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Imminent Famine In Northern Gaza Is ‘Entirely Man-made Disaster’: Guterres

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:49 pm | UN News

Data indicates that the “entire population” of Gaza – 2.3m – are enduring high levels of “acute” food insecurity. This includes 1.11m suffering from “catastrophic” food insecurity - IPC Phase 5. More >>

Grundfos Marks 40 Years Of Pioneering Innovative Water Solutions In Singapore

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 5:26 pm | Grundfos

Grundfos remains resolute in fostering the green transition of Singapore and beyond by investing in research and development, strategic partnerships, and talent. More >>

MSF Is Concerned For The Safety Of Patients And Medical Staff Trapped In Hospital Compound

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:19 pm | Doctors Without Borders

As Israeli Forces announced on 18 March that they were conducting a military operation inside and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza, MSF staff sheltering close by said heavy fighting was taking place. One of our staff members said he heard ... More >>

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Snowflake Teams With NVIDIA To Deliver Full-Stack AI Platform For Customers To Transform Their Industries

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:15 pm | Snowflake

SAN JOSE, Calif., – March 18, 2024 – Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud Company, today announced at NVIDIA GTC an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA that further empowers enterprise customers with an AI platform, bringing together the ... More >>

"I Am Seeing My Son Dying And I Can’t Do Anything": Children And Families In Northern Gaza Just Weeks Away From Famine

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:34 am | Save The Children

Children and families in northern Gaza are just weeks away from famine, according to data released today by leading experts on food insecurity and malnutrition, with some of the thresholds needed to declare a famine already exceeded. New data from ... More >>

Croplands And Robotics Plus Partner To Introduce Prospr To The Australasian Horticulture Market

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 9:18 am | Joint Press Release

  Robotics Plus’ Prospr, a multi-use autonomous vehicle for sustainable vineyard and orchard production, is now exclusively available from Croplands in Australia and New Zealand. ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, and TAURANGA, NZ - Croplands , Nufarm’s ... More >>

Guterres Urges Disarmament Now As Nuclear Risk Reaches ‘Highest Point In Decades’

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 8:07 am | UN News

Calling for disarmament now, he urged States with nuclear arsenals to lead the way across six areas for action that include dialogue and accountability. More >>

Explainer: What Is Famine?

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 7:07 am | UN News

With the release of the latest food security report from the IPC on war-ravaged Gaza since Dec, WFP chief economist Arif Husain explains the process of how – and when – a famine is classified More >>

Statement From CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr Robert Floyd At The UN Security Council - 18 March 2024

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:54 am | CTBTO

The Treaty envisions more verification tools. Tools to further boost transparency. To provide that certainty. To build trust. To dispel any suspicion or allegation about a state testing in secret. More >>

Sudan Conflict: 24 Million Children Exposed To A Year Of Brutality And Rights Violations, UN Committee Says

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:22 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

The Committee urges Sudan to immediately take all urgent and necessary measures to end these severe violations and fulfill its commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. More >>

"Stop Deep Sea Mining, Not Protests", Greenpeace Demands Regulator

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 5:57 am | Greenpeace

A global movement of over 2 million people is calling on governments to make history by voting for a moratorium on deep sea mining. Discussions on this will take place in July at the ISA Assembly. More >>

RSDP Funds Fotana Fishery Project

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 5:32 am | Solomon Islands MRD

It opens the door for new potential development initiatives in East Fataleka in partnership with the Solomon Islands Government and the People’s Republic of China More >>

Treske Calls On AI And Data Centre Experts To Bring Skills To Australia’s Regions

Monday, 18 March 2024, 3:04 pm | Treske

Australian data centre company says regional areas can capitalise on AI with the right infrastructure foundations in place and launches education event series in Newcastle More >>

A Tale of Two El Niños: Malawi underwater while neighbour Zambia dries out

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 2:38 pm | Save The Children

Two neighbouring southern Africa nations are battling completely opposite weather disasters this month, with Zambia experiencing its worst drought in two decades while Malawi battles floods that have displaced thousands, Save the Children said. Rains ... More >>

Siding With Spotify: The European Commission Fines Apple

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 8:38 am | Binoy Kampmark

It will come as little surprise that colossal Apple has been favouring its own music streaming service in snuffing and stuffing competitors. The company, it has been alleged, has prevented app developers from informing users of less expensive methods ... More >>

Top UN Official Slams Russia’s Illegal Elections In Occupied Ukraine

Saturday, 16 March 2024, 7:31 pm | UN News

The UN’s top political affairs official on Friday briefed the Security Council and slammed ongoing Russian elections in illegally occupied areas of Ukraine. “Russia’s intention to conduct presidential elections from today, 15 March, until 17 March ... More >>

