ASUNCIÓN — The President-elect of Paraguay Santiago Peña Palacios received the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Council of Ministers, and Envoy for Climate Adel Al-Jubeir on Tuesday.
Al-Jubeir extended his congratulations to Peña (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to Santiago Peña on the occasion of winning the presidential election in the Republic of Paraguay.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulation to Santiago Peña on the occasion of winning the presidential election in the Republic of Paraguay.
In his cable, (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia continued its massive evacuation operation for its citizens and other nationals from war-torn Sudan.
A new batch of 187 evacuees belonging to at least 25 nationalities arrived in Jeddah aboard the Saudi vessel HMS Taif on (...)
In continuation of the evacuation efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom's Leadership, several evacuees arrived in Jeddah this morning from the Republic of Sudan. The number of arrivals is 187 from the (...)
From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, describing the "tell-tale signs and impacts" of (...)
The leader of a small but violent left-wing rebel group which has been terrorizing rural communities in Paraguay has been killed in a clash with soldiers, officials said.
Osvaldo Villalba was the leader of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP), which (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian team made history with winning the gold medal in the Special Olympics Unified Cup-Detroit 2022 by beating Romania 3-1 in the final match held on Saturday.
The Saudi team participated for the first time along with 22 other (...)
The Saudi team for Special Olympics Unified Football has made a historic accomplishment by winning the gold medal in the Special Olympics Unified Cup-Detroit 2022, USA, by beating Romanian team 3-1 in the final match today.
The competing teams in (...)
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States Princess Reema bint Bandar, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee, participated in the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Unified Cup-Detroit 2022 on Sunday.
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Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Ambassador to the USA and member of the International Olympic Committee, has participated in the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Unified Cup-Detroit 2022, which is held in Detroit (...)
From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN (...)
Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world's roads a global development challenge for all societies, especially for the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has said, ahead of the first ever High-level General (...)
COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
More than 918,000 cases were (...)
An armed gang spread fear in the southern Brazilian city of Guarapuava early on Monday as it attempted to rob a security firm.
Residents reported hearing gunfire and some posted videos appearing to show locals being used as human shields as the (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranks sixth among the world's 50 most competitive emerging markets, according to the annual Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index.
The Kingdom retained its No. 3 position in the area of business fundamentals and ranked (...)
More than eight million new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Americas last week, the highest weekly caseload since the start of the pandemic, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on (...)
COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate in the Americas amid increased demand for testing, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (...)
Compared to the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was "undoubtedly worse" for the Americas, where infections and deaths tripled, the top UN health official there reported on Wednesday.
Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health (...)
Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel, CNN reported.
In a speech on stage during the pageant, Sandhu urged young people to "know that you are (...)
Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people from this deadly food compound, according to a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Around 940 million (...)
يواجه أسطورة كرة القدم البرازيلية رونالدينيو عقوبة السجن من جديد بعد أن مثل أمام محكمة محلية بالبرازيل في ال11 من نوفمبر الحالي في قضية تتعلق بديون هائلة على عاتقه لخطيبته السابقة، بريسيلا كويلو.
ومنحت المحكمة رونالدينيو (40 عامًا) مهلة قانونية حتى (...)
The row between Brussels and Warsaw over EU law primacy, which Ursula von der Leyen has described as a "direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order", is poised to take centerstage when leaders descend upon Brussels on Thursday for a (...)
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi's envoy describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country's strong roots in (...)
Paraguay's failure to prevent the toxic contamination of indigenous people's traditional lands by commercial farming violates their rights and their sense of "home", the UN Human Rights Committee said in a landmark ruling on Wednesday.
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