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Dalai Lama’s Sister Receives Award for Educating Tibetans in Exile
The younger sister of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has received a prestigious university award for her lifelong dedication to educating Tibetan children who live in exile.
Pakistan’s Mangrove Planting Yields Returns
Pakistan earns millions of dollars from the global carbon credit markets thanks to restored mangroves. However, Pakistan’s inability to use the funds to strengthen its climate change defense is due to political unrest.
Vapes Hide Dangers Through Sweet Flavors to Lure Children, Thai Govt Says
An e-cigarette is a device that can take many shapes. It most commonly comes in the form of a stick with a chamber to hold a liquid substance that, when heated, will emit an aerosol containing nicotine.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss the Maintaince of Peace and Security of Ukraine
Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta and President of the Security Council for the month of February, Ian Borg chairs the United Nations Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine
Thailand Urges Myanmar’s Junta to Free Aung San Suu Kyi
The Thai Foreign Ministry urged Myanmar’s military junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi in a statement that also welcomed this week’s move of the former de facto leader to house arrest.
Survivors Recount Their Lasting Pain Appeal for Justine, 25 Years After Kosovo Massacre
Survivors say that twenty-five years ago this week,(April 17, 1999),Serbian forces massacred 53 Albanians in the Kosovar village of Poklek, including 24 children. It was.It was one of the worst massacres of the war in Kosovo.
Burn Victims in Bangladesh Suffer Doubly with Few Specialty Hospitals for Treatment
Three people severely burned in an explosion at a shop in Bangladesh earlier this week had to be taken for treatment 18 miles (29 km) away to the capital Dhaka because there were no health facilities in Savar, the site of the blaze.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss Situation in Middle East, Including Palestinian Question
Permanent Representative of Israel,Gilad Erdan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
