Category: World

For more than a year, six schools established by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have been inaccessible, and another six have been closed, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.  Ten schools in Area C of the West Bank were recently abandoned due to settler attacks and access restrictions, he added.  On Wednesday, Suzanna Tkalec, the UN’s deputy humanitarian […]

The fighting has broken an interim truce established under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two countries in June.  The deal sought to end hostilities that erupted in late February following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and counter attacks by Tehran across the Gulf region.  De-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy  Mr. Guterres urged all parties “to take immediate steps for de-escalation and return to the path of dialogue and diplomacy”, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New […]

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued a permanent injunction against Detroit area tax return preparer Ann Heibeck and Detroit area tax return preparation businesses J&A Tax Services LLC doing business as Equitax (Equitax) and J&A Tax and Accounting Services LLC doing business as Equitax Accounting and Tax Service (J&A 2). The […]

More than 57 million people worldwide are living with dementia, with nearly 10 million new cases diagnosed each year. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for an estimated 60 to 70 per cent of all dementia cases. Although there is no cure for the debilitating and irreversible brain condition, WHO said growing scientific evidence shows that many risk […]

A Nevada woman was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false COVID-19 employment tax credits. The government recommended a sentence of 40 months’ imprisonment. “The Fraud Division will not tolerate anyone who steals from public benefits programs designed to support Americans in need,” said Assistant […]

The football World Cup is often seen as an opportunity to bring different groups within a nation together as they celebrate their team’s achievements. And while the performance of the England side’s young and dynamic squad may not have taken them to the final, there remains something to celebrate. Thomas Tuchel’s squad has offered a […]

“The high voter turnout on 21 June is a sign of the strong desire of Colombians to make their voices heard within a vibrant democracy,” said Miroslav Jenča, the UN chief’s Special Representative for Colombia and head of the UN Verification Mission, which monitors the 2016 Peace Agreement that ended deadly clashes between the Government […]

Mr President, I will make three points today.  First, the UK remains deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Darfur.  The Office of the Prosecutor’s latest report reinforces the assessment that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Al Geneina and in El Fasher.  Indeed, we are concerned that the situation in […]

A Florida man pleaded guilty today to charges related to two incidents where he strangled his wife, lying to the FBI about the events, and lying about a prior arrest for a domestic violence battery in 2020. According to court documents, Antonio Jabar Floyd Jr., 38, strangled his active-duty military wife on two occasions, once […]

A grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging accountant a tax preparer with preparing false tax returns for clients and obstructing the IRS. According to the indictment, Demetreus Hargrove operated The Wright Star LLC, a tax preparation business he used to prepare and file 30 false individual and business tax returns for the years 2019 […]