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The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is on the ground bolstering India’s response to a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The South Asian country has been reporting more than 300,000 new cases daily in the last two weeks.
Published: 8th May 2021 03:00:12 By: United Nations
United Nations Video: USA to Support Vaccine Intellectual Property Waiver - COVID-19 Update - WHO (07 May 2021)
The US announcement to support a temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines is “a significant statement of solidarity and support for vaccine equity,” WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday (7 May), urging other countries “to follow their example."
"We are in an unprecedented crisis that requires unprecedented action,” Dr Tedros said. “Cases are at a record high, almost 100,000 people are dying globally each week, and we have a chronic vaccine crisis.”
Insisting that the World Trade Organization provisions for Intellectual Property waivers were designed “precisely for a situation like this,” Dr Tedros asked, “if we don’t use them now, then when?”
He also reminded that intellectual property waivers will need to be accompanied by transfer of technology and know-how for these difficult-to-make vaccines.
Announcing the WHO’s Emergency Use Listing to Sinopharm Beijing’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality, Dr Tedros said “the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, or SAGE, has also reviewed the available data, and recommends the vaccine for adults 18 years and older, with a two-dose schedule.”
“Vaccines remain a vital tool,” Dr Tedros said. “But right now, the volume and distribution of vaccines is insufficient to end the pandemic, without the sustained and tailored application of public health measures that we know work."
Published: 7th May 2021 10:24:11 By: United Nations
United Nations Video: Secretary-General Candidate Dialogue - General Assembly, Informal Meeting, 75th session
Informal dialogue with a candidate for the position of Secretary-General: Mr. António Guterres, Portugal.
During an informal dialogue with Members States as a candidate for a second term, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “today’s complex challenges can only inspire a humble approach,” adding that the world needs a Secretary-General who works “as a convener, a mediator, a bridgebuilder, and honest broker to help find solutions that benefit everyone involved and to overcome the challenges.”
Addressing the General Assembly today (07 May) in New York, Guterres said, “the Secretary-General must feel every day the acute responsibilities of the offices guided by the Charter and making human dignity and peace with nature, including for future generations the call of our common work and endeavor.”
He also said the world “must at all costs avoid the new type of cold war. And we must overcome the false dichotomy between national sovereignty and human rights, forging a holistic view of all human rights, their invisibility and their universality.”
Guterres continued, “the best antidote to all of these is rekindling a shared commitment to fundamental values, and this requires the Secretary-General to maximize the unique convening power of the UN to redouble efforts for the surge of diplomacy for peace, to foster trust, build confidence, identify areas of convergence, mediating good faith and constantly bring people together.”
The UN chief also said, “the COVID-19 pandemic, I am sure, will silence the doubts as to whether we need to prevent rather than cure, but prevention in all its aspects, just to say conflicts, climate change, the pandemic, poverty and even in inequality especially when it comes to gender, remain essential challenges today.”
He added, “the COVID-19 pandemic has call to strengthen the need for a new social contract that affects everyone everywhere, and it is exactly the type of global challenges that United Nations was created for.
Guterres continued, “the United Nations launched a coordinated response in health, humanitarian, social and economic affairs and the delivery of vaccines raises the scientific hope, and for these reasons, our determinations to make the vaccine and other treatments accessible to everyone across the world must not weaken, and this is our absolute priority.”
He also said, “as Jean Mollet said, what is important at a time like this is not to be either optimistic or pessimistic but to be determined and I certainly think that we are at a juncture in history where we can reverse the situation by bring together the peoples and the country and mobilize the entire world grown as a common cause.”
Guterres noted that “to achieve this defining moment, we have to strengthen multilateralism. So it can function as its founders envisioned it while meeting new and more complex challenges. So that we can guarantee that international cooperation is carried out in an effective way and that it is the norm of an increasingly interconnected world, especially in those areas considered world public goods or of common global interest.”
