International Archives — Page 7 of 58

July 16, 2020 No Responses

MSC Ship Loses 20 Containers Off South Africa

Earlier this week, a containership operated by Swiss shipping major Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) lost more than 20 containers overboard during stormy weather in Algoa Bay near the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, the South African Maritime Safety ...

July 15, 2020 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala To WTO: Elect DG On Basis Of Merit

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday in Geneva stressed the need for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to elect a credible candidate, based on merit, for the position of Director General. Okonjo-Iweala, who is among the eight candidates vying for the...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

ILO Welcomes COVID-19 Seafarers’ Rights Agreement

The International Labour Organization has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 crisis .It welcomed a joint statement signed by more than a dozen countries that gives ...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Maritime Stakeholders Implore US, UK, UAE, Others On Crew Change Crisis

Thirteen countries have committed to facilitating crew changes and achieving key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the UK government July 9, 2020. This step is said to represent a significant progres...

July 8, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Review Size Of Embassies

The Federal Government is to review the operations of some of its embassies abroad as well the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) scheme. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, disclosed this when he featured as the special guest on News Agency...

July 7, 2020 No Responses

Largest Online Gathering Of Workers, Employers, Others To Brainstorm On Post-Pandemic Recovery

More than 50 Heads of State and government, as well as prominent global employers’ and trade union leaders are to take part in global discussions on COVID-19 and the World of Work, which be held online, 7-9 July.A statement issued...

July 2, 2020 No Responses

ICC Elects First Black Female Global Board Executive

Information technology guru and founder of West Blue Consulting, Ms. Valentina Mintah has been elected to the Executive Board of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), at the recently held virtual 2020 World Council Meeting of the organization. Ms. Minta...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

The World Must Continue To Fight Corruption, Says Commonwealth Scribe

Countries’ response to Covid-19, their long-term development and the meeting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are all threatened by the “invisible infection” of corruption, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has warned...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs

Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world – more than 55 million people – are at significant risk of losing their jobs and income due to lockdown and lack of effective social security coverage, a new estimates by the...

June 11, 2020 No Responses

Ford Recalls 2.5m Vehicles

Ford is recalling about 2.5 million vehicles in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere because of a nagging door latch problem and a brake fluid leak.The door latch recall covers more than 2.1 million cars, SUVs and vans in the U.S. The...

June 10, 2020 No Responses

US Democrats Wearing Ghana’s Kente Cloth

When US Democrats in Congress proposed legislation to reform the police following weeks of protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white officer, commenters on social media only wanted to talk about one...

June 9, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: Racism Seeks To Drive Us Apart But There Are Rays Of Hope

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today, I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting in his living room during the Covid-19 lockdown, watching coverage of protests, sparked by the death of George Floyd ...

June 5, 2020 No Responses

UNCTAD Appoints Dona Bertarelli Special Adviser For Blue Economy

Dona Bertarelli, the fastest woman to sail around the world, philanthropist, ocean conservation advocate and entrepreneur, has been named theUNCTAD Special Adviser for the Blue Economy. Ms. Bertarelli will help UNCTAD promote a sustainable blue economy, partic...