PACER Plus Initiative Supports Samoa’s Agricultural Export Capacity

Friday, 15 March 2024, 7:10 pm | PACER Plus

The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU) handed over 800 harvest bins to the Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries today. The handover ceremony marks a pivotal moment in addressing a persistent challenge ... More >>

Reclaim Our Rivers. Reclaim Our Rights - Statement International Day Of Action For Rivers

Friday, 15 March 2024, 6:55 pm | IPMSDL

March 14 is the International Day of Action for Rivers. This year we mark 27 years of global solidarity for the protection of our rivers against mega dams, large hydropower projects, and encroachment of our Indigenous territories. For Indigenous Peoples ... More >>

Gaza: Aid Missions Constantly Under Threat, Warns UN Humanitarian Chief

Friday, 15 March 2024, 4:37 pm | UN News

Desperately needed aid operations in Gaza must be protected from attack, the UN’s top aid official has warned, amid reports on Thursday that Palestinians were killed and injured while waiting for supplies in Gaza City. Six Palestinians are believed ... More >>

Gaza Crisis: Joint Statement By Caritas Agencies Of Australia, Canada And New Zealand

Friday, 15 March 2024, 10:40 am | Caritas

In a joint statement dated 13 December 2023 , the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand called for a ceasefire and peace in Gaza. On 15 February 2024 , they reiterated the call, adding that they were "gravely concerned by indications ... More >>

Call To Ban Apartheid Israel From The 2024 Paris Olympics

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 3:34 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has written to the New Zealand Olympic Committee urging it to join the international campaign for apartheid Israel to be banned from the 2024 Paris Olympics (26 July to 11 August) Horrendous Israeli war crimes against ... More >>

One Year After Albo Went To San Diego - "Abandon AUKUS!"

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:44 am | Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition

One year ago, on March 14, 2023, PM Anthony Albanese signed off on the AUKUS agreement for nuclear powered submarines (and much more) with the USA and the UK in San Diego, California. Today many voices question AUKUS, and the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition ... More >>

International Response To 13 Years Of Humanitarian Crisis In Syria “not Good Enough”

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:17 am | World Vision New Zealand

Leading humanitarian agency, World Vision, says the world’s response to 13 years of protracted conflict, hunger, poverty, and displacement in Syria has “not been good enough”. Tomorrow marks 13 years of civil war in Syria and the country is ... More >>

Kate Lamason Wins Queensland AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 7:09 pm | AgriFutures

Kate Lamason has been named the winner of the 2024 Queensland AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award for her extensive work across the seafood industry, including co-founding Australia’s first canned tuna company, producing an award-winning product and boosting ... More >>

People With Disability Must Be Equal Partners In Reform: PWDA Responds To The Federal Government’s Progress Update

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 7:01 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is calling for people with disability to be recognised as equal partners in determining reforms flowing from the Disability Royal Commission and NDIS Review. The call comes in the wake of today’s release ... More >>

Rubrik Delivers Industry’s First-of-its-Kind DSPM Everywhere Securing Data Wherever It Lives

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Transport Agency

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 12, 2024 – Artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and the Internet of Things have caused a data explosion, leading organisations to grapple with a surging amount of fragmented data where it lives. Rubrik , the Zero ... More >>

TAIC Statement LATAM Flight La800

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 2:16 pm | Transport Accident Investigation Commission

The accident involving LATAM flight LA800 occurred in international airspace. Under the International Convention on Aviation, the Chilean accident investigation authority, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), is responsible for investigating ... More >>

Artificial Intelligence Is The Biggest Threat To The 2024 Elections

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 9:00 am | Yubico

SYDNEY - March 12, 2024 - Today Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, and Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organisation committed to bringing free cybersecurity tools and resources to federal ... More >>

CAPHRA Urges Govts To Re-evaluate Involvement In WHO FCTC Amid Concerns Of NGO Activism And Exclusionary Practices

Monday, 11 March 2024, 8:18 pm | CAPHRA

CAPHRA, a leading international consumer advocacy group is calling on governments worldwide to critically assess their participation in the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). “We’re today highlighting ... More >>

Momentum For Gender-supportive Action & Investment Continues In Asia-Pacific

Monday, 11 March 2024, 7:31 pm | UN FAO

11/03/2024, Bangkok – Following on from last week’s high-profile advocacy of International Women’s Day, the momentum for action continued this week in Asia and the Pacific, with two UN agencies amplifying the calls for more action on investment ... More >>

