UN chief demands end to gender pay gap
International Desk :UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for dismantling the discrimination and harmful gender stereotypes that contribute to the gender pay gap, reports UNB...
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France recalls envoys from Australia, USA
AFP :France on Friday recalled its ambassadors from the United States and Australia in a ferocious row over the scrapping of a submarine contract, an...
Japan PM candidates differ on same-sex, women rights issues
Reuters :Candidates to become Japan’s next prime minister all said they would have better policies to fight the pandemic and reduce the income gap during...
Can 2015 Iran nuclear deal be saved
AFP :After months of difficult negotiations, can the United States and Iran find a way to salvage the 2015 nuclear accord? Next week’s annual summit...
Anti-Kremlin app ‘censored’
AFP :Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused Apple and Google of “censorship” on Friday after they removed opposition voting apps at the start...
Nine killed, 23 injured in Nigerian air strike
AFP :An emergency official in northeast Nigeria said on Friday that nine people were killed and 23 others injuredin an air strike this week that...
Myanmar junta to put Suu Kyi on trial for corruption
AFP :Myanmar’s junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said Friday, adding to a raft of ongoing...
Africa Covid jab shortfall could take world ‘back to square one’: WHO
AFP :Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cutits projected shipments, raising the risk of new...
Alert raised over around Spain’s volcano
AFP :Experts were keeping a close watch on on a volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands which last erupted 50 years ago after observing an upsurge...
Argentina’s VP Kirchner challenges president over resignations
AFP :Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner directly challenged her boss, President Alberto Fernandez on Thursday, demanding a cabinet reshuffle and blaming the ruling coalition’s recent...
US medical experts to vote on Pfizer Covid boosters
AFP :US medical experts will meet on Friday to debate and vote on the controversial question of giving out booster doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine...
Republican who voted for Trump Impeachment exits
AFP :Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, one of 10 US House Republicans , who voted to impeach Donald Trump in January, said on Thursday that he would...