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

UN chief warns against COVID recovery resources’ criminal exploitation

9:56 am December 14, 2021

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources. In a video message to the ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (CoSP9) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the top UN official warned that countries investing in COVID-19 recovery, “must […]

Mediating in Gaza conflict, Egypt seeks broader influence

10:57 pm May 20, 2021

Cairo: Egypt is trying to prove itself to the world once again as an indispensable mediator as it rushes to broker a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the fourth in just over a decade. It’s the latest instance in which Egypt has served as a mediator between Israel and Gaza’s ruling militant Hamas group. Egypt borders both Israel and the Gaza Strip, and has been a key […]

South Africa to end captive lion industry, rhino horn and ivory trade

11:28 pm May 6, 2021

Johannesburg: In a major policy move, the South African government has decided to end its multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry, which supplies cubs for tourism, lions for trophy hunting and bones for traditional medicine. It also decided to halt further trade in rhino horns and ivories. Though the policy is yet to be made into law, if […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts

11:40 pm April 22, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world’s most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States. “Meeting this moment is about more […]

Fakhar Zaman run-out: MCC says it’s up to umpires to decide if de Kock was at fault

7:42 pm April 5, 2021

London: Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman’s contentious run-out in the second ODI against South Africa has sparked a debate on spirit of the game with Marylebone Cricket Club saying it was ”up to the umpires to decide” if Quinton de Kock had attempted to mislead the batsman. In a stiff chase of 342, Zaman smashed a spectacular […]

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