Development
-
A fire in Moscow warehouse killed five firemen
Sep 23, 2016News Hour: A fire that erupted at a warehouse in Moscow on Thursday killed five firemen, local media reported. Over 160 people and about 50 pieces of equipment were involved in the blaze, which broke out... -
27 bodies recovered, 22 missing after flashfloods and landslides struck in Indonesia
Sep 23, 2016News Hour: Rescuers have recovered 27 bodies and are searching for 22 missing persons after flash floods and landslides struck West Java province in western Indonesia on Wednesday and Tuesday, a spokesman for the national disaster... -
World’s top university ranked by Oxford
Sep 22, 2016News Hour: The University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world and feeder for the British elite, has topped a global education ranking for the first time, but its vice-chancellor warned that Brexit could... -
UK going support to help tackle migration crisis
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Speaking at President Obama’s Refugee Summit in New York, the UK Prime Minister demonstrated how the UK is leading the international response to mass migration crises around the world. The provision of over £1.5... -
Women Deliver brings together 10 international organizations to launch the Deliver for Good Campaign
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Women Deliver and 10 partner organizations launched today the Deliver for Good campaign, a global initiative that applies a gender lens to the Sustainable Development Goals and promotes 12 critical investments in girls and... -
Barack Obama used his farewell UN address to castigate strongmen and populists
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Barack Obama used his farewell UN address on Tuesday to castigate strongmen and populists, taking aim at Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s rise at home. Obama told the UN General Assembly that democracy... -
Ban Ki-moon opened UN General Assembly debate with call to end the fighting in Syria
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the annual General Assembly debate on Tuesday with a call to end the fighting in Syria as he condemned the “sickening, savage” attack on an aid convoy. “I appeal... -
Sudan is hosting about 400,000 South Sudanese refugees
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Sudan said on Wednesday it is hosting about 400,000 South Sudanese refugees who fled a brutal civil war that erupted in the world’s youngest country after it broke away in 2011. Tens of thousands... -
10 people died in flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Ten people have been killed in flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an official said on Wednesday, with a search ongoing for three others still missing in the disasters on Java island. Torrential downpours... -
“Cognitive impact of stress” – Vera Newman
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Vera Newman (School of Psychology) gives her presentation: ”Stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts”: Understanding the cognitive impact of stress and how to turn it around” for the 2016 UNSW Three Minute Thesis Competition, where...
