UN officers say Ukraine youngsters, ladies want extra safety
Top officers on the United Nations referred to as Monday (April 11) for each an investigation into Russia’s violence in opposition to ladies throughout its invasion of Ukraine, and the safety of youngsters within the battle.
“This war must stop. Now,” Sima Bahous, director of the UN ladies’s company, advised a gathering of the Security Council in New York.
“We are increasingly hearing of rape and sexual violence. These allegations must be independently investigated to ensure justice and accountability.”
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US and India to maintain ‘close consultation’ on Ukraine, Biden says
US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a candid dialogue Monday (April 11) about how one can counter the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior Biden administration official mentioned.
Despite rising tensions between the 2 nations, the official characterised the assembly as heat and productive and mentioned the US stands prepared to assist India diversify its power imports, which might make it much less reliant on Russia.
The leaders additionally mentioned India’s position in serving to to bolster international meals provide, the official mentioned. Modi’s reluctance to criticise Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine has sophisticated a budding safety partnership between the democracies in countering China’s affect.
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Embattled Sri Lanka PM appeals for ‘patience’ from protesters
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa pleaded for “patience” Monday (April 11) as 1000’s continued to take to the streets to protest his household’s rule, with public anger at a fever pitch over the nation’s crippling financial disaster.
Sri Lanka’s 22 million residents have seen weeks of energy blackouts and extreme shortages of meals, gasoline and even life-saving drugs within the nation’s worst downturn since independence in 1948.
Protesters have rallied each day since saturday in opposition to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – Mahinda’s youthful brother – in Colombo and throughout the island nation, chanting “Gota go home” and calling for his authorities’s removing.
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Britney Spears says she is pregnant
Britney Spears on Monday (April 11) introduced she is pregnant together with her third baby, six months after an LA choose ended the controversial guardianship the pop icon mentioned barred her from having extra youngsters.
(*5*) the 40-year-old mentioned on Instagram.
A choose in November dissolved the conservatorship lengthy overseen by Spears’ father – an association the singer mentioned had prevented her from having a contraceptive IUD eliminated regardless of her need for extra youngsters.
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Golf: Tiger Woods makes big leap in world rating
Tiger Woods posted the 2 worst rounds of his profession on the Masters over the weekend, however simply making the minimize vaulted the 15-time main winner 228 spots within the Official World Golf Ranking.
Woods, who had not performed a aggressive spherical for the reason that 2020 Masters, performed in November of that 12 months, entered final week ranked 973rd. He moved to 745th following his Forty seventh-place displaying at Augusta National.
That’s a far cry from the 679 weeks he has spent at No. 1, however the 46-year-old’s means to ever compete once more had been in query since almost dropping his leg in a automotive accident 14 months in the past.
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