African Great Lakes Observer

  We are very pleased by the PM Theresa May's equality agenda. This is the first time that a UK PM specifically and loudly call   on all UK institutions to address the barriers that   many disadvantaged people are facing in accessing to services and opportunities.   This has never happened in any developed word. It   only happening in UK. Mrs Theresa May will be remembered as   pro-Equality Lady. We do not need any more the   empty equality rhetoric   and propaganda from   the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats just to attracts voters.   We are confident that the PM will succeed in tackling disadvantage caused by   discrimination, prejudice, social class, disability, mental health, poverty, race and ethnicity, and gender   that prevent people from accessing employment, housing, education, health, and criminal justice.   The PM should urgently   find ways of solving the problems of   hundreds of   thousand...

  Bilinguals are more attractive, say 71% of Americans By Maureen O'Hare , CNN Updated 1125 GMT (1925 HKT) August 24, 2016 A tourist poses in front of the "House of Flags" installation in London's Parliament Square in 2012. Story highlights 71% of Americans and 61% of Britons believe being multilingual makes a person more attractive Around a quarter of Americans and Britons think being monolingual has held them back professionally One in eight admits to exaggerating their language skills on a resume (CNN) Want greater success in your career and your love life, as well as a healthy brain long into old age? The answer could be to learn another language. Or at least that's the case according to a majority of Americans and Britons polled in a new survey by language app Babbel . Apparently, 71% of Americans and 61% of Britons believe speaking more than one language makes a person seem more attractive. Oui, c'est vrai! O...

  UN DAILY NEWS from the UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE 22 August, 2016 ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ __________________ PUT DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND END 'HUMANITARIAN SHAME' IN SYRIA, UN AID CHIEF TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL Stressing the need for a 48-hour pause to the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the United Nations humanitarian chief today urged the United States and Russia to rapidly reach agreement on the security guarantees and operational modalities for a ceasefire there so aid workers can deliver life-saving assistance to those in desperate need. "I'm not going to pretend – I'm angry, very angry" about what is happening in Aleppo today and throughout Syria over the last five years, said Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator in his briefing to the Security ...