ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
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ዘመኑ ባፈራው የቴክኖሎጂ ግብአት በመጠቀም ለህብረተሰባችን ስራ ለሁሉም በሚል ግብ የተሻለ የስራ አማራጭ፣ ለተሻለ ኑሮ፣ ለተሻለ የገበያ ትስስር ፣ ለተቀናጀ የገበያ ተደራሽነት ገዥን ከደንበኛ የማስተሳሰሪያ የቴክኖሎጂ አማራጭ ይዘን መተናል በሁሉም የስራ መስክ በሁሉም የስራ እርከን ስራ ለሚገኙ ባለሙያዎች እና ድርጅቶች የስራ አጋጣሚን መፍጠር
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In a statement, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said Aqil, a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces, was killed alongside senior operatives in the group’s operations staff and other Radwan commanders.
Hagari said they "were gathered underground under a residential building in the heart of the Dahiyah neighbourhood [in southern Beirut], hiding among Lebanese civilians, using them as human shields".
The IDF spokesman added that the individuals killed were “planning Hezbollah’s 'Conquer the Galilee' attack plan, in which Hezbollah intended to infiltrate Israeli communities and murder innocent civilians".
The plan was first reported by the Israeli military in 2018, when the IDF said it was blocking tunnels dug by Hezbollah to penetrate Israeli territory and kidnap and murder civilians.
In April, Washington said it was searching for Aqil, also known as Tahsin, and offered financial rewards to anyone with "information leading to his identification, location, arrest and/or conviction".
He was wanted by the US due to his links and seniority within Hezbollah, a group that has been proscribed a terrorist organisation by Israel, the UK, US and other countries.
In the 1980s, Aqil was a member of the group that orchestrated the bombings of the US embassy in Beirut and a marine barracks, killing hundreds of people.
Confirming Aqil's death in a post on social media, Hezbollah described him as one of its "great jihadist leaders".
The group was established in the early 1980s by the region's most dominant Shia power, Iran, to oppose Israel. At the time, Israel's forces had occupied southern Lebanon during the country's civil war.Earlier on Friday, Hezbollah said it had launched strikes on military sites in northern Israel. The IDF said 140 rockets were fired into the north of the country, while Israeli police issued warnings about damage to roads.
It came after Israel carried out extensive air strikes on southern Lebanon, saying its warplanes had hit more than 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers and other "terrorist sites" including a weapons storage facility.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalated on 8 October 2023 - the day after the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen from Gaza - when Hezbollah fired at Israeli positions in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Since then hundreds of people, most of them Hezbollah fighters, have been killed in the cross-border fighting, while tens of thousands have also been displaced on both sides of the border.
Israel recently added the return of people displaced from the north of the country to its list of war goals, and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that his country is entering a "new phase of the war", concentrating more of its efforts on the north.After the pager and walkie-talkie explosions across Lebanon earlier this week, there has been a deepened sense of unease in the Middle Eastern country.
It was an unprecedented security breach that indicated how deeply Israel had managed to penetrate the group’s communication system.
Many of the explosions occurred simultaneously, with walkie-talkie explosions on Wednesday occurring in the vicinity of a large crowd that had gathered for the funerals of four victims of Tuesday's pager blasts.
Hezbollah and Lebanese authorities have blamed Israel for the explosions.
Israeli officials have not commented on the allegations, but most analysts agree that it is behind the attack.
In a televised address on Thursday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said: “The enemy crossed all rules, laws and red lines. It didn't care about anything at all, not morally, not humanely, not legally."
Nasrallah vowed a harsh punishment, but indicated his group was not interested in an escalation of its current conflict with Israel.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habbib told the UN Security Council on Friday that Israel had "deliberately undermined" diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza and "all attempts of the Lebanese government to de-escalate and exercise self-restraint".
Israel's UN envoy Danny Danon said that while his country is not seeking a wider conflict, it "will not allow Hezbollah to continue its provocation".
UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council: "We risk seeing a conflagration that could dwarf even the devastation and suffering witnessed so far,"
"I also strongly urge member states with influence over the parties to leverage it now," she added.
US and UK authorities have urged their citizens not to travel to Lebanon. The White House said it was involved in intense diplomacy to prevent escalation of the conflict along the Israel-Lebanon border.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to visit New York on Sunday to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mehr News Agency reported today.
The Iranian president is set to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly session on Tuesday, expressing the views and stances of the Islamic Republic regarding different issues.
The report noted that President Pezeshkian is also scheduled to hold several meetings, including one with Iranians residing in the United States of America.
He is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with the high-ranking officials of different states.
