Denise Brown issued a statement deploring this “new wave of massive Russian attacks”, and appealed for the violence to end. “Grain storage facilities, vital for the Ukrainian farmers and global food security, have been hit in the Danube area,” she said. “A school in the Sumy region was damaged, and teachers were killed and injured.” International media…
Denise Brown issued a statement deploring the “indiscriminate” attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure. She stressed that people in the south, including in the Kherson and Odesa regions, had endured “a particularly harsh weekend” after reports that strikes left many civilians, including children, killed and injured. An entire family, including an infant, were among the…
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General António Guterres, was speaking at the regular press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York. The Danube port of Izmail, in the Odesa Region, was hit on 2 August. The attack damaged facilities storing thousands of tons of food grains. “The Secretary-General also condemned Russia’s intensification of attacks on…
The Council meeting was convened following the missile strikes on Sunday which damaged the centuries-old Transfiguration Cathedral, the first and foremost Orthodox church in the historic city. Other landmarks in the city centre, a protected World Heritage Site, were also damaged in the attack, which killed one person and injured several others. Culture under fire…
Heat waves and air pollution can double the incidence of fatal heart attacks. Photo: File Beijing: A long-term study has found that exposure to extreme heat waves, extreme cold waves, and air pollution particles can double the incidence of heart attacks. According to a report published in the journal Circulation, between 2015 and 2020, 202,000…
Ohio: A police dog in America attacked a black man and seriously injured him despite being stopped for violating traffic rules. Police in the US state of Ohio have released a video of the pursuit of a black man, in which he can be seen being attacked by a police dog despite raising his hands….
In making its decision, Russia also withdrew safe passage guarantees for ships carrying grain and other foodstuffs navigating in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Over the past year, the Initiative has facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via three Black Sea ports, including Odesa….
Osaka, Japan: Experts have recently discovered that strawberries prevent the accumulation of fat deposits in the body that can cause heart attacks and strokes. According to global media reports, strawberries rich in vitamin C prevent the blockage of arteries caused by high cholesterol and studies have shown that these benefits of strawberries can be achieved…
File photo Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russia’s capital Moscow have been foiled. In this regard, the Russian army says that no one was injured due to the fall of the debris of the 5 drones that were shot down. According to the Russian news agency, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense has declared…
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba unveiled the Secretary-General’s latest annual report, for 2022, which showed there were 27,180 grave violations overall, an increase from the previous year. The recorded violations only refer to verified information, with the likely toll much higher, and cover four categories: recruitment and use of children into…
