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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Board of Directors today approved a $500 million short-term loan to help Kazakhstan mitigate the negative impacts of the global economic crisis on Central Asia's major economy.

New York: Haiti has “a remarkable opportunity” to overcome decades of misrule and neglect, but major hurdles remain and the international community must step up its support to ensure the Caribbean country can consolidate its gains, the United Nations Special Envoy and former United States president Bill Clinton has said.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana, which earned the stigma of being the state of Aya Ram Gaya Ram during the sixties when politicians almost daily changed parties and political parties formed and broke alliances, is again witnessing the phenomenon.

One year after the Lehman Brothers collapse on Wall Street (September 15, 2008), triggering the worst financial crisis and recession since the 1930s, the outlook for the world economy is still misty amid uncertainties about the pace of emerging recovery, which would remain jobless at least till 2010. Though the world growth and trade volume are projected to shrink by 2.5 per cent and 10 per cent in 2009 respectively, a rebound is widely assumed to be occurring in the second half of the year. The pointers cited include some leading European economies coming out of recession in the second uarter, progress toward financial sector stabilisation, and revival of manufacturing in select economies (including USA) and exports in certain others such as Germany.

New York: The United Nations emergency humanitarian relief wing today warned of an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea rife in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa that is threatening to continue its spread across other regions of the country.

New York: Despite significant Government efforts, children in Colombia continue to be killed, maimed, tortured, raped, recruited and abducted in the long-running conflict, mainly by illegal armed groups, a new United Nations report warns, calling on all parties to abide by their international obligations.

New York: The economy of the occupied Palestinian territory faces unprecedented challenges from coping with Israeli closures to the loss of natural resources, the United Nations said in a new report, calling for an economic strategy that marks a bold departure from the norm.

New York, Sep 8 2009 2:10PM
From the struggles of Colombia's indigenous people to the countless civilians displaced by violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) to United Nations efforts to crack down on the trafficking of arms, drugs and humans through ports, the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) has unveiled its latest list of stories it believes deserve greater global attention.

New York: The number of people hit by deadly floods across West Africa has now topped 600,000, and the heavy rains have also destroyed crops and infrastructure in a region already hard hit by poverty, the United Nations humanitarian arm has reported.

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the international community to step up efforts to slash the “staggering” number of people worldwide unable to read and write, in a message marking International Literacy Day.