Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, spoke remotely at a press briefing at UN Headquarters, in New York, and said that funds are needed particularly to prepare for the approaching winter. “It is almost August, and it gets cold very early in Ukraine,” she said. She said that humanitarians…
Eleven people were killed and another 40 were injured, including a staff member with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said Dorothee Klaus, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, citing reports. Two schools operated by the agency sustained damage, and more than 2,000 people were forced to flee…
Hailing Mauritius and the Netherlands for implementing all of the UN health agency’s MPOWER tobacco control measures – a feat matched to date only by only Brazil and Türkiye – the WHO said that 2.3 billion people in 44 countries remain unprotected by tobacco control measures, exposing them to sickness…
Opinion by Taira Bhargava (washington dc) Monday, July 31, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 31 (IPS) – This year, India surpassed China as the world’s most populous nation. China is expected to overtake the US as the world’s largest economy by 2035, but its population will likely continue to…
A cautionary tale for a world racing into renewables: The large majority of mini-grids in India no longer work, an environmental group found July 31, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT Students have their midday meal in the shade of the defunct solar grid on the roof of the SS School…
Comment on this storyComment At least 40 people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb blast targeting a political convention in northern Pakistan on Sunday, shocking the Pakistani government and prompting new concerns over the mounting scale of attacks as the country prepares for a general election later this year….
Updated July 30, 2023 at 7:36 a.m. EDT|Published July 30, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT A view shows the damaged facade of an office building in Moscow following a reported drone attack on Sunday. (Stringer/Reuters) Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting Moscow in drone strikes early Sunday, all of which…
Comment on this storyComment correction An earlier version of this article included an image of the Matterhorn summit in Oregon instead of the mountain in Switzerland. This image has been updated. The remains of a German mountaineer who had been missing for almost four decades were discovered in the melting…
Updated July 30, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT|Published July 27, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT An extended area of cemetery near damaged buildings in Nurdagi, Turkey. Spray-painted numbers mark the graves of those killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes. (Nicole Tung for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment NURDAGI,…
Comment on this storyComment Authorities arrested Nicolás Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Saturday morning on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment, signaling the start of a legal case that experts say could test the country’s justice system. Nicolás Petro’s former wife, Daysuris Vásquez, was also…
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