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António Guterres appoints India’s Usha Rao-Monari as UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP

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António Guterres appoints India’s Usha Rao-Monari as UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP

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New York: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Usha Rao-Monari of India as...

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Global Corona cases continue to fall, but variants find new territories

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Global Corona cases continue to fall, but variants find new territories

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Geneva: The number of global new cases reported has continued to fall, with 2.7 million new cases...

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Release detained Burmese leaders immediately, says UN Secretary-General amidst reports of secret trial of Aung Suu Kyi by the junta

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Release detained Burmese leaders immediately, says UN Secretary-General amidst reports of secret trial of Aung Suu Kyi by the junta

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Photo courtesy @takhon_intel|Twitter   Yangon/New York: Amidst reports of a secret trial of noble laureate Daw Aung...

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Following rocket attack that killed a US national in Iraq, US asks UN to address Iran-backed militias

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Following rocket attack that killed a US national in Iraq, US asks UN to address Iran-backed militias

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New York: The rocket attack on Erbil in northern Iraq on Monday night in which a contractor...

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Global agencies gear up to support equal access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide

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Global agencies gear up to support equal access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide

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Photo credit: UNICEF/UNI319459/Rocio Ortega   Copenhagen/Geneva/New York / Oslo: UNICEF today launched the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative with...

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COVID-19 cases see global decline for the fifth consecutive week

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COVID-19 cases see global decline for the fifth consecutive week

Global Bihari February 15, 2021 0

Geneva: Last week saw the lowest number of reported weekly cases since October and the number of...

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UN concerned as junta sends additional armoured vehicles to major cities in Myanmar

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UN concerned as junta sends additional armoured vehicles to major cities in Myanmar

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Photo courtesy: Zin Mar Myint @ZinMarM02952459|Twitter* Yangon/New York: The military junta, which usurped power after a February...

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More journalists getting killed in targeted attacks as Doha peace negotiations fail to check violence in Afghanistan

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More journalists getting killed in targeted attacks as Doha peace negotiations fail to check violence in Afghanistan

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Kabul: No fewer than 11 human rights defenders and media workers were killed in targeted attacks in...

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WHO lists 2 additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out

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WHO lists 2 additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out

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 AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) today listed...

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Trump sounds on comeback vision post acquittal

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Trump sounds on comeback vision post acquittal

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Commentary By Venkatesh Raghavan The predictable happened with Donald Trump receiving an acquittal from the Senate owing...

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