A <keyword id="6355833" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="united-nations">United Nations</keyword> spokesman said that as of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the entire UN system across the world, including three deaths. "As of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases among the UN worldwide, and that included 3 deaths in the UN system that have happened since the start of the pandemic," <keyword id="276958" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Farhan-Haq">Farhan Haq</keyword>, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General <keyword id="300649" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Antonio-Guterres">Antonio Guterres</keyword>, said at a virtual briefing on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. The UN chief on March 13 demanded all UN staff members to telecommute and work remotely from March 16 to April 12, to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 at the UN headquarters in <keyword id="6355838" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-york">New York</keyword>. On April 1, he extended his order for telecommuting till April 30. SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/topic/coronavirus">Coronavirus News and Updates</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/how-to-check-coronavirus-symptoms-at-home/articleshow/74960334.cms">What are the Coronavirus symptoms and how to check for them at home</a>

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The UK and Japan have condemned the terrorist attack at <keyword id="21056487" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="crocus-city-hall" source="keywords">Crocus City Hall</keyword> near <keyword id="19911500" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="moscow" source="keywords">Moscow</keyword> and extended sympathies to the families of the victims. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has condemned the terrorist attack at <keyword id="21063446" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="crocus-city" source="keywords">Crocus City</keyword> Hall near Moscow. He stated that the UK offers condolences to the families of the victims. In a post on X, David Cameron stated, "The UK condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. We offer our heartfelt condolences and express our deepest sympathy to the families of the many victims. Nothing can ever justify such horrific violence." Meanwhile, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Secretary Kobayashi Maki said that Japan has condemned attacks against civilians. In a statement, Kobayashi Maki stated, "Meanwhile, Regarding a shooting incident occurred at a commercial facility in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, <keyword id="20095877" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="russian-federation" source="keywords">Russian Federation</keyword>, on March 22 (local time), which resulted in a large number of casualties, Japan firmly condemns such an attack against civilians. Japan extends its sincere condolences to the bereaved families, and expresses its heartfelt sympathy to those who were injured." As many as 93 people have been killed in a terrorist attack carried out at the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, on Friday (local time) evening. Unidentified gunmen armed with assault rifles went on a shooting spree. An explosion happened in the building, starting a fire. The special services are conducting a search operation. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin cancelled all mass events in the capital in the next two days, and a number of other Russian regions followed suit, TASS reported. Russian Investigative Committee said that the death toll from the attack on the Crocus City complex rose to 93, CNN reported. "The death toll will rise further. According to preliminary data, the causes of death were gunshot wounds and poisoning by combustion products," the committee said on Saturday. "Preliminary results of the inspection of the premises of the concert hall indicate that the terrorists used automatic weapons during the attack, which, along with the ammunition they left behind, were discovered and seized by (investigators)," the committee also said." Based on this material evidence, ballistic, genetic and fingerprint examinations are currently being carried out," it added. It was also established that the terrorists used a flammable liquid to set fire to the premises of the concert hall. The Russian intelligence agencies detained 11 people, including four 'terrorists', who they claimed were 'directly' involved in a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall, TASS reported citing Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) statement on Saturday. "The activities of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have resulted in the detention of 11 people, including four terrorists, who directly participated in the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall," the statement read. Work is in progress to identify terrorist accomplices and establish all the circumstances of the attack, TASS reported. The head of the <keyword id="21063447" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="russian-security-service" source="keywords">Russian Security Service</keyword> (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, has told Russian President <keyword id="19900702" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="keywords">Vladimir Putin</keyword> that eleven people have been detained in connection with the attack on the Crocus complex near Moscow on Friday, according to Russian state media. The Kremlin stated that those detained included "all four terrorists directly involved in the terrorist attack in Crocus," according to TASS and other state media outlets. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has also strongly condemned the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall and has extended condolences to the people and government of the Russian Federation, according to a statement released by Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq. "The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms today's terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow, in which at least 40 people were reportedly killed and over 100 others injured. The Secretary-General conveys his deep condolences to the bereaved families and the people and the Government of the Russian Federation," the statement read. (ANI)

