Geneva, Switzerland -- Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday. The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said the Chinese cluster had leapfrogged its Japanese rival in its 2025 Global Innovation Index. The change at the top of the...
Iran rights council member: executing child offenders not a rights violation
Authorities say they try to convince victims' families to pardon death row offenders UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet had said over 80 child offenders are on death row Tehran: Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior...
47 killed in northern Yemen as battle for Marib flares
Rebels are seeking to seize control of Marib and its surrounding oil fields Fresh fighting comes after a diplomatic push by the UN and other failed Renewed battles between government forces and Huthi rebels over the strategic city of Marib in northern Yemen have left 47 dead, including 16 pro-government...
Global displacement from war, crises doubles in a decade: UN
Global displacement figures swelled by around 3 million in 2020Â Only 34,400 vulnerable refugees have resettled in third countries last year, the lowest level in 20 years Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82...
Egypt’s food inflation to get worse as economy revs up
Egypt’s inflation accelerated to a 5-month high of 4.8 percent year-on-year in May Global food import costs are expected to rise 12 percent in 2021 Egypt will see another round of worse food inflation as economic activity gains momentum, according to Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. The warning was sounded while...
UN body says global food supply to be strong in 2021
Trade flows continued to reach new highs during the ongoing pandemic At the global level, food and agricultural exports grew by almost $52 billion in 2020 While global food trade is expected to be strong for the year ahead, the food prices though are feared to remain high over supply...
UAE is member of UNESCO’s diversity promotion committee
The Intergovernmental Committee consists of representatives of 24 countries Al Kaabi proposes six areas of action that warrant the attention of Member States The UAE has won a seat on the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions for the period 2021 to 2025....
UAE submits draft of political declaration on corruption to UN
Law enforcement, criminalization, international cooperation, assets recovery focus of draftUN nuclear watchdog ‘concerned’ over undeclared Iran sites
The UN nuclear watchdog also claimed its enriched uranium stockpile was 16 times over the limit These are the first substantive reports since Iran suspended some inspections in February UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday, May 31,issued two reports in which it claimed Iran had not...
Dubai gears up for World Green Economy Summit in October
It will be held on October 6 and 7 this year at the Expo 2020 Dubai This WGES is expected to have a broader scale as it is being held in conjunction with the expo Dubai is gearing up for the seventh edition of the World Green Economy Summit,...
Bombed-out factories deepen economic pain in Gaza
More than half of the working-age population is unemployed in Gaza UN official says addressing the conflict's root causes only could end destruction Surveying the charred remains of his Gaza furniture factory, destroyed by Israeli bombs last week, its owner Eyad Sawafiri confronts a dilemma familiar to many business...