The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 24 September 2024.
he world’s ozone layer is on “the road to long-term recovery” despite a destructive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Sept 17, after efforts to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals.On current trends, the ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980 levels by around 2066 over the Antarctic, 2045 over the Arctic and 2040 for the rest of the world, the United Nations agency said.
Though the volcanic eruption near Tonga in early 2022 led to a short period of accelerated depletion of ozone above Antarctica in 2023, driven by higher levels of atmospheric water vapour, overall losses were limited, it said in its annual ozone bulletin.
The ozone layer protects the earth from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, which is linked to skin cancer and other health risks.
The Montreal Protocol, which came into effect in 1989, agreed to phase out chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting substances, and its success “stands out as a powerful symbol of hope” at a time when multilateral cooperation has come under strain, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement.
CFCs have been largely replaced by hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), which do not cause ozone depletion but are a powerful climate-warming greenhouse gas.
Countries are now implementing the 2016 Kigali amendment to Montreal, which will phase down HFC production, and could avoid around 0.5 deg C of warming by 2100.
China remains the world’s biggest HFC producer, with current capacity the equivalent of nearly 2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. About a quarter is exported.
China’s environment ministry said on Sept 16 it would soon publish a plan to better control HFC production.
As a developing country, it is obliged to cut HFC consumption by 85 per cent from 2013 to 2045, as reported by Reuters.
China is cutting manufacturing quotas and cracking down on illegal production, but it warned in 2024 it still “faces huge challenges” in phasing down HFCs, which are used by a wide range of different industries, many of which have struggled to find substitute products.
More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro declared a state of calamity for the hardest-hit areas late on Tuesday, invoking powers to mobilize more firefighters and civil servants. He also called on police investigators to redouble their efforts to find those who started the fires and pledged help for those who have lost their homes or have been evacuated.
“We are well aware that these difficult hours are not over yet,” Montenegro told the nation in a televised address. “We have to continue to give everything we have and ask for help from our partners and friends so that we can reinforce the protection of our people and property.”
The European Copernicus satellite service said that over 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) had been scorched and a combined 13 kilometers (8 miles) of fire fronts had been detected as on Tuesday night. It added that an area home to 210,000 people was exposed to the fire risk.
The hot, dry conditions behind the outbreaks in Portugal coincided this week with flooding in central Europe. The European Union said Wednesday that the juxtaposed extreme weather phenomena are proof of a “climate breakdown.”
Fellow European Union members Spain, France, Italy and Greece have committed two water-dropping aircraft each to help Portuguese firefighters.
Spain’s military is also sending 240 soldiers and vehicles from its emergency response battalions specialized in combating fires to its neighbor.
Thick grey smoke and the smell of burnt wood reached some 85 kilometers across the border into northwest Spain.
Montenegro made a special call for security forces to pursue both arsonists and any individuals who started a fire out of negligence. Portuguese national police said that they have arrested seven men suspected of having started wildfires in recent days. Authorities have prohibited the use of heavy farming equipment to reduce the risk of inadvertently starting a blaze.
Among the hardest hit areas is the district of Aveiro, south of the northern city of Porto, but several major blazes were also raging out of control in other wooded areas.
Authorities have yet to release figures for property damage or the number of evacuees, but Portuguese state broadcaster RTP has shown charred houses in rural villages and local residents trying to battle flames with buckets of water, hoses, and even large tree branches. Other televised images showed visibility reduced to a few meters as orange smoke enveloped the terrain.
Three firefighters died in their vehicle on Tuesday, while another had succumbed to what authorities called a “sudden illness” while on duty over the weekend. Three civilians have also perished, according to civil protection authorities.
A report by Reuters recalled that Portugal was devasted by massive fires in 2017 that killed over 120 people.
Experts link the fires to both climate change and the abandonment of traditional farming and forestry professions that helped keep rural areas clear of underbrush that is now fuel for fires
International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) held the 2024 International Women’s Peace Conference at Kensington Resort in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do province, Republic of Korea on September 19.
The conference was held under the theme “Female Leaders Acting Upon Peace,” a place for women to share the most latest examples of peace activities in their communities to ultimately bring an end to war. IWPG introduced its peace achievements, much more fruitful compared to last year, and encouraged the participation of everyone.
In her opening remarks, IWPG Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon said, “‘Implementation’ is crucial for peace to be realized into practical institutions and culture. If people from all sectors of society fulfill their role, peace can be achieved. Please always think, ‘What can I do at this moment for peace?’”
