Day: September 3, 2022

Bow Valley College President and CEO honoured with a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal

Calgary, Sept. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bow Valley College is proud to announce its President and CEO, Dr. Misheck Mwaba, has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. Dr. Mwaba graciously accepted the award from the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and the Premier of Alberta at a ceremony in downtown Calgary. “Receiving […]

QRCS launches general surgery convoy in Bangladesh

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has deployed a delegation from Doha to carry out a medical convoy for general surgery in Bangladesh.A medical team of consultants, doctors, and nurses from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Sidra Medicine volun…

FAO: Lower Food Prices Not Helping Consumers

GENEVA — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says consumers are not yet feeling the benefits of declining food prices. The FAO says world food commodity prices dipped for the fifth consecutive month in August.Lower world food prices generally re…

Mali Denies UN Accusations of Human Rights Abuses

BAMAKO, MALI — Mali’s foreign ministry is denying accusations of human rights violations made by the United Nations.An 11-page statement posted on the official social media accounts of Mali’s foreign ministry denies all allegations leveled in a U.N. no…

UN Chief Appoints Senegal’s Bathily to Head UN Libya Mission

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment Friday of former Senegalese minister and U.N. diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily to be the new U.N. envoy to Libya after the Security Council gave its approval, ending a nine-month s…