UN official tells Julie Bishop Palestinian refugees vulnerable in Syrian turmoil
The United Nations agency responsible for educating half a million Palestinian children was almost forced to postpone the school year because of sharp funding shortfalls from international aid donors....
View ArticleMexican state of Sinaloa: bountiful in soybeans, drugs, violence
When Australian surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman ventured into the Mexican state of Sinaloa, they must have known they were entering one of the world's most dangerous territories. Mr Coleman's...
View ArticleWater, megacities and global change, international conference at UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Since 2011 more than half of the world's population lives in cities and the number of megacities, urban settlements...
View ArticleOpening of 10th session of Intangible Heritage Committee in Windhoek (UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Key speakers at the opening ceremony included Laura Mcleod-Katjirua, Governor of Namibia's Khomas Region, Awad Ali...
View ArticleJohannesburg launch of UNESCO’s report on World Trends in Freedom of...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Hezekiel Dlamini, Adviser for Communication and Information at the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa...
View ArticleUNESCO celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Of the global population of persons with disabilities, 80% of them live in developing countries. One third of all...
View ArticleAcademia and students discuss outcomes of UNESCO study on media development...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The UNESCO 'Support to Media in Jordan' project team has recently initiated a dialogue with universities in Jordan to...
View Article[Translate to espanol:] Opening of 10th session of Intangible Heritage...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) [Translate to espanol:] Key speakers at the opening ceremony included Laura Mcleod-Katjirua, Governor of Namibia's...
View ArticleCory Doctorow: politics and internet fail in climate change fight – so far
Canadian sci-fi author Cory Doctorow has lashed out at former prime ministers Tony Abbott, of Australia, and Stephen Harper, of Canada, for "losing" a critical decade in the battle against damaging...
View ArticleKids' data at risk as toymakers' tracking information is hacked
As toys go high-tech, hackers are zeroing in on a particularly vulnerable target – children. VTech, a Hong Kong-based company that sells baby monitors and digital learning toys such as children's...
View ArticleThe eerie disappearance of Beverly Giannonatti, her son Greg and an 11kg gold...
It seemed like Beverly Giannonatti had come across a stroke of luck, or at the very least, a small fortune. While a cleaning woman was going through the Deer Lodge, Montana, house of her late...
View ArticleCory Doctorow: we've lost key decade in climate fight, thanks to Abbott, Harper
Canadian sci-fi author Cory Doctorow has lashed out at former prime ministers Tony Abbott, of Australia, and Stephen Harper, of Canada, for "losing" a critical decade in the battle against damaging...
View ArticleWisdom the albatross was first banded in 1956 - now she is about to lay ...
Washington: The oldest known bird to lay an egg and raise a chick landed last week at the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, apparently to do it again, at age 64. Albatross like Wisdom are not even...
View ArticleFormer Hells Angels gang member kidnapped from his home in Thailand
Bangkok: A former Australian Hells Angles motorcycle gang member has been beaten unconscious and kidnapped at gunpoint from his home in Thailand. Five masked men drove 38-year-old Wayne Rodney...
View ArticleVenezuela arrests three for killing of opposition candidate
Caracas: Authorities have arrested three people suspected in the murder of an opposition leader that shook Venezuela and drew international condemnation in the run-up to this weekend's election for a...
View ArticleFour charged in Minneapolis protesters shooting
Minneapolis: A white man accused of shooting five Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis apparently had racist views and identified with the anti-government "sovereign citizen" movement,...
View ArticleWorld's worst emitter seeks funds to halt peat forest fires
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is using a meeting of leaders in Paris on climate change to seek funds to restore Indonesia's forests, after fires turned the country into the world's worst polluter...
View ArticleA path neyond the Paris climate change conference
The pledges countries have signalled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of what is needed to solve the problem of climate change. But many...
View ArticleNew technology driving the international scramble for shipwreck treasure
Miami: The Spanish galleon San Jose was overloaded with 200 passengers and 700 tons of cargo on a summer night in 1631 when it smashed into a rock off the Pacific coast of Panama, spilling silver coins...
View ArticleParis attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam may have escaped to Syria
London: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam may have fled to Syria, according to reports quoting French intelligence services. A major manhunt is under way for Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national...
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