Nuclear Technology to Control Mosquitoes
Vienna (ABC Live): Control Mosquitoes : After its success in controlling a devastating fruit fly with nuclear technology, Argentina is gearing up to fight a new enemy: mosquitoes that transmit Zika, in...
View ArticleGlobal E-Waste Monitor 2017 Alerts on Electronic Waste
New York (ABC Live): Global E-Waste Monitor 2017 : The growing volume of electronic waste, including discarded products with a battery or plug, such as mobile phones, laptops, televisions,...
View ArticleAntónio Guterres Bat for Health for all in Health Coverage Forum 2017
Tokyo (ABC Live): Health Coverage Forum 2017 :Health is everyone’s right and a driver of economic development, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed Thursday, expressing the UN’s...
View ArticleUNSC Pledges Support for South Sudan Peace Pact
New York (ABC Live): South Sudan Peace Pact : As the brutal conflict in South Sudan enters its fifth year, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday said it remains deeply concerned over the...
View ArticlePalestine to Submit Jerusalem Special Status Resolution in UNSC
New York (ABC Live) Jerusalem Special Status Resolution : A draft Security Council resolution reiterating the special status of Jerusalem — and rejecting any attempts to declare Israel’s capital or to...
View ArticleAntónio Guterres Alerts North Korea Military Confrontation
New York (ABC Live): António Guterres : United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday that he is deeply concerned over the risk of military confrontation on the Korean Peninsula,...
View ArticleTrump Jerusalem Statement Opens a Pandora’s Box
Trump Jerusalem Statement : US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem is the capital of Israel has been predictably condemned by the governments of all states, except Israel itself....
View ArticleNew York City to Audit Its Black Box Algorithms
New York Black Box Algorithms : New York City will be among the first cities in the US to earnestly tackle black box algorithms, the automated decision-making systems that are rarely made public, but...
View ArticleKnow Reasons Behind Extreme Weather 2016
New Delhi (ABC Live): Extreme Weather 2016 : Last year’s record global average temperatures, extreme heat over Asia, and unusually warm waters in the Bering Sea would not have been possible without...
View Article3 Million Patent Applications Filed Worldwide in 2016
New Delhi (ABC Live): Patent Applications : More than 3 million patent applications were filed worldwide in 2016 – a record number For the first time, more than 3 million patent applications were filed...
View ArticleAsia Filed Two Millions Patent Applications in 2016
New Delhi (ABC Live): Patent Applications : Asia became the first region to receive 2 million applications in a single year Offices located in Asia received just over 2 million applications in 2016,...
View ArticleKnow The El Niño-La Niña Update December 2017
New Delhi (ABC Live):El Niño-La Niña Update December 2017 : Sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean have recently cooled to weak La Niña levels. Similarly, most atmospheric...
View ArticleFate of UNSC JCPOA Resolution 2231 is Still Critical
New York (ABC Live): UNSC JCPOA Resolution 2231 ; The United Nations political chief told the Security Council Tuesday that the UN Secretariat is not yet in a position to confirm whether the ballistic...
View ArticleUNICEF Alerts on Critical Conditions of Children and Women
Geneva (ABC Live):UNICEF : For children and women in the Central African Republic, 2017 has been a very difficult year and sadly, the situation is not expected to improve in the coming months, the...
View ArticleMalaysia Farmers to Grow Stevia in Gamma Greenhouse
Bangi, Malaysia (ABC Live): gamma greenhouse : Farmers in impoverished communities in East Malaysia will be able to grow a cash crop starting next year – thanks to nuclear science supported The gamma...
View ArticleICAN2017 Concludes with Aim to Air Transport Access
Montréal and Colombo (ABC Live): ICAN2017 ;The Tenth ICAO Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN2017) wound up on a high note in Colombo, Sri Lanka earlier this month, with 66 States and territories...
View ArticleIMF Concludes Review on Flexible Credit Line,PLL
Washington (ABC Live): Flexible Credit Line : The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been discussing during the past year proposals to reform the Fund’s lending toolkit, with...
View ArticleAutomatic Dependent Surveillance for Aircraft Flight Tracking
Geneva (ABC Live): Automatic Dependent Surveillance ; At any given time, there are approximately 59,000 aircraft in flight worldwide. The ability to effectively track, monitor and report these aircraft...
View ArticleILO Seeks Private Donations for Social Protection Floors
GENEVA (ABC Live) : social protection floors : The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a global appeal to receive private donations to support social protection floors in low and...
View ArticleUNSC Calls for Political Stability in Lebanon
New York (ABC Live): UNSC : Welcoming the return of Prime Minister Saad Hariri to Lebanon and his decision to continue his term, the United Nations Security Council highlighted the need to protect the...
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