United Nations | Xinhua | World output growth is projected to decelerate from an estimated 3.0 percent in 2022 to 1.9 percent in 2023, marking one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, according to a UN report launched on Wednesday. The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 report …
Read More »Biden announces equipping Ukraine with U.S.-made tanks
Washington, U.S | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will provide Ukraine with 31 U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks, which Russia has said will be its target if they were to be used in the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev. “Today I’m announcing that the United …
Read More »UN chief calls for data-driven fight against terrorism
United Nations | Xinhua | Data-driven tools and strategies must lead counter-terrorism efforts and be at the heart of building peace and security, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. “Data drives every aspect of economic, business and social life,” he said in remarks to a meeting of the UN Global …
Read More »Meta to restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Meta announced on Wednesday that the company would restore former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension. “In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will …
Read More »WHO warns against contaminated child cough syrups after hundreds of deaths
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued an urgent call for countries to crack down on substandard medical products, after more than 300 children died in multiple countries due to contaminated cough syrups. Over the past four months, the WHO said, several incidents have been …
Read More »Human trafficking moving deeper underground: UN report
Vienna, Austria | Xinhua | For the first time in 20 years, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a decline in the number of detected human trafficking victims as there were fewer opportunities for traffickers to operate and some trafficking forms were less likely to be detected, a United Nations (UN) …
Read More »Iran vows retaliation after EU, Britain slap sanctions
Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran on Tuesday strongly condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and Britain and vowed to take retaliatory measures. Iran reserves the right to take retaliatory measures against such “failed policies” and will soon announce its new list of sanctions against the “human rights …
Read More »Classified documents found at former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s home
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Congress on Tuesday that classified documents had been found at his home in Indiana. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said in a statement that Pence reached out on Tuesday about the misplaced documents. “He has …
Read More »32 peacekeepers killed in malicious attacks in 2022: UN Staff Union
United Nations, USA | Xinhua | At least 32 UN peacekeeping personnel were slain in deliberate attacks last year, with the Mali mission suffering the most, the UN Staff Union said Friday. Among the 32 fatalities were 28 military and 4 police personnel, including a woman police officer, said the Staff Union …
Read More »Online interaction can impact mood, concentration of young people: study
Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | A new research led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) has found that being judged online can negatively affect the mood and cognitive functioning of adolescents. The study, published in the Scientific Reports journal in December 2022, examined the impacts by having …
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