Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal — Global Issues

Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal — Global Issues

That was the message conveyed by the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, to a meeting held on Thursday in Istanbul, to discuss the future of the Initiative, with senior official from the signatories to the deal, Russia, and Ukraine, together with the UN and Türkiye, which also mediated the…

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UN in Ukraine ‘appalled and saddened’ at deadly airstrikes and attacks — Global Issues

According to news reports, Russian airstrikes targeted the capital Kyiv for the third time in four days, following on from what Russian authorities said was an assassination attempt by drone strike, on President Vladimir Putin, earlier on Wednesday. Ukrainian authorities, who deny any involvement in the drone incident in Moscow,…

UN condemns ‘inexcusable’ deadly airstrikes in Ukraine — Global Issues

UN condemns ‘inexcusable’ deadly airstrikes in Ukraine — Global Issues

Dozens of civilians across the country were killed and injured, and homes and other vital infrastructure, destroyed. More than 20 people were killed in the small central city of Uman alone, when their apartment building collapsed after it was hit, according to international media reports. ‘Inexcusable’ attacks “It is just…

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Survivors reflect on nuclear accident, Russian occupation — Global Issues

Looking back on two of the most difficult periods since the plant opened in 1977, Chernobyl employees shared their personal stories with UN News on the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. Ground zero Evgeny Yashin was a 40-year-old chemist at the Chernobyl plant when the nuclear power reactor accident unfolded…

Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All About — Global Issues

Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All About — Global Issues

Rhine River, Cologne,,Germany,10.08.2022. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 25 (IPS) – Apologies to those Western politicians and media who continue to say that Ukraine’s brutal proxy war stands behind whatever catastrophes, disasters or crises occur in the Planet. Is this accurate?…

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Nearly 2 million Ukrainians provided with crucial cash assistance — Global Issues

Stéphane Dujarric described the direct transfer of money, mostly to those who have been displaced and lost their jobs due to the fighting, as “a continuation of crucial assistance that we, along with our partners, have provided in most regions of Ukraine”. He said last year, some six million people…

Deadliest first quarter for migrant deaths in six years — Global Issues

Deadliest first quarter for migrant deaths in six years — Global Issues

IOM’s Missing Migrants Project documented 441 deaths during this period, though the true toll is likely to be higher. Investigations continue into several reports of so-called invisible shipwrecks – cases where boats are reported missing but there are no records of survivors or search and rescue (SAR) operations. The fates…

Crisis? What Crisis? Media Failing to Convey the Urgency of the Climate Emergency — Global Issues

Crisis? What Crisis? Media Failing to Convey the Urgency of the Climate Emergency — Global Issues

The main newspapers and news programmes do not treat the climate crisis as an emergency, says Greenpeace Italia Spokesperson Giancarlo Sturloni. Credit: Paul Virgo / IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Apr 11 (IPS) – If an alien landed on Planet Earth today and…