He continued, “it is important that we work together to pinpoint those areas that may need governance improvements and to promote them. And we must remain faithful to our reform efforts and continuous improvement in a UN capable, agile and responsive to current and future challenges.”
António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017. Portugal has officially nominated him as a candidate for a second five-year term.
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Published: 7th May 2021 08:46:34 By: United Nations
United Nations Video: Colombia: UN human rights office urges calm, after bloodshed in Colombian city of Cali (4 May 2021)
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “deeply alarmed at developments in the city of Cali in Colombia overnight, where police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against tax reforms, reportedly killing and injuring a number of people,” according to a spokesperson. OHCHR
We are deeply alarmed at developments in the city of Cali in Colombia overnight, where police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against tax reforms, reportedly killing and injuring a number of people.
Our office in Colombia is working to verify the exact number of casualties and establish how this terrible incident came about in Cali. Human rights defenders are also reporting they have been harassed and threatened.
We express our profound shock at the events there and stress our solidarity with those who have lost their lives, as well as the injured and their families.
Despite an announcement from the Colombian presidency on 2 May that the tax reform bill would be removed from Congress, the protests, which began on 28 April, have been continuing, with calls for a massive demonstration tomorrow, 5 May. The majority of the protests to date have been peaceful.
Given the extremely tense situation, with soldiers as well as police officers deployed to police the protest, we call for calm. We remind the State authorities of their responsibility to protect human rights, including the right to life and security of person, and to facilitate the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
We stress also that law enforcement officers should abide by the principles of legality, precaution, necessity and proportionality when policing demonstrations. Firearms can only be used as a measure of last resort against an imminent threat to life or of serious injury.
Since 28 April, the UN Human Rights Office has received allegations of at least 14 deaths in the context of the protests in different parts of Colombia, including at least one police officer.”
Published: 7th May 2021 07:50:31 By: United Nations
United Nations Video: Myanmar, Covid-19 Vaccines, Madagascar & other topics - Daily Briefing (07 May 2021)
Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Myanmar
- Madagascar
- Covid-19 Vaccines
- Covid-19/Papua New Guinea
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
I wanted to update you on the situation in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, following the eruption of the Soufriere volcano: We have about 30 of our staff from seven different UN agencies there. They are supporting relief and recovery efforts on the ground in close collaboration with the Government, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency and other partners.
Along with earlier support for food assistance, water and sanitation, health and protection – including from violence against women and children – the UN team and our partners are providing support with reproductive health, shelter, education and protection of livelihoods, including livestock.
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), for its part, is providing personal protective equipment and medical equipment to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, also with $250,000 delivered for water and sanitation supplies.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is rolling out a $300,000 crisis response and recovery effort to swiftly clean the volcanic ashes, with emergency employment for over 2,000 households.
With 20,000 people at risk of food insecurity, the World Food Programme (WFP) and partners continue to deliver immediate assistance. Three mobile storage units and two prefabricated offices are increasing the agency’s storage capacity. Around 90 per cent water flow capacity has been restored island-wide, in an effort led by the authorities, supported by the United Nations.
MYANMAR
From Myanmar, the UN Country Team says today it remains deeply concerned about continued reports of violence used by the security forces against demonstrators. There are reports of death and injuries amongst demonstrators and bystanders on a daily basis.
Our team says that, according to the best available data, at least 774 women, children and men have been killed across Myanmar between 1 February and 6 May. The vast majority of those who were killed died of gunshots. The UN team is also concerned about the condition of 3,740 people who have been arbitrarily arrested and remain in detention.
Our colleagues in Myanmar said they are also concerned about the increasing reports of explosions and arson in different parts of the country.
MADAGASCAR
In Madagascar, the desperate humanitarian situation continues in the Grand Sud part of the country, which is experiencing its most acute drought in four decades, and the situation is sadly deteriorating rapidly. More than 1.1 million people – about two out of every five people there – are severely food insecure.
The situation is expected to deteriorate in the months ahead.
