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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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Robert De Niro injured off-set while filming for 'Killers of the Flower Mo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): Hollywood star Robert De Niro returned back home to New York after injuring his leg off-set in Oklahoma while filming for ace filmmaker Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon', in which he is starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
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UN Security Council to hold open meeting on Israeli-Palestinian tensions
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations (UN) Security Council will hold an open meeting on Sunday to discuss the escalation of tensions between Israel and Palestine.
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UN chief calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza, Israel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement called for an immediate end to hostilities between warring parties in Israel and Gaza.
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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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Global airport traffic rebounds but full recovery years away: Fitch
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], May 13 (ANI): Airport traffic is rebounding off of pandemic troughs in most countries though Fitch Ratings' latest quarterly Global Airport Tracker report says the proverbial runway to normal will not be in sight for years.
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Lyla Blanc: An Indian perfume brand reaching new heights globally
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): There are only a handful brands that are Indian and have made it out of the country.
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UN should press China to end crimes against humanity on Uyghurs: Human Rig
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday.
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UN would welcome WHO's recognition of Sputnik V vaccine, process underway:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the process of recognition by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V was underway, and the UN would welcome its completion.
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AI tool uses chest X-ray to differentiate worst cases of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI): A computer program that has been trained to see patterns by analysing thousands of chest X-rays --predicted with up to 80 per cent accuracy which COVID-19 patients would develop life-threatening complications within four days, a new study finds.
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UN states, civil society organisations to discuss human rights situation i
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI): A broad coalition of UN member states and civil society organizations (CSO) is set to hold an online event on Wednesday to raise awareness and discuss the human rights situation prevailing in China Xinjiang province.
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Israel, Palestinian supporters clash near Israeli consulate in New York
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI/Sputnik): At least a thousand pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters clashed at a demonstration near the Israeli consulate in New York City over the recent escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the sce
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