UN rights event highlights risks faced by girls in Pakistan’s child marriages (ANI photo) The impact of child and forced marriages on girls in Pakistan, particularly those from minority communities, was discussed at a side event during the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.Speakers at the event raised concerns about…
Authorities have made the arrests over suspicion of preparing for terror Five men were arrested near RAF Fairford in western England on Sunday after police received reports of three suspicious vans travelling towards the military air base, which has been used by US bombers during the war against Iran. The men were initially detained under…
Representative Image of the African Water Facility’s impact on water supply and sanitation access across Africa (AI Generated Image) Since 2006, the African Water Facility has provided grants and other support for 148 water and sanitation projects across Africa. The facility says those projects have improved access to water supply for 23.2 million people, provided…
A viral X post alleges that a hospital in New York hired only 2 Americans and 80 H-1B and J-1 visa holders. A viral post accused New York’s Rochester General Hospital of hiring a maximum of foreign doctors instead of Americans amid the ongoing H-1B controversy. The post to which the hospital has not yet…
Image: Calhoun Community College Van-Houston McMillion is fourteen years old, an age when most children are settling into their first year of high school, yet he has just begun his sophomore year at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Alabama. He enrolled at twelve, becoming the youngest student in the college’s history, according to Calhoun Community…
South Africa’s Eastern Cape is set to undergo a major land restoration effort centred on spekboom, a hardy succulent that grows naturally in the region. According to Amazon, this investment will help restore more than 50,000 hectares of degraded land and plant 180 million spekboom cuttings by the end of 2028. The programme is expected…
TTP suspicion after 3 traffic cops killed in Pakistan gun attack (ANI file photo) Three traffic police officers were killed and three others injured in a gun attack in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, the Associated Press cited police.The attack took place in Wazirabad Bazaar in Tank district when suspected militants on motorcycles opened…
In 1980, Paul Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner were not setting out to build a food company. They were making salad dressing at home and handing bottles to friends as Christmas presents. The dressing proved popular enough that people began asking where they could get more. Two years later, the experiment became Newman’s Own,…
The global solar capacity is growing rapidly, so much so that by 2030, approximately 100 million households will rely on rooftop solar, according to the International Energy Agency. According to research by the World Economic Forum, covering only about 50% of the world’s existing rooftops with solar panels could meet total global electricity demand. One…
In 2006, a group of elite athletes who had given their time, energy, and resources to charitable causes began a conversation that led to Athletes for Hope. Boxer Muhammad Ali was among them. They noticed that many of their fellow athletes wanted to make a difference in the world but did not know where to…