Alarmingly, in Amboasary Atsimo district, about 75 per cent of the population is facing severe hunger, with nearly 14,000 people being catastrophically food insecure and in famine-like conditions.
The number of children admitted for treatment of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the first quarter of 2021 was four times higher than the five-year average.
The UN, together with our humanitarian partners, is scaling up the response, but more resources are urgently needed to save lives.
The Flash Appeal for Madagascar, launched in January, called for $76 million to support 1 million people, but is only 22 per cent funded so far. We urgently call on the international community to provide additional funding.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=07%20May%202021
Published: 7th May 2021 05:55:52 By: United Nations
CNN Video: 'I'm horrified': Community reacts to Matt Gaetz speaking tour
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) plans to launch a speaking tour alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), beginning at a retirement community in Florida. Residents of the community, The Villages, tell CNN's Randi Kaye what they think of Gaetz.
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Published: 7th May 2021 08:23:18 By: CNN
CNN Video: Lawyer blames 'Foxitis' for client's role in Capitol riot
Alleged US Capitol rioter Anthony Antonio was hooked on Fox News and developed "Foxitis," his lawyer said Thursday in a virtual hearing interrupted multiple times by another defendant's profane outbursts.
Antonio, his lawyer Joseph Hurley said, had lost his job at the beginning of the pandemic and for the next six months watched Fox News constantly. Antonio developed what his lawyer called "Foxitis" and "Foxmania," and believed the lies about the 2020 election from Fox News and then-President Donald Trump.
"He believed what was being fed to him," Hurley said.
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Published: 7th May 2021 08:07:40 By: CNN
CNN Video: Ex-GOP lawmaker: I don't understand Graham's remark about Trump
Former Republican Representative Barbara Comstock reacts to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) saying the Republican Party can't grow if former President Donald Trump is not part of the party's future.
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Published: 7th May 2021 08:06:39 By: CNN
CNN Video: See what Liz Cheney's constituents are saying about her
CNN's Gary Tuchman traveled to Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-WY) home district to find out what her constituents thought about the congresswoman and the big lie dividing the Republican party.
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The US economy added only 266,000 jobs in April, which was far less than the 1 million jobs economists predicted the US would add last month.
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Published: 7th May 2021 05:48:12 By: CNN
BBC News Video: Dozens of schoolgirls killed in huge bomb attack in Afghan capital - BBC News
Dozens of schoolgirls, have been killed and many more injured in a bomb and mortar attack outside a girls’ secondary school in the Afghan capital Kabul.
The girls had just finished their classes and were streaming out of the gates when the attack took place. It appears that they had been deliberately targeted.
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani blamed the attack on Taliban insurgents. It comes at a time of increasing violence in the country and as the United States plans to withdraw all forces.
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Published: 8th May 2021 09:48:23 By: BBC News
BBC News Video: Sweden's 'broken' IVF promise to single women - BBC News
Fertility campaigners in Sweden say healthcare officials have broken a promise to help more single women get pregnant.
In April 2016, Swedish women without partners were given the same rights as couples to access state-funded fertility treatments including IVF.
But waiting times are so long in one part of the country that women have been told it’s too late to join the list once they turn 37.
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Published: 8th May 2021 01:00:08 By: BBC News
BBC News Video: Sharing wild Australian landscapes for a cause - BBC News
Ben Stamatovich's takes stunning landscape photographs of Australia using a drone.
He drives a road train truck across the country every week, and uses his drone to showcase the beauty of the hidden areas.
Now he has a global following and uses his photography to support causes close to his heart.
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Published: 8th May 2021 11:00:13 By: BBC News
BBC News Video: England to relax international travel ban - BBC News
The international travel ban for England is to be gradually lifted from 17th May 2021.
It means travel from the UK for leisure purposes will no longer be illegal.
People will be able to travel to 12 countries on a ‘green list’ without having to quarantine on their return to the UK - including Portugal, Iceland, Israel, Singapore, Gibraltar, Australia and New Zealand
However strict rules on testing and quarantine will remain in place to protect public health.
