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NEW YORK (AP) — By the numbers, the Jan. 6 committee hearings attracted 20 million live viewers on opening night, 11 million for the first daytime session and nearly 9 million for Thursday’s third installment.

Yet those traditional Nielsen company yardsticks don’t begin to measure the true reach of what is being said there.

Memorable moments from each hearing are sliced for quick consumption on countless news programs, comedy shows and online, to the point where some have been seen more times later than when they were live.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (APP): In a blatant misuse of Its UN Security Council’s membership, India has blocked a proposal to proscribe an Indian national, Gobinda Patnaik Duggivalasa, by a 15-member body’s panel, known as the 1267 Sanctions Committee, according to the informed sources.

The Committee procedures require consent of all Council members to accept a listing request.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali resist a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the vaccines for the littlest children, and the final signoff came hours later from Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the agency’s director.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (APP): Voicing serious concern over growing hate speech worldwide, Pakistan has called for a collective effort to counter its manifestation such as Islamophobia, racism, xenophobia and incitement to violence.

“Hate is a threat to everyone; Combating it must be a collective effort,” Ambassador Aamir Khan, deputy permanent representatives of Pakistan to the UN, said in a remarks at an event organized by Morocco in connection with the first-ever International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

NEW YORK, June 18. /TASS/: Russian draft agreements on security guarantees will be reviewed when the special military operation in Ukraine is completed, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov wrote in his article for Newsweek.

"Let me remind you that no one has removed the Russian draft agreements on security guarantees from the table. Of course, after the special military operation will be over, their content will have to be adapted to the realities," the diplomat wrote.

17 June 2022; MEMO: UN human rights experts denounced Israel on Thursday for the conviction of a Gaza aid worker for "financing terrorism", Anadolu News Agency reports.

The conviction of Mohammed El-Halabi, the former Program Director of World Vision's Gaza office, was "a clear violation of Israel's obligation" to respect the right to a fair trial, the UN experts said in a statement.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (APP): Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes by the end of last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War, the agency said on Friday.

This figure includes 13.7 million child refugees and asylum-seekers, and nearly 22.8 million, who are internally displaced due to conflict and violence.

UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Migrant workers sent home an estimated $605 billion to low- and middle-income countries last year, a UN study said, boosted by an increase in payments sent via mobile phones.

Global remittances rose 8.6 percent compared to 2020 and are projected to grow to $630 billion in 2022, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Such payments are a major source of income for many low-income households, with around 800 million family members expected to benefit in 2022.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 (NNN-SANA) – The slaying of a humanitarian worker in north-west Syria yesterday, the 23rd since 2020, saddened the United Nations, said Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.

Dujarric told a regular briefing that, the Syrian aid worker was killed by a car bomb, on his way to work, in al Bab, in northern Aleppo.

“This tragedy is a stark reminder of the continuing hostilities in Syria, which are claiming the lives of civilians and aid workers,” said the spokesman.