APEC: Navigating Fragile Growth, Trade Slowdown And Global Challenges

Monday, 11 March 2024, 7:28 pm | APEC

By Rhea Crisologo Hernando, Glacer Niño A. Vasquez and Carlos A. Kuriyama As global challenges weigh on economic recovery, APEC will continue to grow at a moderate pace between 2024 and 2025. Fragile Growth The APEC region is estimated to have expanded ... More >>

It Is Not Natural Disasters But Manmade Barriers That Block Access To TB Care

Monday, 11 March 2024, 7:27 pm | CNS

It is not natural disasters (like hurricanes or storms) which block access to TB care services most times, but manmade barriers that fuel injustices, inequities, greed, and risk factors that put people at risk of TB disease and death. Since these ... More >>

A Lost Generation In Ukraine Deserve Our Support

Monday, 11 March 2024, 12:51 pm | ChildFund

As the war drags on for another year, almost one million Ukrainian school-age children are still not able to attend school in person. Many have never set foot in a classroom. ChildFund is launching an appeal to support Ukrainian children to get the support ... More >>

Alternative Aid Delivery In Gaza: Children Do Not Have Time To Wait - Save The Children

Sunday, 10 March 2024, 1:47 pm | Save The Children

Children in Gaza dying from starvation and disease cannot wait for the time it may take to build a temporary port off the Strip, or for the hope that aid dropped out of planes will reach them, Save the Children said. While welcoming efforts to provide ... More >>

Gaza: Rafah Ground Assault Would Increase Risk Of Atrocity Crimes

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 6:56 pm | UN News

Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million have sought shelter following mass displacement, will hugely increase the risk of atrocity crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human rights warned on Friday . Spokesperson ... More >>

Over 230 Million Women And Girls Subjected To Female Genital Mutilation: UNICEF

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 6:55 pm | UN News

More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM); an increase of 30 million or 15 per cent compared with figures from 2016, new UN estimates revealed on Friday. Released on Friday, coinciding ... More >>

International Women’s Day: UN Chief Launches Plan To Tackle ‘baked-in Bias’

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 6:54 pm | UN News

The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around the world, unveiling details at a meeting commemorating International Women’s Day on the theme of investing in women and girls. “Equality is overdue; to achieve ... More >>

APEC Growth Outlook Brightens But Risks Linger

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 4:04 pm | APEC

Boosted by consumer and government spending, as well as tourism, the APEC region’s economy is expected to grow by 3.5 percent in 2023 and is projected to sustain growth at 3.2 percent in 2024, higher than earlier estimates , according to the APEC Policy ... More >>

Gaza: Kaag Working Closely With Partners On New Maritime Aid Lifeline

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:54 pm | UN News

An international maritime aid corridor to Gaza could be in operation as early as Sunday, according to the head of the European Commission, working closely with the UN’s Senior Humanitarian Coordinator and other international partners. In a joint ... More >>

Security Council Calls For Immediate Cessation Of Hostilities In Sudan

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:50 pm | UN News

The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a key resolution on Sudan, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the war-torn country during the month of Ramadan, which begins on Sunday. In resolution 2724 (2024), adopted with 14 votes ... More >>

UN Rights Chief Urges Comprehensive Action Against Religious Hatred And Discrimination

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:49 pm | UN News

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday outlined a comprehensive set of measures to counter religious hatred, emphasizing the urgent need for concerted action to address the rising levels of discrimination and violence. Speaking before ... More >>

Ukraine War: Alarm Raised In Security Council Over Civilian Attacks

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:47 pm | UN News

A recent sharp rise in deadly attacks against civilians in Ukraine and Russia, including by armed drones, run counter to international law and must end now, top UN officials told the Security Council on Friday afternoon. “We condemn all attacks on civilians ... More >>

Unpaid Care Work Spotlight Of The If Women Stop, The World Stops Concert By FWRM

Friday, 8 March 2024, 8:26 pm | Fiji Women's Rights Movement

Unpaid care work perpetuates and exacerbates gender inequalities and discrimination. This was the sentiment shared during the fifth If Women Stop, the World Stops concert organised by the Fiji Women's Rights Movement in Suva today. The free concert, a ... More >>

Come Join Our If Women Stop, the World Stops Concert Tomorrow on International Women's Day!

