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UN rights chief to publish Xinjiang report today despite China's protest
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 31 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is set to release the long-awaited report on rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province on Wednesday, media reports said.
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UN rights chief slams Israel's failure to grant visas for staff in West Ba
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday denounced Israel's refusal to issue or extend visas for UN staff to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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UNHCR urges immediate support for millions caught in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged support for a massive scale-up in emergency relief for millions of people in Pakistan hit by monsoon floods that have already killed more than 1,000 people.
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Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services: UN re
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/ New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) re
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Study finds Artificial Intelligence helps in treating Women with heart att
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], August 29 (ANI): Heart attacks are one of the main causes of death worldwide, with women having a greater mortality rate than men. Cardiologists have been concerned about this for decades, and it has sparked debate in the medical community regarding the reasons and repe
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Neeraj Chopra gifts his Tokyo gold medal-winning javelin to Olympic Museum
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): With Neeraj Chopra back in the field once again, the star javelin thrower donated his Tokyo 2020 gold medal-winning javelin to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday and said that he is hopeful that its presence can serve as an inspiration
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Sachin Tendulkar congratulates Neeraj Chopra over his Diamond League trium
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
With his best throw at the event, Chopra became the first Indian to clinch the prestigious Diamond League Meeting title with a win in Lausanne.
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Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year: WMO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 27 (ANI): Millions of people in the Greater Horn of Africa have already "suffered the longest drought in 40 years," and parts of the region are bracing for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported.
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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Monkeypox cases drop 21 pc globally: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): World Health Organization report issued Thursday informed that the number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21 per cent in the last week.
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Time to level up with the Swatch X Dragon Ball Z Collection Goku, Cell, Fr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Biel [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): Calling all anime fans, it's time to reveal the Swatch X Dragon Ball Z Collection. Seven Swatches and a Limited Edition set reimagine iconic characters from Dragon Ball Z. Even those who haven't watched Dragon Ball Z may know something about one
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After six months of war, Ukraine's life-saving health system prepares for
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): At the six-month mark of the war in Ukraine, the country's badly affected but still-resilient health system is taking stock of lessons learned in providing life-saving care with the support of WHO and partners as it prepares for a challenging winter ahe
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