Mt Royal Convent of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, located in Lesotho’s Leribe district, didn’t know much about COVID-19 until her convent home and fellow sisters were infected by the deadly virus.She has dedicated her life to religious service since 1964, when she was just 20-years-old. For 47 years of her dedication, she has never seen such havoc brought about by a disease as during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sister Lithemba was one of...
April 17, 2021

Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent


Youth volunteers in Jordan are supporting their communities during the COVID-19 crisis. — courtesy UNICEF/Naua
COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns
GENEVA — COVID-19 infections are approaching their highest rates since the pandemic began just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday.“Around the world, cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking during his regular briefing.“Globally, the number of new cases per week has nearly doubled over the past two months. This is approaching the highest rate of infection that we have seen so far during the pandemic.”As of Friday, there were 138.5 million cases worldwide, and more than 2.9 million deaths. The pandemic was declared in March 2020.Tedros said some countries, which had previously avoided widespread virus transmission are now witnessing “steep...
April 17, 2021

COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns

More than 355,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Niamey, the capital of Niger. — courtesy UNICEF/Frank Dejongh
Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares
GENEVA — With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and epidemiologically self-defeating, the head of the UN health agency told a special ministerial meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday.The summit — held in virtual format on the theme, “A Vaccine for All” — brought together senior officials from the UN, government, business, the scientific community and civil society, who explored ways to guarantee equal access to the vaccine as a global public good, and to strengthen countries' readiness for its distribution.“Vaccine equity is the challenge of our...
April 17, 2021

Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares

A destroyed warship at Tripoli naval base, in Libya, a symbol of ongoing conflict in the country. — courtesy UNSMIL/Abel Kavanagh
UNSC backs Libya ceasefire mechanism, calls for withdrawal of foreign forces, mercenaries
NEW YORK — The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution which calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and gives the green light for a UN team to monitor last October’s historic ceasefire agreement.In a second vote announced on Friday afternoon in New York, ambassadors also passed a resolution unanimously, renewing measures relating to the illicit export of petroleum, through to 30 July, 2022.Ceasefire monitoringThe UN-brokered agreement last year was signed by military representatives of the internationally recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), and rival administration of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA), based in eastern Libya.The permanent ceasefire agreement also called for the setting up of a monitoring mechanism to...
April 17, 2021

UNSC backs Libya ceasefire mechanism, calls for withdrawal of foreign forces, mercenaries

File photo shows a bookstore at a market in Yangon, Myanmar, displaying a range of titles, including some focusing on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi. — courtesy Unsplash/Alexander Schimmeck
Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out: UN expert
YANGON — The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is “not working”, and the world is not buying the military leadership’s “propaganda” that it is exercising restraint against protesters, the UN independent human rights expert on the country has said, in an in-depth interview with UN News.Over 700 people are reported to have been killed in the brutal response by the security forces since the military overthrew the democratically elected government on Feb. 1. Thousands more have been injured — many of them seriously, and over 3,000 people are in detention.That includes at least 71 journalists, more than half of whom are still detained, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
April 17, 2021

Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out: UN expert

 Internally displaced children from Dikwa in Borno state, Nigeria, having their evening meal at the house of their host. (file photo)UNICEF/Andrew Esiebo
FIle photo shows internally displaced children from Dikwa in Borno state, Nigeria, having their evening meal at the house of their host. — courtesy UNICEF/Andrew Esiebo
Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP
ROME — More than 31 million people across West and Central Africa may not have enough to eat in the coming months as hunger rises due to an “explosive mix” of skyrocketing food prices, conflict and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday.The figure is more than 30 percent higher than last year and represents the highest level over most of the past decade, according to a joint food security analysis assessment released under the auspices of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), a regional organization.Misery multiplying WFP stressed that immediate action is needed now to avert a catastrophe. The warning comes ahead of the lean season, from June to August, when food is scarce before the next harvest.“In...
April 17, 2021

Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP


Cities across the globe share concrete efforts to accelerate the transformation towards a resilient and decarbonized society. — courtesy Unsplash/chuttersnap
Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development
NEW YORK — The United Nations Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back impacts of climate change and build a green and sustainable future for all.Addressing the C40 Mayors Climate Alliance, Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the that cities and urban centers are “on the frontlines” of the climate crisis, emitting more than 70 percent of global greenhouse gases as well as facing risks ranging from rising sea levels to deadly storms.But cities can also boost climate action, clean energy and sustainable development, through more effective strategies and policies, especially as they recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, he added.“Investment in recovery is a generational opportunity to put...
April 17, 2021

Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development

 Arab Parliament Speaker Adel bin Abdurrahman Al-Asoumi commended the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts in Yemen aimed at reaching a political solution that ends the conflict.
Al-Asoumi: Saudi efforts in Yemen affirm its key role in establishing security and stability
CAIRO — Arab Parliament Speaker Adel bin Abdurrahman Al-Asoumi commended the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and the Crown Prince, in Yemen aimed at reaching a political solution that ends the conflict.The efforts would have ended the bloodshed and ensured regional peace and stability, the latest of which was the Kingdom’s initiative to end the conflict in Yemen, which was widely welcomed by the UN Security Council on Friday.In a statement issued Saturday, Al-Asoumi welcomed the Security Council’s call for the Yemeni parties to engage in the implementation of the provisions of the Riyadh Agreement in order to reach a comprehensive settlement and a political solution that achieves security and stability...
April 17, 2021

Al-Asoumi: Saudi efforts in Yemen affirm its key role in establishing security and stability

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