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General Assembly Adopts Consensus Resolution Spotlighting Unifying Power of Sport, as Delegates Note Complex Global Landscape Ahead of Beijing Winter Games

December 3, 2021December 4, 2021User2

Delegates Also Adopt Resolution Proclaiming 2022 International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development Adopting two consensus resolutions today, the General Assembly recognized the unifying power of sport and science as humanity struggles to emerge peacefully from a devastating global pandemic. Against the backdrop of today’s manifold challenges, delegates paid tribute to the ancient Greeks’ use […]

Celebrated Ethiopian Athlete Urges Africans to Join ‘No More’ Campaign, Fight Neocolonialism

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021User2

The prominent Ethiopian athlete, Haile G.Sellassie has urged black people to join the “No More” campaign against neocolonialism. Ethiopians at the moment are fighting the neocolonialism mentality and principle, he added. Speaking to ENA, the athlete said some Western countries are interfering in the internal affairs of Ethiopia by taking democracy, humanity and other issues […]

UN chief calls for immediate end to fighting in Ethiopia

November 26, 2021November 27, 2021User2

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the fighting in Ethiopia, as the United States warned there was “no military solution” to the African nation’s civil war. The calls came as Ethiopian media reported that Abiy Ahmed, the country’s prime minister, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was at the […]

Boeing’s new 777X airliner takes off on first flight

November 23, 2021

Published by Relaxnews Boeing’s new long-haul 777X airliner made its first flight on Saturday, a step forward for the company whose broader prospects remain clouded by the 737 MAX crisis.The plane took off from a rain-slicked runway a few minutes after 10:00 am local time (1800 GMT), at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, home to […]

Birhanu wins for second year running at virus-hit Tokyo marathon

November 23, 2021

Published by AFP Tokyo (AFP) – Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia won the virus-hit Tokyo marathon reduced from a mass participation event of 38,000 runners to just elite athletes on Sunday because of the COVID-19 outbreak.The race, which doubled up as an trial for Japanese athletes hoping to run in their home Tokyo Olympics later this […]

After head start on virus, Africa begins clampdown

November 23, 2021

Published by AFP Nairobi (AFP) – African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.Here is a snapshot of the situation on a continent plagued by weak health systems and shortages of doctors […]