UK, Japan condemn terrorist attack in Russia, offer condolences to families of victims

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ukraine on Monday sent out its first grain shipment since Russia invaded the country in late February. </li><li>Wheat prices have been falling since Ukraine, the United Nations, and Turkey reached a deal allowing Kyiv to restart grain shipments. </li></ul>Ukraine on Monday sent out its first shipment of grain since Russia invaded the country five months ago, sending wheat prices lower and raising hopes the move will help bring down global food prices. Cargo ship Razoni left for Lebanon carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn, reports said Monday. It marked first grain ship to leave the port of Odessa since February 24, Oleksandr Kubrakov, <a href="https://twitter.com/OlKubrakov/status/1553997642086191106">Ukraine's Minister of Infrastructure, said on Twitter</a> with a video showing the ship departing with its horn blowing. Wheat prices have largely been moving lower since the United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine reached an agreement on July 22 to reopen three ports in Ukraine whose grain has been waiting to be shipped. September wheat futures on Monday fell 2.4% to $788.50 a bushel <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/agriculture/grains/wheat.quotes.html">on the Chicago Board of Trade</a>.Black Sea wheat prices in Asia dropped last week in the wake of the shipment deal, <a href="https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/asia-grains-black-sea-wheat-prices-ease-on-hopes-of-ukrainian-supplies/">according to Hellenic Shipping News</a>, which said prices were quoted below $400 a tonne, including cost and freight, down from $415 a tonne a couple of weeks ago. The <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1123532">United Nations said last week</a> the deal will enable the safe transportation of commercial foodstuffs and fertilizer from three of Ukraine's Black Sea ports: Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny. Another 16 ships are awaiting departure from Ukraine, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3f7478ab-384a-47ec-ab3f-c1b75f181e0b">the Financial Times reported</a>. The "ripple effects of the war in Ukraine" along with the COVID-19 pandemic and climate shocks are contributing to driving up prices for food, fuel and fertilizer, <a href="https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000140702/download/?_ga=2.119402506.2018035807.1659361010-1648483660.1659361010">the World Food Programme said in a report released in June</a>. The <a href="https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/">FAO Food Price Index from the United Nations</a> averaged 154.2 points in June, up by 23% from the year-ago period, although June's reading marked a third-consecutive monthly decline. International prices dairy and meat had increased while those of vegetable oils, cereals and sugar had decreased. Ukraine is among the world's largest agricultural producers and exporters, <a href="https://www.fas.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-04/Ukraine-Factsheet-April2022.pdf">according to the US Department of Agriculture</a>. The country was the fourth-largest corn exporter in the 2021/2022 marketing year, accounting for 12% of global exports. It was the fifth-largest wheat producer worldwide and the largest exporter of sunflower oil. The shipments deal "will help to effectively respond to and prevent rising global food insecurity," UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said last week.The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-middle-east-turkey-istanbul-932888f2e144b61accc855bba49c83cc">Associated Press on Monday reported</a> that Kubrakov said the shipments would also help Ukraine's economy that's been devastated by the war. "Unlocking ports will provide at least $1 billion in foreign exchange revenue to the economy and an opportunity for the agricultural sector to plan for next year," Kubrakov said.

