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Celebrated Palestinian poet, writer, professor, and activist Refaat Al Araeer was killed on December 7 when an Israeli airstrike pounded his sister’s home in southern Gaza. ....
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the third Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Moment, a high-level event that serves to place an annual spotlight on the SDGs, at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) UNITED NATIONS - The UN secretary-general and the president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday joined world leaders and goodwill ambassadors in a global call to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and get back on track to building a better world that "leaves no one behind." With time running out on the achievement of SDGs, and against the backdrop of calls for bold solutions to solve the world's deepening challenges in this year's UN General Debate, which opens Tuesday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres convened the third SDG Moment to urgently spur stronger commitments to ensure successful SDGs implementation. "The world has a long 'to do' list," Guterres told ....
Lawyer Reuben Canoy, former mayor of Cagayan de Oro City and a known federalism advocate, dies Tuesday evening (July 5, 2022). (Image courtesy of DXDC-RMN Davao) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Former city mayor and known federalism advocate, lawyer Reuben Canoy, passed away Tuesday evening. He was 93. Canoy's daughter, Rhona, said the Canoy patriarch died in their residence around 8:55 p.m. following a cardiac arrest. "We didn't expect it to happen, but it was God's will. He was recovering well, yesterday (July 5) he was working on a book he was writing," she said in a radio interview Wednesday. Following the announcement of Canoy's death, condolences from various personalities in Mindanao and Visayas poured in, including from avid listeners of his long-running radio commentary program, "Perspective." In a statement, the city's 2nd District Representative Rufus Rodriguez described Canoy as a leader, an intellectual giant, and a true federalist who inspire ....