The conference was divided into two parts: “Why should women engage in peace activities?” and “Practicing Peace: Women becoming the leaders of peace.”Ms. Sarah Chong, Director of Femme Solidarity from Australia, pointed out women’s education and their participation in decision making processes as the challenges for women to find their right to peace. She said that immigrant and refugee women struggle to find peace and safety, emphasizing that “Women’s participation in decision-making processes is not just a matter of gender equality; it is essential for achieving sustainable peace.”
She also explained that empowering women through education is essential for building sustainable peace. She said, “Women’s empowerment not only benefits women individually but also has positive ripple effects on families, communities, and societies, driving a movement towards a more peaceful world.”
The importance of Women’s Peace Education was also highlighted under the context of embracing various cultures. Professor Jeong Jee-youn, head of Korea Research Institute of Immigration and Multicultural Policy, said, “The transformation into a multicultural society is inevitable, but there is not lot of attention brought to this topic. Now, it is time for us to break away from the current approach and adopt a continuous multicultural education to build a lasting, peaceful society.”
She added, “The challenges arising from globalization cannot be resolved solely by our own singular approach. In this regard, I hope IWPG’s Women’s Peace Education, which addresses inclusivity and respect as essential virtues of peaceful citizens, becomes a cornerstone for social integration and peace in a multicultural era.”
The story of female leaders who participated in IWPG’s peace campaigns was also introduced. Ms. Maria Theresa Royo-Timbol, Municipal Mayor of Kapalong, Davao Del Norte from the Philippines, gave a speech on “The Roadmap of Women for the Cessation of War” based on her experience establishing the 3rd IWPG Peace Monument in the Philippines last month.
She explained that she built the monument hoping that it would manifest as a concrete peace monument for the current and future generation. She said, “It will definitely have a ripple effect on women and young people as well. I encourage women to participate in any IWPG peace initiatives so that women will appreciate more the importance of their involvement in peace activities.”
Ms. Sanem Arikan, Director General of Services of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Copyright Office, spoke of her various endeavors to accomplish world peace. As an advocate of various social issues, including empowerment of women and children, prevention of violence, and eradication of drugs, she has received IWPG’s Peace Education and tried to spread peace culture and raise awareness in collaboration with media, politics, and academia.
Ms. Sanem Arikan said, “I believe that the press, social media, political leaders, artists, and community leaders play a crucial role in spreading a culture of peace. And, I believe a sustainable peace process can only be achieved through the power of women. We must stand up for women and children that are sacrificed at war even at this moment.”
Dr. Joyelle Trizia Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, said, “When we include more women as leaders and decisionmakers, we allow for an all-encompassing approach.” She proposed enhancing women’s participation in decision-making, advancing gender equality and empowering women, encouraging peacekeeping activities in the individual and professional level, and supporting vulnerable groups.
On this day, the IWPG Peace Achievement Award was given to Ms. Rania Alam, and Ms. Sanem Arikan and Ms. Thandar Aung were appointed as Publicity Ambassadors.
In addition, the participants also wrote their own Peace Promise. The content of this pledge will be shared at next year’s conference. IWPG plans to actively work in various fields so that these peace activities can actually become the training material for Peace Education.
This year’s conference was held as part of the 10th Anniversary of the Sep 18 World Peace Summit, hosted by Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), a peace cooperative organization of IWPG.
IWPG is an international women’s NGO registered in UN ECOSOC and UN DGC. It has 114 branches in 122 countries, and 730 partner organizations in 66 countries. Under the vision “achieving sustainable world peace,” IWPG is actively working to build peace networks, spread peace culture, conduct women’s peace education, and support the legislation of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW).
Former President Donald Trump has said he does not expect to run for election again in 2028 if he is defeated in this November's US presidential poll.
Trump, 78, has been the Republican candidate for three national elections in a row and has reshaped the party greatly over the last eight years.
In an interview with Sinclair Media Group, he was asked if he could foresee another run in the event that he loses to Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris. "No, I don't. I think... that will be it," Trump said. "I don't see that at all."
But he added that "hopefully, we're going to be very successful".
US law bars presidents from serving more than two terms, and so Trump is not expected to run in 2028 if he wins, either.
In the past, the real estate mogul has rarely acknowledged the possibility of losing the election, more often firing up supporters with speeches and social media posts pledging victory at the polls.
But this is the second time in four days he has mentioned a chance of defeat.
During an event held by the Israeli-American Council on Thursday, he brought up losing, and suggested that any such loss would partly be the fault of Jewish voters.
"Do they know what the hell is happening if I don't win this election?" he said, according to various media reports. "And the Jewish people would have to do a lot with that if that happens because at 40% [support] that means 60% of the people are voting for the enemy."
The comments were condemned by the Harris campaign and by the nonpartisan American Jewish Committee and Anti-Defamation League.
