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Students attend classes at a school in southwestern Haiti. — courtesy UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier
UNESCO: 250 million children now out of school
GENEVA — The number of children missing out on any schooling has increased by six million, bringing the total to 250 million, according to new figures released on Monday by the UN Education, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).The increase is partly due to the mass exclusion of women and girls from education in Afghanistan but can also be attributed to broader stagnation in education provision worldwide.The findings undermine UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, which sets the goal of quality education for all by 2030.If countries were on track with their national SDG 4 targets, six million more children would be in pre-school, 58 million more children and adolescents would be in school, and at least 1.7 million more primary school teachers would have been trained, according to the...
September 18, 2023

UNESCO: 250 million children now out of school

Russian media says Wang’s trip will lay the ground for Vladimir Putin to make a landmark visit to Beijing. — courtesy Getty Images
China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks
BEIJING — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi is visiting Russia for security talks, as Moscow seeks continued support for its war on Ukraine.A close ally of Moscow, Beijing is accused of supporting Russia indirectly during the war, which it denies.His visit comes after Vladimir Putin met North Korea’s Kim Jong Un amid US fears they could strike an arms deal.Russian media said Wang’s trip would also lay the ground for Putin to make a landmark visit to Beijing soon.Earlier this month Putin said he expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, but did not say when.He has not traveled abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March over war crimes in Ukraine.Putin last ventured onto foreign soil in December 2022 when he visited Belarus and...
September 18, 2023

China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks

Sir Keir Starmer is currently in Canada meeting with centre-left global leaders
Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says
MONTREAL — Sir Keir Starmer has said he will seek a "much better" Brexit deal with the EU if Labour wins the next general election.The opposition leader told the Financial Times that the current deal, which is due for review in 2025, is "too thin".Sir Keir was speaking at a conference of centre-left leaders in Montreal, Canada.But he ruled out re-joining the customs union, the single market or the EU.It remains unclear, however, if Brussels would be open to making major changes to the agreement, which was agreed by former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2021.Sir Keir has repeatedly said he would not seek to rejoin the EU if his party comes to power, promising to "make Brexit work".His party has consistently held double-digit leads in the...
September 18, 2023

Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says

Kim Jong Un talked about military cooperation with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday. — courtesy Russian Defence Ministry/Handout/Reuters
North Korean leader gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia
MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received body armor and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia that has alarmed the West.The send-off capped a rare, six-day visit that saw him hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, raising the possibility North Korea could provide Russia with weaponry to aid its invasion of Ukraine.Kim travels little abroad and was given a lavish welcome, spending much of the trip visiting military sites. North Korea is heavily sanctioned and is in need of everything from energy to food to military technology.As he left, the governor of the far eastern Russian region of Primorye gave him a bulletproof vest and a set of drones, Russian state media TASS reported.“This is a body armor with protection zones for the chest, shoulders,...
September 17, 2023

North Korean leader gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said we should be prepared for a long war in Ukraine.
NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine
BERLIN — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains.Ukraine’s allies have sought to accentuate campaign gains in recent weeks, but it has been under way for months with no major breakthroughs. The fall will bring changing conditions on the ground and the possibility that Russia will once again try to pummel Ukrainian energy infrastructure.“Most wars last longer than is expected when they first start. Therefore, we must prepare ourselves for a long war in Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said in an interview with German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost published Sunday.“We are all wishing for a quick peace. But at the same time, we must recognize: If President...
September 17, 2023

NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. — courtesy Reuters
Lampedusa: Von der Leyen, Meloni visit island after migrant boat fears
LAMPEDUSA — The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has visited a migrant reception center on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the country’s prime minister called for EU help with small boat arrivals.More than 8,000 migrants have arrived on the island over the past three days. Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said Italy is being placed under “unsustainable pressure”.Von der Leyen acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was “a European challenge and needs a European answer”.At a news conference with Meloni, she praised the people of Lampedusa for the support they had given to migrants, who she said had arrived on the island “simply because of its location”.She pledged to increase support to transfer migrants out of Lampedusa as well as stepping up efforts...
September 17, 2023

Lampedusa: Von der Leyen, Meloni visit island after migrant boat fears


Mount Pelée, an active volcano on the French island of Martinique, was added to the World Heritage List. —courtesy UNESCO World Heritage Nomination Office
UNESCO adds new sites to the World Heritage List
GENEVA — UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has wrapped up its deliberations related to sites that are in danger and began adding new sites on Saturday to its prestigious World Heritage List.Sites in Ukraine — the St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, both located in the capital city of Kyiv, and the historical center of Lviv in western Ukraine — were deemed to be “in danger” earlier this week.Deliberations started Saturday considering 50 sites nominated for the well-known World Heritage List.The Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua in Congo and the volcanoes and forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons on the French island of Martinique, were chosen to be inscribed to the World Heritage List on the first day.The World Heritage in Danger List includes...
September 17, 2023

UNESCO adds new sites to the World Heritage List

The Welsh government says its new 20mph default speed limit could save the NHS £93m a year. — courtesy Getty Images
20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph
LONDON — Wales has become the first country in the UK to reduce speed limits in built-up areas from 30mph to 20mph in Wales from Sunday.Welsh ministers said a 20mph (32km/h) limit would reduce deaths and noise and encourage people to walk or cycle but it has caused controversy with some drivers.The United Nations, environmental and road safety groups have backed the move but opposing politicians declared it a “war on motorists”.Wales’ first minister said it would “keep people from losing their lives”.“It’s going to take you a minute longer to make your journey, and we will save 10 people’s lives in Wales every year as a result of that one minute contribution — it doesn’t seem an unfair bargain,” said Mark Drakeford.The law will change the speed limit on about 35% of...
September 17, 2023

20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

File photo of Russell Brand. — courtesy YouTube
Brand allegations mean entertainment industry has questions to answer — Cleverly
LONDON — The entertainment industry has questions to answer over allegations against comedian Russell Brand, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said.Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013 in a joint investigation by Channel 4, the Times and Sunday Times.He denied the allegations, and said his relationships were “always consensual”.Cleverly told the BBC those in power must “be better” at listening to the voices of the “relatively powerless”.A production company has also launched an “urgent” internal investigation into the allegations.He told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: “I think there are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials in power — whether that be in the entertainment industry,...
September 17, 2023

Brand allegations mean entertainment industry has questions to answer — Cleverly

Workers harvest a field of barley near the border with Russia in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine on Aug. 30, 2023. — courtesy Getty Images
3 nations to defy EU and extend ban on Ukrainian grain imports
BRUSSELS — Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia will defy the European Union and extend a temporary ban placed on Ukrainian grain imports, in a move likely to anger the bloc’s leadership.On Friday, the EU announced plans to suspend a temporary ban placed on the export of Ukrainian grain to a select number of countries in Eastern Europe.The temporary measure adopted in May saw a ban placed on the imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia to counter the risk of farmers in these countries being undercut by a bottleneck of cheap Ukrainian grain.Ukraine is a major supplier of grain and has been relying on its neighbors to send exports through while it has been unable to use Black Sea routes.While Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr...
September 16, 2023

3 nations to defy EU and extend ban on Ukrainian grain imports

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