Passengers are being warned to expect additional checks and longer queues at border points.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Davies.
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Published: 7th May 2021 09:29:28 By: BBC News
BBC News Video: The hippo with a unique rainy day hobby - BBC News
Fiona the hippo, the star of the Cincinnati Zoo, has a unique pastime when it rains.
"We have no explanation for it," say zoo staff. "I've never seen another hippo doing it."
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Published: 7th May 2021 05:10:44 By: BBC News
ODN Video: Karen Guerillas Capture ANOTHER Army Base From Myanmar Military Junta
'Karen Guerillas Capture ANOTHER Army Base From Myanmar Military Junta'
Ethnic Karen guerillas in Myanmar have captured another government outpost near the border with Thailand. The Karen National Liberation Army posted footage after the garrison apparently fled.
The position is 15 kilometres from a larger army base destroyed by the Karen ten days ago.
The military responded by launching airstrikes on the guerillas' home territory.
The Karen are an ethnic group who have allied themselves with protesters after a military coup overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.
As well as giving refuge to young opposition activists from the cities, the Karen are training them in guerilla warfare.
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Published: 8th May 2021 03:33:06 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: HUNDREDS Injured in Jerusalem During Intense Clashes Around Al-Aqsa Mosque
'HUNDREDS Injured in Jerusalem During Intense Clashes Around Al-Aqsa Mosque'
More than 205 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers were injured in Jerusalem on Friday. Intense clashes broke out around the al-Aqsa mosque compound - a sacred site for both Jews and Muslims.
Thousands were in attendance earlier in the day for the final Friday prayers of Ramadan.
Tensions are high as an Israeli court prepares to rule on the eviction of many Palestinians from the city's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. after a long legal battle with Jewish settlers.
The violence was expected after a week of near-nightly confrontations in the holy city. Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades, while Palestinians threw rocks and chairs.
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Published: 8th May 2021 11:15:39 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: Two Skorpion MACHINE GUNS Recovered as Met Police Arrest London Teenager
'Two Skorpion MACHINE GUNS Recovered as Met Police Arrest London Teenager'
London's Metropolitan Police arrested a 19-year-old in possession of two Skorpion automatic pistols after "fast time intelligence" lead them to the suspect's location.
Specialist crime and firearms officers apprehended David Longhor close to Chiswick Park station and a search of his bag revealed the two firearms with 40 rounds of ammunition.
The teenager pleaded guilty to three counts at his trial for possession of a prohibited weapon with intent to endanger life, but said the gun didn't belong to him and that he was transporting it to pay off a debt.
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Published: 7th May 2021 10:30:00 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: Could an 'Out-of-Control' Chinese Rocket be About to Crash into the Earth?
'Could an out-of-control Chinese rocket be about to crash into the Earth?'
A section of a rocket that launched China’s first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth somewhere in the Pacific Ocean this weekend.
The Long March 5B rocket successfully launched the Tianhe module last week.
But the 30-metre long rocket also reached orbit along with the module.
Footage shot on Wednesday appears to show the rocket preparing for re-entry.
There are fears the rocket could land back on Earth over an inhabited area.
But we’ll only know exactly where the debris will strike a few hours before impact.
Meanwhile, China claims the aluminium-alloy exterior will easily burn up in the atmosphere.
The US Space Command is now tracking the debris from the module.
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Published: 7th May 2021 08:28:43 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: Donald Trump Could RETURN to Social Media as Facebook Ordered to Review Suspension
'Donald Trump Could RETURN to Social Media as Facebook Ordered to Review Suspension'
The Oversight Board charged with reviewing Facebook's decision to suspend Donald Trump's has found that, while the ban was justified, its indefinite nature was not.
The former president was suspended from Facebook and its sister platform Instagram in January for posting inflammatory content about the baseless claims of electoral fraud, which was deemed to have incited the Capitol riots.