Wheat prices fall as Ukraine sends first shipment of grain since Russian invasion in a deal aimed at easing global food prices

At the forefront of the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, India has supplied <keyword id="10529467" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="more-vaccines">more vaccines</keyword> to people around the world than inoculating its own citizens, according to New Delhi's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN K. Nagaraj Naidu. Addressing the General Assembly on Friday, he said: "India will not only be vaccinating 300 million of its own frontline workers over the next six months but in the process has also supplied <keyword id="79555" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vaccines">vaccines</keyword> to over 70 nations. In fact, as of today we have supplied more vaccines globally than have vaccinated our own people." He said that 200,000 doses of vaccine that India is gifting to UN Peacekeepers will be arriving in Denmark on Saturday. From there, the Covishield vaccines will be repackaged and sent to peacekeepers around the world, according to Farhan Haq, the spokesperson for Secretary-General <keyword id="300649" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Antonio-Guterres">Antonio Guterres</keyword>. Naidu was speaking at an informal Assembly session on the "Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to <keyword id="9078985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Covid-19-Vaccines">Covid-19 Vaccines</keyword>" that adopted by over 180 of the UN's 193 members. The signatories of the declaration said: "We pledge to treat Covid-19 vaccination as a global public good by ensuring affordable, equitable and fair access to vaccines for all, with COVAX being the appropriate mechanism to guarantee it." The <keyword id="43588" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="World-Health-Organization">World Health Organization</keyword> (WHO) set up the COVAX to provide the vaccine to developing countries. "While the vaccine challenge has been resolved, we are now confronted with ensuring the availability, accessibility, affordability, and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. Lack of global cooperation and disparity in the accessibility of vaccines will affect the poorest nations the most," Naidu said. With new dangers arising during the pandemic, Naidu called for collaboration on genomic surveillance to track virus mutations and variants and exchange information in a timely fashion. There are about 82,000 UN peacekeepers and the 200,000 doses of Covishield would be more than enough to vaccinate all of them. Haq said: "If we have more than we need, we're clearly going to distribute what we can in a fair way." Covishield's advantage is that it has been approved by the WHO and can be used right away. China has pledged 300,000 doses of its vaccines to the peacekeepers, but its jabs have not been authorised by the WHO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also offered to provide vaccines to UN staff. Haq said: "I would also like to reiterate our gratefulness to those countries and all those who have pledged to help our peacekeepers and our other staff." SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/the-entire-crew-of-the-massive-ship-that-has-blocked-suez-canal-is-indian/articleshow/81699456.cms">The entire crew of the massive ship that has blocked Suez Canal is Indian</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/checkout-the-list-of-mamata-banerjee-favourite-tv-and-sports-celebrities-who-are-fighting-for-tmc/slidelist/81700172.cms">Mamata Banerjee's favourite celebs who are fighting for Trinamool Congress in some of the toughest constituencies</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/suryoday-small-finance-bank-shares-listed-at-4-less-than-the-issue-price/articleshow/81700313.cms">Suryoday Small Finance Bank shareholders lost 7% of their investment within minutes of listing</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/kalyan-jewellers-makes-a-lacklustre-debut-listing-at-15-discount-to-issue-price/articleshow/81700343.cms">Kalyan Jewellers makes a lacklustre debut, listing at 15% discount to issue price</a>

'India has provided more vaccines globally than inoculating own citizens', says Deputy Permanent Representative

By Yoshita Singh United Nations, Apr 14 () Over 180 confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths due to the disease have been reported across the United Nations system worldwide, a spokesman for Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.According to estimates by Johns Hopkins University, there are 1.92 million coronavirus cases across the world and 119,687 deaths. The US has the maximum number of 582,607 cases in the world and over 23,000 people have died in the country from COVID-19. "As of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases among the UN worldwide, and that included 3 deaths in the UN system that have happened since the start of the pandemic," Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said at the daily press briefing on Monday. YAS SCYSCY

