The UN Keeps Shrinking – Amid Pandemic Lockdowns & Flexible Working Hours — Global Issues

The UN Keeps Shrinking – Amid Pandemic Lockdowns & Flexible Working Hours — Global Issues

The UN’s empty corridors when the world body went into a lockdown mode because of the Covid-19 pandemic beginning March 2020. Credit: United Nations by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 17 (IPS) – A new variant of Covid-19, spreading across New York…

Metaverse Will Reach Industrial Ecosystems Before Consumers: World Economic Forum

Metaverse Will Reach Industrial Ecosystems Before Consumers: World Economic Forum

Industry experts from the World Economic Forum (WEF) have bet big on the metaverse sector. An important element of the Web3, metaverse tech is expected to see a widescale industrial adoption before individual consumers begin to come onboard the virtual universe ecosystem. More companies and industrial players are expected to…

Machine Gun Kelly Claps Back at Critics of His Style

Machine Gun Kelly Claps Back at Critics of His Style

Machine Gun Kelly wants fans to know that when it comes his style—he’s always at his best. The “Bloody Valentine” musician—who recently wore a silver jacquard Dolce & Gabbana suit, complete with bejeweled full finger rings and matching eyeshadow to the brand’s show at Milan Fashion Week—had a message for critics…

Rapido Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order to Stop Operations in Maharashtra

Rapido Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order to Stop Operations in Maharashtra

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on January 23 plea of Rapido, the bike taxi and auto aggregator, challenging the Bombay High Court order which directed it to stop operation in Maharashtra immediately as it does not have a license to operate bike taxi or rickshaw services. A…

General Assembly President hosts children from around the world, on MLK Day — Global Issues

General Assembly President hosts children from around the world, on MLK Day — Global Issues

Swarming the office of President Csaba Kőrösi, the children – who ranged in age from toddler to high-school teen – pulled on the UN and Hungarian flags that flank a UN seal in the office and ran around to look at the skyline outside of the balcony. Meanwhile, parents tried…

Killings of journalists up 50 per cent in 2022: UNESCO — Global Issues

Killings of journalists up 50 per cent in 2022: UNESCO — Global Issues

In the recently released 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, UNESCO noted the deaths of 86 journalists last year, amounting to one every four days, up from 55 killings in 2021. The findings highlight the grave risks and vulnerabilities that journalists continue to face in the course of their work, the…