More than 100,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict zones around the world between 2005-2020
Between 2005 and 2020, the United Nations verified over 266,000 grave violations against children committed by parties to conflict in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, UNICEF said today in a new report.
This figure is a fraction of the violations believed to have occurred, as...
NATO mulls how to define China: ‘Systemic challenge’ or worse?
NATO’s first new strategy concept in a decade will cite China as a concern for the first time, but member states remain at odds over how to describe the country with the world’s largest military and Beijing’s relationship with Russia, NATO diplomats say.
Both a summit of the G7 rich industrial democracies now under way in...
Biden eyes China with memorandum to combat illegal fishing
US President Joe Biden on Monday signed a national security memorandum to fight illegal fishing, part of pledged efforts to help countries combat alleged violations by fishing fleets, including those of China.
The White House said in a statement that it would also launch an alliance with Canada and the United Kingdom to “take...
G7 leaders unveil $600 billion infrastructure plan to tackle Chinese influence
The White House announced plans on Sunday to raise $200 billion for solar projects in Angola, an undersea telecommunications cable linking the Far East with France via Egypt, and nuclear power production in Romania as part of a huge G7 infrastructure plan designed to compete with China's massive Belt and Road initiative.
The proposals were unveiled on the first day...
US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region takes effect
Tough new US regulations on the import of goods from the Xinjiang region of China have come into effect.
Under the rules, firms have to prove imports from the region are not produced using forced labour.
US officials have said members of the minority Uyghur community in the region, who are...
Biodiversity conference moved from China to Canada: UN
A major biodiversity summit delayed due to the pandemic will be held in Montreal, Canada instead of China as planned, the UN said Tuesday, as Beijing continues with its strict zero-Covid policy.
A group of around 195 nations are aiming to adopt a new global deal to arrest declining biodiversity and safeguard nature at...
UN Official Says Afghan Taliban Has Stripped Women’s Rights
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet this week accused Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban of stripping women and girls of their fundamental rights and freedoms and rendering them invisible in public life. Her report was submitted Wednesday to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Bachelet told the council that Afghans are experiencing some of the...
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet won’t seek second term after China trip backlash
The United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, said on Monday that she would not seek a second term for personal reasons, refuting speculation that it was a decision linked to blowback over her trip to China last month.
Bachelet, 70, was criticized by rights groups as well as some Western governments, including the United States, who...
‘This could happen to any of us’: Graphic video of men stomping on a woman’s head shakes China to the core
Hong Kong (CNN)Tata, a 34-year-old in the Chinese city of Chengdu, was scrolling through her social media feed at her office desk on Friday afternoon when she came upon a harrowing video that shook her to the core.
In surveillance footage, three women are shown sharing a meal in a barbeque restaurant when a man approaches...
Unemployment in Pakistan climbs by 27.6 percent
The rate of unemployment in Pakistan is soaring with a 27.6 per cent compared to last year, according to a new report. The report shows that the number of people seeking jobs aboard is up by 27.6 per cent, due to an alarming rate of unemployment and scarcity jobs in the country. The crisis is further worsened by...