Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu are investigating a man after video of his mentally ill wife chained up by the neck in a rural outhouse prompted an online outcry on the country’s tightly controlled internet
President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Collen Vixen Kelapile (centre), chairs the Economic and Social Council Partnership Forum “Building Back Better from Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) while Advancing Full Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
Ukraine has been on high alert for the past eight years, fearful of Russian intervention on its soil. Many citizens have sought military training to be prepared in the event of a conflict as a result of the fear and stress
As Beijing prepares for the Winter Olympics to begin this week, scientists warn that the events’ future is jeopardised by climate change
Two female members of an extended Muslim Uyghur family serving long prison sentences for committing religious “crimes” are believed to be held in a women’s prison in the town of Sanji (in Chinese, Changji) in China’s far-western Xinjiang region
Amina Mohammed,United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, chats with Catherine Mary Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
While the percentage of persons fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in Kenya has gradually increased to 19 percent, some populations, such as nomadic herders, have been more difficult to reach. As a result, Kenyan officials provided an incentive: herders who received the vaccine also received standard vaccines and medicines for their livestock
Myanmar’s army is holding to power a year after the military coup, and democratically elected officials are facing lengthy prison sentences, as the people continue to fight the coup
One year after the U.K. launched a visa scheme allowing millions of Hongkongers and their families to emigrate to the country amid Beijing’ ongoing crackdown on freedom of speech and political activism, tens of thousands have already made the move, many of them hoping for a better life for their children
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Vassily Nebenzia, the Russian Federation’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the Security Council’s President for February