More Than 600 Migrants Reach Italy By Sea From North Africa
More than 600 migrants, many of them Egyptians, arrived in southern Italy over the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday, defying stormy winter seas in search of a better life in Europe.
Italy has seen a sharp increase in boat ... Read More
Biden To Sign $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a ceremony Monday at the White House where he will sign a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that earned final passage in Congress after months of negotiations.
The legislation calls for massive spending across ... Read More
Covid: Austria Introduces Lockdown For Unvaccinated
About 65% of Austria's population is fully vaccinated
About two million people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have been placed in lockdown in Austria as the country faces a surge in cases.
"We are not taking this step lightly, ... Read More
UNICEF Calls On Government To Ratify Optional Protocol
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has asked Ghana to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of children, Child prostitution and Pornography.
Ms Anne Clair-Dufay, the UNICEF Country Representative to Ghana, said ... Read More
Akufo-Addo Off To UNESCO’s 75th Anniversary In Paris
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Thursday, 11th November 2021, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to attend, at the invitation of UNESCO’s Director General, Audrey Azoulay, the 75th anniversary ceremony of the founding of ... Read More
Annual German Carnival In Cologne Underway Despite Surging C...
Thousands of revelers celebrate the start of the carnival season in the streets of Cologne, Germany, Nov. 11, 2021, despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Germany’s carnival season, a series of festivals among German Catholics, began Thursday but ... Read More
Danny Fenster: Myanmar Court Gives US Journalist 11 Years Ja...
Danny Fenster
A Myanmar military court has sentenced US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail.
Fenster was found guilty of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and encouraging dissent against the military.
He was earlier this week slapped with two additional charges ... Read More
COP26: Fear Of Failure As Climate Summit Enters Final Day
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is entering its final day, amid growing fears that the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is unlikely to be met.
UN Secretary General António Guterres bluntly told the Associated Press news agency that ... Read More
Number Of Migrants Crossing Channel To UK Hits New Daily Rec...
Around 1,000 people crossed the Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant Channel crossings in a single day.
Five lifeboats and four Border Force vessels escorted groups to Dover as a period of calm ... Read More
Western Nations Condemn Belarus At UN Security Council
The United States and European members of the U.N. Security Council condemned Belarus on Thursday for what they called the “cynical instrumentalization of migrants,” as tensions simmered along the Polish-Belarusian border.
“We … condemn the orchestrated instrumentalization of human beings whose ... Read More