US Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, according to a media report citing US Justice Department on Saturday. BBC reported Prosecutors say Mr Menendez and his wife accepted gold bars and envelopes of cash from New Jersey businessmen. The senator and his wife accepted the More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to achieve peace for all in his message on International Day of Peace. “Let us commit to build, drive and sustain peace for all,” said the UN chief, noting that “people and our planet are in crisis” while this day is being observed. Guterres stressed that peace More
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) 78th session has kicked off in New York with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s presentation of the Report of the Secretary-General on the performance of the Organization, according to a media report on Wednesday. Guterres highlighted the dire challenges facing the world, exemplified by the recent devastating floods in Derna, Libya. More
More than 333 million children worldwide lives in extreme poverty while millions more should have been lifted out of extreme poverty which could not happened due to Covid-19 related disruptions, according to a statement on Sunday. “The findings show that 333 million children worldwide are living in extreme poverty – a decrease of almost 50 More
At least 56 people have been killed after fire broke out at an apartment block in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, media reports said. The fire broke out during the night in a nine-storey building, home to about 150 residents, according to the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA). Television images showed firefighters equipped with hoses and ladders More
The Group of 20 (G20) summit has begins in Indian capital New Delhi which discusses war in Ukraine, climate change, poverty reduction and international peace, according to a media report on Saturday. Inaugurating the summit, Indian Prime Minister Modi’s opening remarks touched on broader themes. “Old challenges are seeking new solutions, and that’s why we More
More than 2000 people have been killed in a massive earthquake that rattled Morocco, media reports said on Saturday. Another 329 individuals were injured, with 51 in critical condition, in the 6.8-magnitude quake that struck 72 kilometres southwest of Marrakesh. State TV, citing figures from the Interior Ministry, reported the coastal cities of Rabat, Casablanca More
Hong Kong was drenched on Friday by the heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago, killing one person and injuring 83, media reports said. Videos showed cascades of water surging down steep hillsides in the former British colony, flooding waist-deep in narrow streets, and inundating malls, metro stations and tunnels, Reuters reported. The extreme More
At least 63 people were killed and 40 others sustained burn injuries after a fire erupted in a five-storey apartment block in Johannesburg city of South Africa on Thursday, media reports said. BBC reported it was not yet known how the fire erupted. Sources quoted Emergency Services spokesman Robert Mulaudzi as saying that firefighters were More
The list of 388 people (killed and missing) in the wake of the devastating wildfire in Hawaii has been released by officials of island of Maui. The list of known people thought to be missing following the fire has been compiled by the FBI, which said on Tuesday there were about 1,000 to 1,100 people More
