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Bill Gates in China to meet with development partners
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
"I've just landed in Beijing for the first time since 2019, where I'm excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development chal...
110M displaced by war, climate change, human rights abuses
Jun 14, 2023 (UPI)
The Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2022, released Wednesday by the U.N. Refugee Agency, largely blamed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine for contributing to...
Myanmar's blocking of aid access 'unfathomable': UN
Jun 13, 2023 (AFP)
Cyclone Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour to Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh last month, killing at least 148 peop...
Riverside Ukraine city left with mud and memories
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
When the Kakhovka dam was breached last week -- in what Kyiv and its allies believe was an act of Russian sabotage -- the river level upstream dropped dramatica...
'Failure not an option' for jungle commandos in Colombian children rescue
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
"It was a successful amalgam of indigenous knowledge and military art," General Pedro Sanchez, who led the search operations, said on Sunday. Suntanned and dire...
Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive
Jun 10, 2023 (AFP)
"They are weak. Let's let the doctors make their assessment," Petro told the media in Bogota, after arriving back from a trip to Cuba. The president earlier pos...
UN says Myanmar junta halts humanitarian access to cyclone survivors
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
Cyclone Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometres per hour (120 miles per hour) to Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh last month, killing at least...
Dutch to send rescue boats, water pumps to Ukraine
Jun 08, 2023 (AFP)
The dam was destroyed on Tuesday, forcing thousands to flee their homes as water surged into the Dnipro River, flooding dozens of villages and parts of the capi...
Ukraine PM calls dam destruction 'environmental catastrophe'
Jun 07, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking at the OECD in Paris by video link, Denys Shmyhal said "dozens of towns and villages will struggle with potable (drinking) water supply". He added that...
Syrian top diplomat discusses aid on visit to key ally Iraq
Jun 04, 2023 (AFP)
The visit by Faisal Mekdad comes weeks after the Arab League agreed to end Syria's suspension from the 22-member bloc, bringing President Bashar al-Assad's regi...
One dead, two missing in Japan after heavy rain
Jun 03, 2023 (AFP)
The inundation has been caused by the remnants of former Typhoon Mawar, now downgraded to a tropical storm. A rescue team in central Aichi region's Toyohashi, w...
Austin rebukes China on lack of 'serious' crisis management measures
Jun 03, 2023 (UPI)
Austin, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, urged China to continue to engage in security talks with Washington to avoid any unintended clashes, s...
As 'Blue Helmets' turn 75, chief laments UN divisions
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
Jean-Pierre Lacroix said a long list of countries had benefited from the "millions of men and women who have served under the UN flag" since the forces' creatio...
Children in quake-hit Syria learn in buses turned classrooms
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
School bags on their backs and notebooks in hand, the children took off their shoes before entering the bus, then sat down along rows of desks fitted inside. A ...
On the edge: DR Congo city stalked by fear of landslides
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
She once had tenants, but they left in a panic after a mudslide ripped through the neighbourhood in March. "When it rains too hard, we take shelter with our nei...
Sri Lanka navy finds 14 bodies in capsized Chinese boat
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
The grisly discovery came a day after a preliminary Chinese government probe concluded there were no survivors on the vessel that overturned on May 16. The Lu P...
UN urges Myanmar junta to open up to Cyclone Mocha relief
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
UN rights chief Volker Turk urged the country's military rulers to let needs assessments go ahead as the Southeast Asian nation reels from the cyclone's impact....
Italy unveils two-billion-euro package for flooded northeast
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
After an emergency cabinet meeting, Meloni declared help for households, businesses, farms, transport systems, schools, healthcare services and the tourism indu...
Early warning systems send disaster deaths plunging: UN
May 22, 2023 (AFP)
Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 11,778 reported disasters between 1970 and 2021, new figures from the UN's World Meteorological Organiz...
Two bodies found in Chinese fishing vessel crew search
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
The ongoing search operation following the capsizing of the Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 "found and salvaged the remains of two victims", Xinhua news agency reported. Th...
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