The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has climbed over 35,000 as UN aid officials push for more aid access to rebel-controlled north-western Syria, where only one crossing from Turkey is open. As search and rescue teams began winding down their work on Monday amid diminishing prospects of recovering people alive from the rubble, the […]
WHO: Africa Will Account For 50 Percent Childhood Cancer Burden By 2050
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa will account for 50 percent of the global childhood cancer burden by 2050. In a statement commemorating World Cancer Day, marked on February 4, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said cancer is a public health issue of major concern that should be fought by stronger alliances and new innovative collaborations. Moeti […]
Prime Minister Trudeau Lays Out $196B, 10-year Health-Care Offer To Premiers
The federal government has presented a new health-care funding offer that would see Ottawa shift $196 billion to the provinces and territories over the next 10 years in exchange for commitments to massively upgrade health-care data collection and digital medical records. About one-quarter of that is money not previously promised through existing health-care transfer formulas and deals. Prime Minister Justin […]
BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION IN CANADA: Global Forum For Human Rights And he Sustainable Development Applauds Afro-Canadians
Global Forum for Human Rights and Sustainable Development (GFHRSD), a Canadian incorporated, community-based, non-governmental outfit established to address core developmental challenges faced by Canadian citizens especially, the less-privileged members of the Canadian society, wishes to use this medium to join the rest of the global community in celebrating this year’s Black History in Canada. GFRSD’s main thematic areas include poverty […]
COP15 Ends With Landmark Biodiversity Agreement
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal for the past two weeks for the important summit. Chaired by China and hosted by Canada, COP 15 resulted in the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global […]
UN Begins Talks With Afghanistan On Reversal Of University Education Ban For Women
The United Nations (UN) says it is in talks with Afghanistan leaders on the reversal of the university education ban for women in the country. In December 2022, the Taliban government banned females in the country from attending university. Ziaullah Hashmi, the spokesperson for the ministry of higher education, had asked public and private universities to implement the ban without […]