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UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Wednesday welcomed the adoption of a Security Council resolution that allows a humanitarian exception in the UN sanctions regime applicable in Afghanistan.
December, 2021
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23 December
Princess Haya: The princess, the sheikh and the $1b divorce settlement
It's described as the biggest divorce case in British legal history – a settlement of more than $NZ1 billion involving the billionaire ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife.
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23 December
Large noggin? Protect yourself against Omicron with these great deals on XL face masks
There are tons of options nowadays when it comes to face masks, from disposables to KN95s to fun cloth numbers. However, many masks are one-size-fits all — and if you are more, um, cranially well-endowed,
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23 December
New fossil confirms dinosaurs hatched from shells like baby birds
Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of a dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg, The Sun reports. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod …
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23 December
Israeli marine archaeologists find ancient shipwreck remains, Roman coins in Mediterranean
The remnants of two shipwrecks have been discovered off the Mediterranean coast near Israel, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of Roman and medieval silver coins. The finds made near the ancient city of Caesarea were dated to the Roman and Mamluk periods,
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23 December
Land crossing to Northern Ireland – Ireland Forum
I've searched on the current covid rules for land travel between NI and Republic of Ireland but couldn't get a clear answer. We will be in the Dublin area for several days. We want to make an overnight (or even 2n) trip to NI to do the Causeway Coastal Route.
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23 December
Land crossing to Northern Ireland – Ireland Forum
I've searched on the current covid rules for land travel between NI and Republic of Ireland but couldn't get a clear answer. We will be in the Dublin area for several days. We want to make an overnight (or even 2n) trip to NI to do the Causeway Coastal Route.
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23 December
Brigitte Macron takes legal action against false rumours she was born a man
Conspiracy theorists, including those in anti-vaccine and far-right circles, have attacked Brigitte Macron on social media after a far-right publication published the baseless rumours this year.
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23 December
Brigitte Macron takes legal action against false rumours she was born a man
Conspiracy theorists, including those in anti-vaccine and far-right circles, have attacked Brigitte Macron on social media after a far-right publication published the baseless rumours this year.
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23 December
Former US ambassador to Russia says Putin’s ‘acting crazy’ over Ukraine and it’s getting ‘scary’
The former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, is raising alarm about Putin’s rhetoric toward Ukraine. If Putin is “trying to scare us by acting crazy,” then he’s “succeeding [with] me,” McFaul said.