قدم تليفزيون اليوم السابع تغطية خاصة حول احتفالات العالم بالعام الميلادي الجديد بحلول الساعة 12 منتصف ليل اليوم الأول من يناير 2023، لكن المختلف أن هناك دولة صغيرة تحتفل بعد احتفالات العالم بأكثر من يوم كامل.
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Nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, pervasive criminal behaviour that has increased during the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
The U.N. agency urged (...)
We all know ocean temperatures are increasing as a result of climate change. But what you may not know is that they are warming much faster than expected. The loss of tropical paradises is only one of many consequences.2016 is now officially the (...)
Fireworks have lit up the skies over some of the world's most iconic landmarks as people across the globe gather to welcome the New Year.
From Sydney to Moscow, Paris to New York, crowds said goodbye to 2016, a tumultuous year in global (...)
As the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati battles to save its islands from climate change-induced rising sea levels and drought, in an ironic twist the strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years is providing it with an economic bonanza in tuna.
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There were never more global leaders under one roof than here in Paris at the global climate negotiations on Monday. And they all talked about leadership, about fixing climate change, about not leaving an uninhabitable planet for our children. Many (...)
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the world today – and it is set to have a huge impact on generations to come. But what is it, and why is it important?
Don't blame it on the weatherman
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As Germany grapples with an ongoing refugee crisis, delegates from around the world are also meeting in Bonn to negotiate a new climate treaty. A climate refugee advocate, Scott Leckie, talked to DW about future perspectives.
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Tonga, a South Pacific island nation, is the fattest country in the world, according to new global obesity survey published Thursday by the journal Lancet.
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The moon glided between the Earth and sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light, for the few skygazers lucky enough to see Friday's "ring of fire" eclipse in northern Australia and the South Pacific.
The celestial spectacle is the second (...)
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A United Nations independent expert on Thursday called on the international community to not turn its back on the small island State of Tuvalu, where communities are being seriously affected by climate change.
“Climate change is an everyday reality (...)
People living in the United States are the top overseas seekers of property in the UK according to new research from PrimeLocation which has drawn up a top 100 table for buyers.
Overall English speaking nations lead the field with the US, Australia, (...)
The remarkable revelation of the Egyptian revolution concerns women. It turns out that the women of Egypt are at the heart of our politics.
Since January 2011, a new wave of recognition for women's political leadership and dynamism has swept the (...)
Bangkok (dpa) – The South Pacific island nation of Samoa makes a bold leap into the future this week, when December 30 is simply struck from the calendar.
At midnight on Thursday, December 29, Samoa will go straight to Saturday, December 31 by (...)
The living conditions of millions of children across East Asia and the Pacific will be worsened by climate change, says a United Nations report released on Monday, which argues that rising temperatures put children at greater risk of contracting (...)
Amid growing concerns about drought crises in some small island States of the Pacific, the United Nations today called for comprehensive risk reduction steps to be put in place to protect vulnerable populations living in delicate ecosystems.
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AUCKLAND: Salil Shetty is the 8th Secretary-General of the human rights watchdog, Amnesty International. From 1998-2003, Shetty was chief executive at ActionAid, for which he has been heavily commended for transforming into a leading international (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today wrapped up a four-nation visit to the South Pacific with a call for countries to “connect the dots” between issues such as climate change, food insecurity and water scarcity and work towards (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the leaders of Pacific island nations today called for urgent international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, stressing that climate change remains one of the greatest threats to the (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, today stressed that climate change posed the most serious threat to the livelihoods, security and survival of the island nation's residents and the inhabitants (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Turkey and Israel on Saturday to improve their relationship and accept the recommendations of a U.N. report into the deaths of nine Turks in Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound ship.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark on a four-nation visit to Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Kiribati at the end of this week during which the issue of climate change will be a key focus.
“My visit has three main goals,” Ban (...)
Approximately 75 percent of the world's coral reefs are threatened by local human activity, including over-fishing, coastal development and pollution, and global pressures such as climate change, warming seas and rising ocean acidification, (...)
More states recognise the state of Palestine than an independent Kosovo, but while the latter is unquestioned by the Western media, the former is deemed an aspiration, writes John Whitbeck*
On 7 January, Chile extended diplomatic recognition to the (...)