Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger

Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger

The UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, reached Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Thursday, where children with the most severe and life-threatening hunger are being treated at a new World Health Organization (WHO)-supported specialised feeding facility. “Without swift treatment, these children are at imminent risk of death,” UN…

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Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest year on record

Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest year on record

Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones caused misery and mayhem, upending everyday life for millions and inflicting many billions of dollars in economic losses, according to the WMO State of the Global Climate 2023 report. “Sirens are blaring across all major indicators… Some records aren’t just chart-topping, they’re chart-busting. And changes are…

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WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’

WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’

The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average of 1.45°C set against the pre-industrial era (1850-1900).  Every month between June and December set new records. July and August were the two hottest months ever recorded, WMO said. The 1.5°C…

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It’s official: July 2023 was the warmest on record, says UN weather agency WMO

UN confirms the past decade was the hottest on record ‘by a clear margin’

Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier loss and sea-level rise, according to a new report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).  The report comes as the latest annual UN climate conference, COP28, reaches its midway point…

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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN welcomes first medical evacuations from Gaza

UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds for second day

The freight included food, water and emergency medical supplies. Eleven ambulances, 3 coaches and a flatbed were delivered to Al Shifa hospital to be used to assist with evacuations. Also on Saturday, another 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, with 187 of them successfully entering Gaza by 19:00 local time. In addition, 129,000 liters of fuel…

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ISIS's central leader Abu Hussain al-Quraishi killed in Syria, Turkish president confirms

ISIS’s central leader Abu Hussain al-Quraishi killed in Syria, Turkish president confirms

ANKARA: ISIS’s central leader Abu Hussein al-Quraishi has been killed in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed. According to the details, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in a TV interview that the Turkish forces killed the ISIS leader during an operation. He said, “Our intelligence agencies were looking for the ISIS…

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