27 June 2016 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today called for an investigation into the killing of journalist Zamira Esther Bautista in Ciudad Victoria, the ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mostly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and lung diseases, account for over two-thirds of world's deaths each year. "Of these, the lung diseases are the ...

A pandemic like corona virus disease (COVID-19) has added more fuel to fire to push the region (and perhaps the rest of the world too) several steps back to achieve 'Health for all' by 2030 by ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) also declared, “older people are at highest risk from COVID-19, but all must act to prevent community spread.” In India, government data shows that although only 19 ...

With some 1.3 million drivers, passengers and pedestrians dying each year on the world’s roads, the United Nations took a major step to address this tragedy by launching on Thursday a trust fund to ...

GENEVA, March 8, 2016 – In the wake of last Friday’s Government takeover of Turkey’s major opposition newspaper, Zaman, following a controversial court order a few hours earlier, international ...

The unbelievable incident has brought bad luck in her life. "one is bound to bear luck. Everything depends on luck. If you were lucky, the husband wouldn't betray his wife," she said. "You were proud ...

Zero Discrimination Day is a chance to celebrate diversity and to reject discrimination. Credits: UNAids. Source:UN News. 1 March 2015 – The United Nations agency leading the world's HIV/AIDS response ...

In the last half of the 19th century in the U.S., excessive wealth and power concentration associated with industrial development resulted in many work stoppages and strikes that ultimately were ...

According to a report by UNICEF, India is home to the largest number of child brides in the world, accounting for more than one third of the global total of 650 million women and girls who were ...

15 July 2015 – Islamic finance offers a promising alternative to traditional sources of funding and should be utilized to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that countries will adopt in ...

Art as Liberation: The Mexican Muralists at the Whitney Museum Sam Ben-Meir - January 14, 2021 Vida Americana is an exhilarating, expansive and immensely satisfying exhibition at New York’s Whitney ...