The UNFPA said it supported Sri Lanka’s efforts to implement a five year National Condom Strategy 2016-2020 as the correct and consistent use of condoms was one of the most effective means of preventing sexual transmission of HIV. The UNFPA said that it also supported Sri Lanka’s National STD/AIDS Control Program (NSACP) in developing HIV/AIDS […]

The Morocco climate conference came right after the coming into force on Nov. 4 of the December 2015 Paris Agreement, which has been ratified by 110 countries as of Nov. 15, a pace rarely seen in history. “The Paris Agreement is a milestone achievement in the multilateral process on climate change,” said Xie Zhenhua, special […]

With barely three weeks to the 2016 general elections in December, the Honourable Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang and his entourage have been attacked under bizarre circumstances that has left many in shock. The MP and his campaign team upon their return from Wioso after their usual Campaign trip […]

Minister Lakshman Kiriella said the international community has accepted the efforts being taken by the Government to address the issues at hand. He said for three years Sri Lanka was on the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and was discussed for over an hour but now only 15 minutes is allocated […]

SkyNews Arabia TV cited activists as saying that 90 civilians had been killed by Russian and Syrian aerial shelling on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo. Another 20 civilians were reportedly killed by shelling that targeted the town of Batabo in the western countryside of Aleppo. The report said the death toll could likely rise due […]

The country recorded 4,235 gender-based violence cases during the period compared to 4,951 cases recorded in the same period last year. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo said in a statement that the country recorded 15 gender-based murder cases during the period, compared to the same period last year when 17 cases were recorded. She further said […]

Italo Cedeno, chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Latin America, told Xinhua that Xi’s visit will not only enrich the economic cooperation between Ecuador and China, but more importantly, it has a strategic significance for all Latin American countries. “I think President Xi’s visit will bring the good relations of our two countries to […]

France recorded a higher jobless rate over the third quarter compared to previous quarter, the national statistics institute, Insee, said Thursday. In mainland France, 9.7 percent of the active population, or 2.8 million people, was unemployed, up by 0.1 percent from the second quarter of 2016. However, year-on-year, the jobless rate was down by 0.4 […]

According to a Realmeter survey released on Thursday, 73.9 percent of respondents demanded Park’s resignation or impeachment. Such calls kept rising from 42.3 percent in late October to 60.4 percent the previous week. A majority of them favored Park’s voluntary resignation as impeachment takes months until it is ruled by the constitutional court. The impeachment […]

A total of 3,395 residents filed the suit with the Naha District Court against the government, complaining of emotional distress and negative impacts on the health caused by the aircraft noise and demanded 10 billion yen in compensation. The court recognized the sufferings of local residents around the air base and said the government failed […]

Mr Kumi Nkansah, the Social Media Manager of YFM, made the request in Takoradi at the Second Edition of YFM’s Election Dialogues dubbed: “Vote on Issues.” It was aimed at sensitising the electorate to vote for political parties and candidates that have policies and programmes that would accelerate national development. The event was organised by […]

The Group had completed minor projects such as the painting of the walls, fixing of the broken louvre blades and the rehabilitation of the bath house. Mr Ernest Akatu, President of the Group disclosed this during this year’s Home Coming and Memorial Fun Games at the Achimota in Accra, over the weekend. In the soccer […]

A returned pair of panda twins from the United States are catching up with local dialects as well as adapting to local delicacies in their new home in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Mei Lun and Mei Huan at the Atlanta Zoo in Atlanta, Georgia, May 22, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] Mei Lun and Mei Huan, the first surviving […]

Swedish Academy said on Wednesday that Bob Dylan has decided not to come to Stockholm to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony. Musician Bob Dylan attends the presentation ceremony of the Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington D.C. on May 29, 2012. [Photo / Xinhua] The Academy said, in a personal letter from […]

A showbiz blogger posts photos on Nov. 17, 2016, showing Lin’s intimacy with a mysterious woman. [Weibo.com] A showbiz blogger has exposed photos that purportedly show the Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan might have been involved in a love affair while his wife was pregnant. “Detective Zhao Wu’er” posted several photos of Lin and a mysterious […]

LONDON — A London tram was travelling at 70 km/h when it derailed and overturned on a bend with a speed limit of 20 km/h, killing seven passengers, an interim report revealed Wednesday. The official Rail Accident Investigation Branch’s (RAIB) is continuing an investigation into the tragedy which happened just after 6 a.m. local time […]

This was at the closure of a three-day regional meeting held to discuss issues of constitutionalism, rule of law and good governance with reference to African Union charters. In attendance were Members of Parliament of East African Region, member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development- an eight-country trade bloc, the African Union organs, experts […]

An insurgent named Talha Khurasani blew himself up next to a vehicle carrying members of the security unit protecting senior government officials in the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others. This is the third time that IS group has claimed responsibility for conducting deadly attacks in the fortified […]

In Kay, police chief of Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district, where the incident occurred, said the children became sick Wednesday evening after they ate a traditional dessert, which was made of ripe banana, coconut milk, tapioca pearl, and sugar. “They got dizzy and vomited, a few hours after they ate the dessert,” he told […]

Transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children, it affects populations in 42 countries, and is responsible for blindness or visual impairment in around 1.9 million people Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem1 in Morocco. Trachoma is the leading […]