UN system reports 189 confirm COVID-19 cases

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58a243ae6e09a880028b5b9b-2000" alt="nikki haley" data-mce-source="Associated Press/Evan Vucci" data-mce-caption="Gov. Nikki Haley, R- S.C., delivers a speech on &amp;quotLessons from the New South&quot; during a luncheon at at the National Press Club, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Washington." />Associated Press/Evan VucciUN ambassador Nikki Haley</div></div></div>In addition to all 15 council members condemning North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, UN ambassador Nikki Haley also delivered a <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/831266167771631618" target="_blank">decisive statement</a>."We call on all members of the Security Council to use every available resource to make it clear to the North Korean regime - and its enablers - that these launches are unacceptable," her statement read."It is time to hold North Korea accountable - not with our words, but with our actions."Earlier, US President Donald Trump pledged to deal with Pyongyang "very strongly."North Korea has repeatedly flouted six Security Council resolutions demanding an end to its nuclear and ballistic missile activities and has continued to launch missiles, escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and in the region.The missile test, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-solid-fuel-missile-threat-2017-2" target="_blank">conducted early Sunday</a>, is seen as an implicit challenge to Trump, who has vowed a tough line on North Korea but has yet to release a strategy for dealing with a country whose nuclear ambitions have bedeviled US leaders for decades."North Korea is a big, big problem and we will deal with that very strongly," Trump said at a joint news conference Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the launch "a further troubling violation of Security Council resolutions" and urged North Korea to comply with its international obligations, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said."The secretary-general appeals to the international community to continue to address this situation in a united manner," Haq said.South Korea condemned what it called "serious military and security threats" and predicted more such tests. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who is also the acting president, said his country would punish North Korea for the missile launch.The United States, Japan and South Korea requested the urgent Security Council meeting.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58a2460e3149a1f7778b5336-2400/2017-02-13t084554z1lynxmped1c0l4rtroptp4northkorea-missles.jpg" alt="Pukguksong-2 north korea missile" data-mce-source="KCNA/Handout via Reuters" data-mce-caption="A view of the test-fire of Pukguksong-2 guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the spot, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang February 13, 2017." />KCNA/Handout via ReutersTest-fire of the Pukguksong-2 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, Feb. 13, 2017.</div></div></div>In previous Security Council actions on North Korea, the United States and China, a neighbor and ally of Pyongyang, have been the key negotiators.After previous ballistic missile tests, the Security Council has issued a strong condemnation, called for redoubled efforts to fully implement sanctions, and reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in northeast Asia.Britain ambassador Rycroft called the latest test "another flagrant violation" of council resolutions. "There should be a statement unifying the Security Council and setting out clearly the seriousness of the violation," he said.North Korea already has a variety of land-based missiles that can hit South Korea and Japan, including US military bases in those countries. It has also successfully tested a submarine-launched missile and development of such missiles would add a weapon that is harder to detect before launch."These are serious military and security threats," Jeong Joon-hee, spokesman at South Korea's Ministry of Unification, told reporters. "Pyongyang has no intention of backing away from its goal to become a country with nuclear weapons."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56cc577e2e526554008b8d57-2400" alt="kim jong un" data-mce-source="Reuters" data-mce-caption="North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a flight drill of fighter pilots from the Korean People's Army's (KPA) Air and Anti-Air Force, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on February 21, 2016." />ReutersNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un</div></div></div>North Korea's Central News Agency said the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, was at the launch site to observe Sunday's test and expressed pleasure at the North's expansion of its strategic strike capabilities.The report early Monday also said Kim gave the order to fire the "Pukguksong-2," which the agency said was a "Korean style new type strategic weapon system."It is believed to have flown about 500 kilometers (310 miles) before splashing down into the ocean in international waters.The report said the test proved "the reliability and security" of a new mobile launching system, the solid fuel that was used, and the guidance and control features of the ballistic missile. Solid fuel can give missiles longer range and make detecting them before launch more difficult because they can be readied faster than liquid fuel missiles.It added that Kim "expressed great satisfaction over the possession of another powerful nuclear attack means."Reports of the launch came as Trump was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who called it "absolutely intolerable."China, facing criticism that it is not doing enough to pressure North Korea to drop its nuclear program, said Monday that the root cause of North Korean missile launches is friction with the United States and South Korea. 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