Trump's acknowledgments of a possible loss may reflect how the Democratic Party's prospects have changed since Harris became its nominee following President Joe Biden's decision to quit the race.
Her campaign raised more than $190m (£142m) in August, compared to $130m brought in by the Trump campaign and affiliated organisations.Another poll released on Sunday by NBC shows Harris with a five percentage point lead over Trump across the US.
It also found that 48% of registered voters see her positively compared to 32% in July - the largest jump since then-President George W Bush's favourability surged after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
But like other surveys, the NBC poll showed Trump held a clear advantage with voters on some of the election's biggest issues, including the economy, the cost of living and immigration.
The BBC has contacted the Trump campaign for comment on the polling data.
Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn into office, promising "clean" politics as the country recovers from its worst economic crisis.
The left-leaning Dissanayake has cast himself as a disruptor of the status quo, and analysts see his victory as a rejection of corruption and cronyism that has long plagued the country.
Saturday's election was the first since 2022, when discontent over the economy fuelled mass protests and chased former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa from power.
"We need to establish a new clean political culture," he said. "I commit to achieving this. We will do the utmost to win back the people’s respect and trust in the political system."The 55-year-old, who is familiarly known as AKD, told Sri Lankans that "democracy doesn’t end with voting in a leader".
"We need to strengthen democracy. I pledge to do my utmost to safeguard democracy," he said.
"I have said before that I am not a magician – I am an ordinary citizen. There are things I know and don’t know. My aim is to gather those with the knowledge and skills to help lift this country."
Dissanayake received a Buddhist blessing at the end of his speech. Representatives of Sri Lanka's other main religions - Islam, Hinduism and Christianity - were also present during the oath-taking, highlighting the new president's emphasis on diversity.
In a statement on the eve of the ceremony, Dissanayake said the "unity of Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and all Sri Lankans is the bedrock of this new beginning".
During the campaign, Dissanayake promised voters good governance and tough anti-corruption measures.
He has promised to develop Sri Lanka's manufacturing, agriculture and IT sectors. He has also committed to continuing the deal struck with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail Sri Lanka out of the economic crisis while reducing the impact of its austerity measures on the country’s poorest.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena resigned before Dissanayake was sworn in, paving the way for the dissolution of parliament.
In an earlier interview with BBC Sinhala, Dissanayake signalled that he would dissolve parliament soon after being elected.
"There is no point continuing with a parliament that is not in line with what the people want," he said at the time.
Dissanayake won after the counting stretched into a second round on Sunday, as no candidate was able to win more than 50% of the total votes in the first round.
Once the second and third-choice votes for president had been tallied, the Election Commission said Dissanayake had won with a total of 5,740,179 votes.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa came in second at 4,530,902. Outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe got 2,299,767 during the first round of counting and was excluded from the second round.Wickremesinghe congratulated his successor, saying: "With much love and respect for this beloved nation, I hand over its future to the new president".
Until this weekend's vote, all of Sri Lanka's eight presidential elections since 1982 had seen the winner emerge during the first round of counting. This poll has been described as one of the closest in the country's history.
Dissanayake's anti-corruption platform resonated strongly with voters who have been clamouring for systematic change since the crisis.
This enabled him to overcome trepidation over the violent past of his political party, the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which carried out two armed insurrections against the Sri Lankan state in the 1970s and 80s.
Dissanayake's alliance, the National People’s Power – of which the JVP is a part – rose to prominence during the 2022 protests, known as the Aragalaya – Sinhala for struggle.
Dissanayake has also sought to moderate the hard-left stance of his party in more recent years.
At the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) in New York, world leaders today adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations.
This Pact is the culmination of an inclusive, years-long process to adapt international cooperation to the realities of today and the challenges of tomorrow, the UN said in an official press release.
The most wide-ranging international agreement in many years, covering entirely new areas as well as issues on which agreement has not been possible in decades, the Pact aims above all to ensure that international institutions can deliver in the face of a world that has changed dramatically since they were created.
As the Secretary-General has said, “we cannot create a future fit for our grandchildren with a system built by our grandparents.”
Overall, the agreement of the Pact is a strong statement of countries’ commitment to the United Nations, the international system and international law.
Leaders set out a clear vision of an international system that can deliver on its promises, is more representative of today’s world and draws on the energy and expertise of governments, civil society and other key partners.
“The Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and the Declaration on Future Generations open the door to new opportunities and untapped possibilities,” said the Secretary-General during his remarks at the opening of the Summit of the Future. The President of the General Assembly noted that the Pact would “lay the foundations for a sustainable, just, and peaceful global order – for all peoples and nations.”
The Pact covers a broad range of issues including peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance
