New York, Aug. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations announced today the creation of a $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund to support Afghans in grave danger—including champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists—by expanding immediate protection opportunities. The Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund will help support sponsorship for humanitarian parole programs in […]
Day: August 14, 2021
Australia’s NSW Announces Snap Lockdown
The Australian state of New South Wales announced a snap lockdown Saturday due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the seven-day, statewide lockdown to begin Saturday evening. Schools will close for at least a week.“This is literally a war,” Gladys Berej…
Botswana Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Rising Death Toll
GABORONE, BOTSWANA – Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose country has one of the world’s highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita, has announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including extension of a nighttime curfew and postponement of the reop…
Thousands in Canada and France Protest Vaccine Passports
Thousands marched in Montreal and across France on Saturday to protest vaccine passports.Starting next month, in Canada’s Quebec province, proof of vaccination against COVID-19 will be needed to go to a restaurant, bar, gym or festival. The vaccination…
Indigenous Eggplant Soup Gets Popular
The eggplant soup of Cambodian Phnong indigenous group is catching the attention of many.The soup, according to the Ministry of Environment, is among many great cuisine that belongs to the Cambodian Phnong living mainly in the north-eastern Mondulkiri …
CDC Approves US$5.5 Million Investment Projects
Two more investment projects with a total capital of US$5.5 million have been recently approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC).According to the CDC’s press release issued yesterday evening, the two projects belong to Collaboration…
H.E. Phos Sovann: RSF Should Not Presume But Wait to See Commission’s Accomplishments
H.E. Phos Sovann, Delegate of the Royal Government in charge of Director General of General Department of Information and Broadcasting, said on Friday that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) should not prejudge the ministry’s newly-established Monitoring …
COVID-19: Tally Rises to 84,860 with Detection of Nearly 600 Cases
Cambodia’s tally of COVID-19 jumped to 84,860 with the detection of 598 new infections this morning, pointed out a press release of the Ministry of Health.Of the new cases, it added, 187 were imported and the rest were community cases linked to the Feb…