Friday, 8 March 2024, 5:23 pm | Fiji Women's Rights Movement

The Fiji Women's Rights Movement's If Women Stop, the World Stops Concert is taking place on International Women’s Day – March 8th, 2024 at the Sukuna Park in Suva. The Concert is in solidarity with the Women’s Global Strike, which calls women More >>

Nepal: Girl Cricketers Who Successfully Campaigned To End Child Marriage Play In First Provincial Tournament

Friday, 8 March 2024, 10:48 am | Save The Children

Teams of girl cricketers who joined forces on and off the pitch to campaign against child marriage are taking part in their first provincial ‘all-girls’ tournament after their successful campaign to end child marriage in two municipalities. The ... More >>

Tell The Truth About Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 5:39 pm | Independent Media Institute

Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as media outlets go out of their way to obscure the perpetrators of genocide. Israeli forces killed more than a hundred Palestinians and wounded more than 700 on February 29, 2024 during ... More >>

Stories From The UN Archive: UN General Assembly’s First Female President

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 5:36 pm | UN News

In 1953, UN Member States elected India’s political dynamo Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the eighth President of the General Assembly, the first woman ever elected to the role. Ahead of International Women’s Day , marked on 8 March, we look back ... More >>

APEC Members Pursues New Approaches To Reignite The FTAAP

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 2:21 pm | APEC

APEC member economies are considering innovative and improved approaches to revitalize the Free-Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) as a major instrument to further APEC’s regional economic integration agenda. The FTAAP was envisioned by APEC Leaders ... More >>

Parrot Analytics And Telefilm Canada Partner To Empower Movie Success With Audience Data Insights

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 10:16 am | Joint Press Release

Los Angeles and Montreal (March 6, 2024) – Parrot Analytics, the leader in global entertainment analytics, today announced a new partnership with Telefilm Canada, the Crown corporation dedicated to supporting the Canadian audiovisual industry. ... More >>

A Coup, An Escape, A Conviction, And Freedom

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 3:58 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich

Eighteen years after a military coup toppled one of Thailand's most politically powerful leaders, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra walked free on parole, finishing six months in a police hospital and sparking fears he now shares power ... More >>

WTO Conference Ends In Division And Stalemate – Does The Global Trade Body Have A Viable Future?

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 6:40 pm | The Conversation

WTO conference ends in division and stalemate – does the global trade body have a viable future? More >>

Linking The Andaman Sea & Gulf Of Thailand

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 2:48 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Bangkok hopes Beijing will help build a $2.8 billion, east-west highway and railway "Land Bridge" across Thailand, linking the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand as a short-cut for oil and other international cargo currently ... More >>

How To Start An LLC Business In Pennsylvania

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 11:55 am | Hugh Grant

The origin of Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) in the United States can be traced back to the late 20th century, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of business structures within the country. Before LLCs, businesses primarily operated ... More >>

To Save Israel: The US Is Destroying The International System It Once Constructed

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:02 am | Ramzy Baroud

In a conversation in 2020 with Princeton Professor Emeritus, Richard Falk, he told me that historically, colonized nations that have won the legitimacy war have always won their freedom. Palestine is unlikely to be the exception. The Gaza war, however, ... More >>

Art Meets Innovation: The BMW I5 Flow NOSTOKANA

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 9:58 am | BMW

Munich/Los Angeles. The BMW Group presents a fusion of art and innovation at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair in the form of the BMW i5 Flow NOSTOKANA. The one- of-a-kind vehicle combines colour-change technology developed by BMW with the artistic language ... More >>

Vanuatu Still Recovering From Twin Cyclones One Year On, As Communities Prepare For Future Disasters

Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:56 pm | Save The Children

Communities in Vanuatu are still recovering from the devastating impacts of damaging twin cyclones that hit in early March 2023, while also preparing themselves to face future climate-crisis fuelled disasters with the support of Save the Children. Category ... More >>

UN Chief Appeals For Greater Support For Small Islands Fighting Climate Change

Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:24 pm | UN News

More funding is needed to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the frontlines of climate change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Saturday in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Mr. Guterres visited a project that is helping the Caribbean ... More >>

Roughly 9,000 Women Killed So Far In Gaza War: UN Women

Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:15 pm | UN News

The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its devastating impacts, the UN agency championing gender equality has said. UN Women estimated that 9,000 women have been reportedly killed by Israeli forces since the war erupted nearly ... More >>

WHO: Investments And Myth-busting To Improve Hearing

Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:14 pm | UN News

Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma. “Only one out of five people are actually ... More >>

Gaza: ‘Babies Slowly Perishing Under The World’s Gaze,’ UNICEF Warns

Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:13 pm | UN News

A senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for wider and safer humanitarian access in Gaza, where malnourished babies are slowly dying while the world watches. “The child deaths we feared are here,” Adele Khodr, ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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