China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic: Panel The bottom line is WHO has no powers to enforce anything GENEVA, JANUARY 19 A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organisation has criticised China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus... Women 20 Jan, 2021
Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd-most in world NEW DELHI: The number of people infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil's total, the second-highest in the world. The 83,341 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India's total past 3.9 million, according... Women 04 Sep, 2020
Ex-soccer star "King George" Weah wins Liberia's presidency MONROVIA: Former soccer star George Weah has won Liberia's presidential run-off election and will succeed incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf next month, the country's first democratic transition in over 70 years. With 98.1 percent of the vote... Women 29 Dec, 2017
TV show "Integrity Idol" launched in Nepal in 2014, celebrates honest civil servants in West Africa DAKAR: A reality TV show that celebrates honest civil servants in corruption-plagued countries has grown to reach new audiences in Mali and Liberia and aims to enlist the public's help in fighting graft, the organisers said. "Integrity Idol" asks... Travel Abroad 12 Dec, 2017
Gambia's Jammeh offered last chance for peaceful exit before troops advance BANJUL: West African leaders said it was no longer possible for Gambia's veteran leader Yahya Jammeh to stay in power as regional military forces stood ready to advance on the capital Banjul on Friday. A regional delegation was due to visit... Women 20 Jan, 2017
US calls Gambia crisis 'very dangerous' ahead of presidents' visit BANJUL/UNITED NATIONS: The United States said on Monday Gambia had reached "a very dangerous moment" as West African leaders prepared to travel there to tell long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down. Jammeh had... Women 13 Dec, 2016
Taiwan joining small band of women world leaders Taiwan is expected to elect its first woman president, Tsai Ing-wen, when voters go to the polls on Saturday. If successful, 59-year-old Tsai - leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party - will become the first female president in the... Women 16 Jan, 2016
Japan hosts women-focused conference amid economy push Tokyo, August 28 Japan today kicked off the ‘World Assembly for Women’ conference, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledging to shake up a corporate culture at home that discriminates against female workers. Tokyo plays host to the two-day... 29 Aug, 2015
Pledges of $3.4 billion for Ebola recovery made at United Nations UNITED NATIONS: Some $3.4 billion in pledges were made at the United Nations on Friday to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea stamp out Ebola and begin rebuilding health systems and economies devastated by the worst outbreak on record of the... Women 11 Jul, 2015
Rich-poor divide could be climate 'deal-breaker' STOCKHOLM: World leaders could fail to reach a new climate deal at a UN summit in Copenhagen if rich countries refuse to financially help developing nations tackle climate change, government and NGO officials said at a development conference that...
