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French Embassy holds yoga session on its premises

5:42 pm June 21, 2019

New Delhi: Over 80 staff of the French Embassy took part in a yoga session on its premises on Friday, with the country’s envoy saying that the mission is committed to provide a good environment to its personnel for following this ancient practice, officials said. The event was held to mark the International Day of […]

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Russia, China block UN from saying NKorea violated sanctions

3:22 pm June 19, 2019

United Nations: Russia and China have blocked the U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea from declaring that Pyongyang breached the annual limit for importing refined petroleum products which are key for its economy, two U.N. diplomats said Tuesday. The diplomats said the Russians and Chinese notified the committee before Tuesday’s deadline for […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN

3:19 pm June 19, 2019

Geneva: More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday. In its annual global trends report, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) described the figure of 70.8 million at the end of 2018 as […]

UN calls for ‘independent’ probe into death of Egypt’s Morsi

10:53 pm June 18, 2019

Geneva: The UN human rights office called Tuesday for an “independent inquiry” into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who died in state custody. “Any sudden death in custody must be followed by a prompt, impartial, thorough and transparent investigation carried out by an independent body to clarify the cause of death,” said […]

UK PM candidates fight it out for second place with Boris Johnson

10:42 pm June 18, 2019

London: Britain’s six prime ministerial candidates face a crunch vote on Tuesday when ruling Conservative Party MPs will vote in a secret ballot for the second time to whittle down the list of contenders further. With former UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson a clear frontrunner in the race to replace Theresa May, the contest now […]