Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare Friday launched the new United Nations Peacebuilding Programme designed to support national efforts towards sustainable peace and stability in the Solomon Islands. [restrict] “I especially want to thank the UN for making this peacebuilding fund available, in particular the United Nations Development Programme and UN Women for partnering with […]
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Australia’s former PM Rudd throws hat in ring for top U.N. job
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has officially requested the support of his country’s new government to back a bid for the top job at the United Nations, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday. Rudd, a fluent Mandarin-speaker, had been rumored to be garnering support to replace U.N. Secretary-General Ban […]
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Japan companies seek hipness through teens posting to Vine
TOKYO (AP) — What’s helping turn Japanese youngsters into stars on Vine, the Twitter-owned social network devoted to looping, six-second video clips, is the stodginess of this nation’s business world. Japan Inc. companies, both big and small, are generally so clueless about appealing to youngsters — especially young women and especially on social networks — […]
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Three Police Officers Dead, Three Wounded in Shooting in Baton Rouge
The gunman in a Baton Rouge shooting that killed three cops was identified as Gavin Long, 29, a former Marine from Kansas City, Missouri, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Long was discharged in August 2010 after five years of service, records show. [restrict] Three police officers are dead and three others injured from the […]
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China fires 3 officials after typhoon in east killed 83
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has fired three officials in an eastern province after a strong tropical storm killed 83 people and left 19 others missing, an official news agency reported Monday. Typhoon Nepartak, which had weakened to a tropical storm when it hit China, toppled nearly 10,000 houses in eastern Fujian province’s capital […]
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Many in Hong Kong look for the exit amid China tension
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When activists began setting fire to trash bins and hurling bricks at police during a February riot in Hong Kong, Chris Lee became more convinced his decision to leave his siblings and mother behind and move to Taiwan was the right one. Hong Kong, long known as one of the safest […]