Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director in Haiti for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), also said that the UN agency had managed to resume flights into Port-au-Prince international airport. ‘Exceptionally complex’ The security situation remains “exceptionally complex” but it has been possible to reach “the most difficult neighbourhoods” of the Haitian capital, Mr. Bauer said. According…
London: Scientists say that the success found in a study is extreme May usher in a new era of treatment for fast-growing blood cancers. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), considered largely incurable by researchers, is a type of cancer that causes the bone marrow to produce large amounts of abnormal blood cells. A joint study by…
In a statement following a briefing last week by Bintou Keita, the head of the UN mission, MONUSCO, ambassadors condemned all armed groups operating in the country and demanded the immediate cessation of hostilities and of any further advances by the M23. They expressed concern over ongoing displacement in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu…
Leads: Scientists have created a needle 500 times finer than a human hair that could pave the way for new treatments for cancer. Scientists from the University of Leeds in the UK used a very sophisticated needle called a nanopipette to see how cancer cells respond to treatment and how much they change during the…
Amid growing food and energy crises stoked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change, the 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing Sustainable Transformations, says that “urgent, massive investment” is needed to accelerate positive transformation of the electricity supply industry, farming, transportation and construction. There are signs of…
