Has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the world foodd program for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflictaffected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. The World Food Program was founded in 1961 and is the Worlds Largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. The Nobel Committee says the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge inn the numberr of vicis ofof hungerr in the worldld and ququoted the wfp whichch said, l there is a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. In 2019 the u. N. Branch provided assistance to close to 100 Million People in 88 countries affected by Food Insecurity and hunger. The wfp thanked the Nobel Committee for the honor on twitter adding the award is a powerful reminder peace and zero hunger go hand in hand. Next, a typhoon is now barreling toward japan. Weather Off
I just hope the clerk next caller. I am a black woman that works for the department. I would like to thank the supervisors for bringing this issue and bringing awareness to the concerns and these issues. I am also in support of the black employee alliance. We need the tangibles and the demands listed specifically in the letter. We need a supervisor to focus on racist bias and racism [indiscernible] this person should focus on the departments where there are racially bad actor acto actors [indiscernible] terminations and medical releases. The Inspector General should or could also lead efforts on the following examples. One important one would be to abolish the d. H. R. , e. E. O. System [indiscernible]. Clerk could we have the next caller. My name is marco reed, an employee at the San Francisco m. C. A. I want to bring us back to some of the points around apprenticeships, pathways, and pipelines. M. C. A. Has embarked on an Aggressive Program to bring to light some of the things that w
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Evidence the man wanted to defect. Officials say the man went missing from a patrol vessel in the yellow sea and could not have reached the spot where he was found unless he swam there. The findings are based on an analysis of the current at the time and the fact he wore a life jajacket. The south korean report also says north korea knew the mans name, age and hometown as well as his desire to defect. Pyongyang claims the man never disclosed his name and had tried to escape. South koreas coast guard and Defense Ministry have been investigating the shooting. The reports conclusions may also have been informed by north koreas military communication records. Seoul is calling for a joint investigation to find out what really happened. Japans Prime Minister says hell do whatever he can to bring back japanese nationals abducted by north korea decades ago. Suga yoshihide met with relatives of the abductees on tuesday for the First Time Since he took office. Translator i will personally lead e
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