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Imran Khan terms Pak polls as ‘mother of all rigging’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 22nd Feb. Former Prime Minister and the chief of the opposition party PTI Imran Khan has termed the February 8 general elections in Pakistan as “mother of all rigging”, a media report said.
His…
China cuts mortgage rate to boost housing market
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 22nd Feb. According to media reports on Wednesday the China central bank has cut its key mortgage reference rate by a record amount, to boost efforts to stem a prolonged property crisis.
The 25…
6,400 South Korean trainee doctors resigned
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 22nd Feb. According to news media reports on Wednesday tensions escalated between doctors and the government over the latter’s plan to add 2,000 to the medical school enrollment quota next year.…
WHO head says Gaza has become a ‘death zone’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday warned that an “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate.
“Gaza has…
UNESCO calls nations to pursue a policy of multilingual education
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UNESCO on Wednesday called on all countries to pursue a policy of multilingual education as it marked the International Mother Language Day.
The agency said that it’s key to fighting…
OHCHR reports tribal violence flares up in Papua New Guinea
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN human rights office in Geneva on Tuesday said that the Government of Papua New Guinea must effectively address escalating tribal violence.
OHCHR said that the authorities are urged…
UN CERF allocates $100M to underfunded emergencies
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Tuesday released $100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to support underfunded aid operations in 7 countries in…
UN agencies voices alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN peacekeeping mission in DRC on Tuesday has called on the M23 rebels to cease its offensive, after reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the…
Top envoy warns fighting in DRC threatens stability of entire region
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. UN Special Representative and the head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC, MONUSCO Bintou Keita on Tuesday briefed the members of the UNSC told in New York…
WFP warns Gazans ‘hanging in thread’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 21st Feb. World Food Programme on Tuesday warned that Gaza is “hanging by a thread”, called for urgent access to allow it to reach the thousands of Palestinians facing famine.
WFP in a statement…