However, the board said that while Trump had violated the Facebook's community standards, a permanent ban from the platform is not provided for in the company's policies.
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Published: 6th May 2021 02:08:32 By: On Demand News
CBC Video: Ontario opens Pfizer, Moderna access to all adults in some hot-spot pharmacies
Ontarians living in hot-spot communities now have more options when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. The province has expanded the number of pharmacies administering the shots and has increased both the types of shots they can give and to whom.
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Published: 8th May 2021 07:31:34 By: CBC News
CBC Video: How patent waivers could remove barriers to worldwide vaccines
Countries around the world are praising U.S. President Joe Biden's recent support to waive intellectual property rights, allowing more nations to produce COVID-19 vaccines. James Krellenstein, co-founder of PrEP4All, a think-tank working to ensure COVID treatments are made universally accessible, says this was a step in the right direction.
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CBC Video: Should Canada do more to help South Asia during the pandemic?
India is reporting a record-high 4,187 deaths in the past 24 hours and more than 400,000 cases of COVID-19. A shipment of medical supplies from Canada arrived in New Delhi on Saturday carrying ventilators and 25,000 vials of remdesivir, a drug used to treat patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms.
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Published: 8th May 2021 05:35:16 By: CBC News
CBC Video: What you need to know about Manitoba's new three-week lockdown
Manitoba is bringing in a three-week lockdown to slow its third wave of COVID-19. The new restrictions come into effect Sunday.
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Published: 8th May 2021 05:34:29 By: CBC News
CBC Video: Trudeau's chief of staff testifies at defence committee
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford testified before the House of Commons national defence committee Friday, saying she had no knowledge that the complaint against retired general Jonathan Vance was sexual in nature.
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Global Video: What is a supermoon? 1st supermoon of 2021 illuminates skies
The pink supermoon, which marked the first supermoon of 2021, was an impressive sight in the skies from New York to Sydney on Monday, but is it actually pink?
A supermoon appears about 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than a typical full moon, especially when it rises over the horizon.
Global's Ross Hull explains what a supermoon is and why it looks the way it does.
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Global Video: Big Chocolate: US Supreme Court to weigh in on child slavery lawsuit against Nestle, Cargill
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether Nestle USA and Cargill, two big players in the chocolate industry, can be held responsible for child slavery and other human rights abuses on cocoa farms in western Africa.
Six Malians who were forced to work on Ivory Coast cocoa farms as children are suing, accusing Nestle USA and Cargill of “aiding and abetting” in the abuses on the farms by providing operators with financial help.
The court is expected to release its decision by June. But what will the ruling mean for the companies in question – and the larger cocoa industry? Alyssa Julie reports.
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Global Video: Could COVID-19 become endemic, and what would that mean?
Even as vaccines roll-out across Canada and the world, there are still questions on what the world will look like once most people are vaccinated.
Some health experts say COVID-19 could become endemic, meaning it will constantly circulate among us and be a fact of our daily lives from a public health perspective.
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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital tokens that enable true ownership over any digital asset - song, artwork or a moment in sports. You can’t touch it, but you can own it.
A digital image by the cutting-edge artist Beeple sold for a whopping US$69.4 million at auction, in a record-setting sale for a piece of art that does not exist in the physical world.
Christie’s auction house sold the art piece on March 11 after a two-week online auction involving more than 180 bids. The final auction price tag is the third-highest ever for a living artist, and the most anyone has ever paid for a non-fungible token, or NFT. This was the first time that Christie’s has ever offered a digital-only piece of art with an NFT to guarantee its authenticity.
Anne Gaviola explains the details of NFTs.
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Published: 17th Mar 2021 03:45:01 By: Global News
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump was formally acquitted on Saturday in his second impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate, having set a number of historic firsts along the way.
From being the first president to face an impeachment trial twice to the most bipartisan vote to convict in a presidential impeachment trial, Trump's second impeachment trial represented a number of historic firsts in the history of the United States of America.
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