Pacific » Page 133 of 133 » Africa Global Village

“These attacks cause untold human suffering to Afghan families,” Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA said on Tuesday. Dozens were reportedly injured during the attack on a government ministry building that trapped hundreds of employees. According to news reports, the incident started with a suicide car bomb blast near the building’s entrance, before gunmen… Read More

Pacific

Indonesia tsunami: Many still missing as death toll rises

December 24, 2018 Global Author

The tsunami struck coastal areas to the west of the capital Jakarta, in the middle of Saturday evening, local time, destroying houses, hotels and businesses. Latest reports suggest that the devastating waves were triggered by underwater landslides, following the eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano. The worst affected areas are Pandeglang and Serang districts in Banten province, and South Lampung… Read More

Thirty years of HIV epidemic in India: From despair to hope

November 10, 2015 Global Author

Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS It is almost 30 years since the first case of HIV infection was detected in India in Chennai in 1986. In a recent webinar organized by Citizen News Service (CNS), Dr R R Gangakhedkar, Director-in-charge, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune (Indian Council of Medical Research), presented a vivid picture of India’s tumultuous journey... Read More

Cuba joins international response to Ebola

September 13, 2014 Global AuthorCuba, Ebola, Margarat Chan, Roberto Morales, UN, WHO

After meeting in Geneva with World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan, Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales said that given the history of Cuban international collaboration, particularly in healthcare, Cuba has been asked to join the group of countries which will provide an initial response to the Ebola epidemic in Africa. . Read More

Vladimir Putin warns the West: Don’t mess with nuclear-armed Russia

August 30, 2014 Global AuthorBarack Obama, NATO, pro-Kremlin, Russia, Ukraine, Vladmir Putin

Russia's president, speaking at a pro-Kremlin youth camp at a lake near Moscow, said "it's best not to mess with us," adding "I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers" Vladimir Putin raised the spectre of nuclear war with the West on Friday as he defied international condemnation over his decision to send thousands... Read More

Cuban Parliament Passes New Foreign Investment Law

April 3, 2014 Global AuthorCuba, Fernando Gonzalez, Marino Murillo, President Raul Castro, Rafael Ramon Santiesteban, Rodrigo Malmierca

CUBA, April 1st, 2014. The Cuban Parliament unanimously adopted last March 29 a new Foreign Investment Law, crucial to updating the country’s economic model and building a prosperous and sustainable socialist system. The law was adopted with modifications submitted by the parliamentary commissions on Economic, and Constitutional and Legal Issues. . Read More

The US Blockade against Cuba is Aggressively Extraterritorial and a Violation of International Law

April 1, 2014 Global AuthorBruno Rodríguez, Cuba, Fidel Castro, United nations, UNITED STATED

Genesis of the U.S. Blockade against Cuba On January 1st, 1959, the revolutionary struggle against the Cuban dictatorial regime ended victoriously. The revolutionary movement lead by Fidel Castro acceded to power. The measures adopted by the Revolutionary Government to recover the Cuban wealth and destine it to the people constituted a mortal blow to the interests of the biggest North... Read More

Venezuela’s Chavez sees cautionary tale in Libya

September 18, 2011 Global AuthorChavez, Gadhafi, Libya, Libya Rebels, NATO, Robert Mugabe

CARACAS, Venezuela (AGV) — When Moammar Gadhafi made his first and only visit to South America in 2009, President Hugo Chavez praised his longtime friend as "the liberator of Libya," talked politics inside his Bedouin tent and presented him with Venezuela's highest award. . Read More

TRENDS

Category: Pacific

Afghanistan: UN ‘unequivocally condemns’ attack in Kabul