Diplomats and security policy advisers from more than 40 countries had “an extremely honest, open conversation” on key principles that Kyiv wants to be the basis for peace, Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak said of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that ended Sunday. Yermak said different viewpoints emerged but that…
UNICEF estimates that 76 per cent of children under 18 in the region – 460 million -are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35° Celsius. July was the hottest month ever recorded globally, raising further concerns about a future where children, including…
Olivier De Schutter Opinion by Olivier De Schutter (brussels, belgium) Monday, August 07, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 07 (IPS) – The fragile state of global food systems has reached a crossroads. Recent headlines underscore the profound challenges we now confront. The United Nations released sobering statistics that 122…
Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. In the last week of June, Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene…
A Kyiv monument traded a 42-year-old Soviet coat of arms for a modern trident Sunday, a swap that exemplifies the war-torn country’s fight against the 21st-century Russian army and the vestiges of Ukraine’s Soviet past. The Motherland Monument, a 335-foot statue of a woman holding a sword and shield, has…
Comment on this storyComment ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and more than 80 were injured in a train crash in southern Pakistan on Sunday, according to local officials, raising new questions about train safety in the country after several similar recent incidents. Faiz Muhammad Mari, a…
Updated August 6, 2023 at 11:29 a.m. EDT|Published August 6, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, seen in May, called a strike on a blood transfusion center in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kupyansk a “war crime.” (Ed Ram for The Washington Post) A barrage of Russian…
Comment on this storyComment On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by another one on Nagasaki. The world’s first — and so far only — wartime atomic bombings remain seared in the minds of all those…
Every hour, 11 children die of AIDS, so finding them and offering treatment is as critical as ever, according to the UN entity UNAIDS, which released a new report about how imams, pastors, and priests are reaching those most in need. While three quarters of adults living with HIV are…
In a message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Mr. Guterres urged the international community to learn from the “nuclear cataclysm” that befell the Japanese city on 6 August 1945. “The drums of nuclear war are beating once again; mistrust and division are on the…
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