Month: January 2022

[ad_1] UNIFIL’s pioneering move has been made possible thanks to the Elsie Initiative Fund for Women in Peace Operations, a multilateral fund set up by Member States, that aims to accelerate progress towards gender parity in peacekeeping operations. The $357,000 grant will allow the mission to add four women-specific accommodation buildings, restrooms, and a welfareRead More

[ad_1] This story contains a graphic description of a hospital scene that may bother some readers. Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, shown here in 2018, has been fascinated with monsters since he was a child. Refugio Ruiz/AP hide caption toggle caption Refugio Ruiz/AP Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, shown here in 2018, has been fascinatedRead More

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[ad_1] Two Michigan universities in recent weeks incorrectly told high-schoolers they’d been awarded scholarships. Oakland University issued a correction email to 5,500 students who were told they had received a scholarship, and Central Michigan University issued a similar correction before deciding it would cover the tuition for 58 high-school seniors. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Spotify says it will add a content advisory to podcasts that discuss COVID-19. Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images Spotify says it will add a content advisory to podcasts that discuss COVID-19. Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images The music-streaming service Spotify says it will implement changesRead More

[ad_1] Imani Perry speaks at the Brooklyn Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York, on Jan. 17. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption toggle caption Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music Imani Perry speaks at the Brooklyn Tribute to Martin LutherRead More

[ad_1] For Ellen Schiller’s chain of three, the end was a bit more abrupt. “We were all texting constantly in the beginning of the pandemic, and it was so dark and entertaining,” said Ms. Schiller, a 50-year-old fiber artist in Salem, Mass., until the group’s other two members decided to start a college consulting businessRead More

[ad_1] The visit by Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, was announced on Friday, just hours after regional bloc ECOWAS suspended the country from its membership.  UN chief António Guterres continues to follow developments in Burkina Faso, his deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, told journalists in New York. Read More

[ad_1] These are some of the disturbing statistics contained in a new report published on Friday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), showing how the crisis is forcing young people to drop out of school and engage in ill-paid, irregular work just to survive and help feed their families. The report also says that 31 per centRead More

[ad_1] DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Comic and actor Louie Anderson died last week due to complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 68. Raised in a Minnesota family with 10 siblings, an alcoholic father and a mother who used food as comfort, he turned family andRead More

[ad_1] Nothing is sensationalized or trivialized in Bell’s four-part documentary, which reckons with Bill Cosby’s legacy both as a barrier-breaking Black star and as a sexual predator. DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. On Sunday, Showtime presents a new four-part, four-hour weekly documentary series directed by one Black comic examining the career, life andRead More

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[ad_1] Research published in JAMA Network Open found that lockdown procedures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland were associated with longer sleep duration, wherein participants slept a median of 75 minutes longer on school days. The findings, based on an online survey of close to 9,000 high-school students, highlighted that longerRead More

[ad_1] DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross, who’s off this week. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has decided to retire, giving President Biden the opportunity to fulfill his promise of naming a Black woman to the nation’s highest court. Our guest today, New Yorker staff writerRead More

[ad_1] For Geir Pedersen, despite the continued violence and suffering, it is clear that “a military solution remains an illusion”and no combatant can determine the outcome of the conflict. Mr. Pederson also said that Syrians continue to suffer deeply. Just last month, they had to deal with airstrikes, more crossfire and shelling across front-lines, a flare up of hostilities in the northeast, continued violence in the South, a growing number of securityRead More

[ad_1] Cases increased by 32 per cent over the previous week, while 18,000 new deaths occurred across the region, representing a 37 per cent relative increase during this period.  In the last week, more than 8️⃣ million new COVID-19 cases were reported in our region 🌎 This is the highest number of weekly cases 🦠Read More

[ad_1] While a few states are addressing students’ data privacy, many school districts are not doing enough to protect them, writes Charlie Sander, chairman and CEO of ManagedMethods, which assists schools with cybersecurity. A survey of school district administrators found that 77% were not very concerned about data breaches and 79% were not very concernedRead More

[ad_1] Two suspects are detained in Manchester as part of the investigation into the attack in Texas. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Because the cold winter months are the hardest for wild birds, February and March have been named National Bird Feeding Months by the National Bird Feeding Society. You can help your local bird population by providing supplemental food, water and shelter, and start a fun, educational hobby at the same time. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] His appeal came in a video message to a ceremony at the Park East Synagogue in New York to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.  The annual service honours the memories of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust and was again held virtually this year dueRead More

[ad_1] Imani Perry speaks at the Brooklyn Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York, on Jan. 17. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption toggle caption Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music Imani Perry speaks at the Brooklyn Tribute to Martin LutherRead More