Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN | United Nations News

Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN | United Nations News

UNDP says without urgent action, 95 percent of the population will regress into survival mode. Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation. “Rakhine’s economy has stopped functioning,” said…

Turkey, Greece top diplomats meet to help mend ties between regional rivals | Politics News

Turkey, Greece top diplomats meet to help mend ties between regional rivals | Politics News

Athens and Ankara say no magical solution is reached in their latest talks but dialogue will continue. Turkey’s top diplomat has agreed with his Greek counterpart in Athens to keep dialogue moving forward with the goal of resolving longstanding issues that have brought the two countries to the brink of…

How Kamala Harris and the Democrats lost the 2024 US election | TV Shows

How Kamala Harris and the Democrats lost the 2024 US election | TV Shows

Marc Lamont Hill dissects the reasons behind a historic election victory for Donald Trump. In a historic political comeback, former President Donald Trump has been re-elected for a second term in office, despite facing multiple felony charges and widespread criticism of his alleged authoritarian tendencies. His Democratic opponent, Vice President…

Why is Germany supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why is Germany supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

No state has been as assiduous in attacking the Palestine solidarity movement and supporting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza as Germany. Today, it is impossible to hold a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin or elsewhere in Germany without facing attacks from the police, intimidation from the state and accusations of anti-Semitism…

Nearly 70 percent of deaths in Gaza are women and children: UN | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Nearly 70 percent of deaths in Gaza are women and children: UN | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Overall, 44 percent of the victims were children; the youngest was a day-old boy and the oldest was a 97-year-old woman. United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has condemned Israel’s “apparent indifference” to the killing of civilians in Gaza, after a new report from his agency showed that nearly…

Thousands evacuated as wildfires ravage homes near Los Angeles | Climate Crisis News

Thousands evacuated as wildfires ravage homes near Los Angeles | Climate Crisis News

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds blew flames into ranches and neighbourhoods, destroying dozens of homes. The wildfire has destroyed 132 structures in less than two days, fire officials said on Thursday. Firefighters and police cleared residents…

German opposition hits out at Scholz for delaying confidence vote | Politics News

German opposition hits out at Scholz for delaying confidence vote | Politics News

Conservative leader wants confidence vote now, triggering January election, as poll shows more than half of Germans agree. Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz has slammed Chancellor Olaf Scholz, describing his decision to delay a confidence vote until next year as “irresponsible”. Merz, who leads the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),…

US election results: How did opinion polls undercount Trump voters again? | US Election 2024 News

US election results: How did opinion polls undercount Trump voters again? | US Election 2024 News

Ahead of the United States presidential elections on Tuesday, public opinion polls had predicted a neck-and-neck race between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Yet eventually, Trump cruised to a comfortable victory, defying most polls. He has already won five of the seven swing states – Pennsylvania, Georgia, North…

More than 40 monkeys on the loose in US town after escaping lab | Wildlife News

More than 40 monkeys on the loose in US town after escaping lab | Wildlife News

Police describe escapees, who are not carrying disease, as ‘harmless and a little skittish’, posing ‘almost no danger to public’. More than 40 monkeys escaped from a research lab in a small town in the United States after an employee failed to properly shut an enclosure. The 43 rhesus macaque…