“The costs have been catastrophic”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement marking the day. Since the pandemic struck, he pointed out that millions of lives have been lost, as hundreds of millions fallen ill. And economies have been shattered, health systems stretched, and trillions of dollars lost. Moreover, progress…
“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my life”, 28-year-old Akure Ewar told UNFPA. At seven months pregnant, she complains that she is hungry and often feels dizzy when going about her day. “The dry seasons have been progressively getting worse over the last three years,…
Humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU), is enabling the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support over 700,000 Ukrainians with multi-sectoral assistance this winter, which is set to be “the most challenging season yet for the country”. “Displaced and war-affected people will face new and growing challenges as the war drags on…
A global population weary of the chaos caused by COVID-19 pandemic had to contend with a new, highly transmissible variant at the beginning of the year: Omicron. Omicron and on This latest version swept across Europe, leading to record weekly case numbers, although the number of deaths was relatively low,…
Meta-owned WhatsApp will reportedly stop working on older iPhone models as well as android phones. The changes will be applicable to as many as 49 smartphones starting from December 31, as per the report. Users with older iPhone models will have to upgrade their handsets to iOS 12 or newer…
What an exciting mess the NFL playoff races have become. Just when it looked like a rare drama-free finish, the teams on the right side of the bubble started losing and teams left for dead started winning. The reeling Titans have lost five straight games, one more than the slumping…
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube The NBA season is about to step into the year 2023, but the Lakers are yet to make any trades. The trade deadline is less than two months away. According to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, the Purple and Gold are still evaluating their option on…
Famous former basketball referee Tim Donaghy, who worked for the NBA from 1994 to 2007, told the surprising story of his gambling scandal in the documentary “Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul.” We recommend anyone interested in basketball to watch this documentary, and for the rest of us, here’s a brief excerpt…
Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday launched a host of new initiatives, including the right to repair portal and an NTH mobile app and opened new premises of National Consumer Helpline centre in the national capital. A memorandum of understanding was also signed between the Consumer Affairs…
Comment on this story Comment PIDIE, Indonesia — A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week, and warned Tuesday that there will likely be more. A distressing video circulated widely in social media showed…
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