Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said in a statement that Wednesday’s attack came on the heels of a series of assaults that killed and inured civilians, destroyed grain supplies and damaged the historic Fine Arts Museum in the Ukrainian port city. “I share my condolences with the family of the killed port pilot and hope for…
Courtesy International Media A white man shot and killed three black men in the US state of Florida. According to the American media, the shooting happened in the Jacksonville area, after the shooting, the suspect committed suicide. US police say the incident is racially motivated because the shooter said he wanted to target black people,…
Photo courtesy of American Media The bodies and black boxes of the crashed plane of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, a Russian private militia, have been found. According to foreign media, Russian investigators have announced that 2 black boxes of the plane and the bodies of 10 dead people have been found. The…
The UN agency has issued its latest Food Price Index (FPI), which tracks the monthly international prices of cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar. The Index averaged 123.9 points in July, up 1.3 per cent from June, driven by an increase in vegetable oil and rice prices. End of a lifeline FAO’s Vegetable Oil Price Index registered a 12.1…
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….
Courtesy International Media The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a super-sized super-primordial black hole. Experts believe that this black hole came into existence 13 billion years ago, this black hole is located in a very old galaxy. Experts say that this galaxy was formed 570 million years after the Big Bang. According to the…
“The scourge of racism continues for Black women and girls in the Americas, many of whom are descendants of the victims of enslavement,” Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), said in a news release. “Too often, Afrodescendent women and girls are abused and mistreated, their needs are not taken seriously, and…
Also known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, it has been run by the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul, staffed by Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and the UN. Here are the main facts and figures you need to know: What has the Black Sea Grain Initiative achieved since being signed in July 2022? Nearly one…
Grab Twitter. Russian fighter jets intercepted 3 British military jets over the Black Sea. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense from Moscow, the three British warplanes were trying to move towards the Russian border. The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the British warplanes turned back when the Russian planes approached. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?…
Organized under the theme, Realizing the dream: A UN declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent, the Permanent Forum heard from experts and leaders from around the world, including Ms. Nascimento, explaining the challenges they have faced, and the dreams they have for the future….
