And as the UN emergency relief coordination office, OCHA, reported that people in the south were queuing for kilometres to obtain cooking gas and resorting to burning window frames and doors for cooking, it added that the four-day humanitarian pause agreed upon by Israel and Hamas has been “largely maintained”. Under the agreement, Hamas released 17…
“This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depends on cleaner and greener transportation systems,” Antonio Guterres explained, spotlighting the relationship between transportation and global sustainability. Fuelling climate chaos “Transportation represents the world’s circulatory system, delivering people and goods across countries and around the world, creating jobs, and supporting…
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…
Gaza has a population of over two million, with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugee, UNRWA, hosting more than a million displaced people in 156 of its installations across the enclave. The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday that 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, a town in Israel, to the Rafah…
In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s 3.5 billion people living without safe toilets. From a Nepalese woman who prompted her village to improve hygiene to a fresh game plan launched in 2022 by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), these…
An American doctor says that loneliness is more dangerous than depression, inactivity and even smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy this week joined the United Nations Commission on Social Communication, which aims to tackle global loneliness and the resulting high rates of stroke, anxiety, dementia, depression and suicide. Is. The severity…
London: Fasting for 14 hours a day can help us feel less hungry, have more energy and be in a better mood, according to a new study. A study conducted at King’s College London found that limiting meal times to 10 hours (meaning eating between 9am and 7pm) can have positive health effects. Some advocates…
Between January 2019 and June 2022, the agency documented 759 individual attacks against journalists, including five killings, during 89 elections in 70 countries. Most of these attacks – which included beating and arbitrary arrest – were committed by police and security forces. Attacked from all around The findings come in a report published in tandem with the International Day to End…
Grenada: A study found that walking 2,700 steps per day reduced the risk of early death or heart attack or stroke. The study, led by researchers at the University of Granada (Granada) in Spain, reviewed 12 international studies that linked daily steps taken by more than 110,000 people to all-cause mortality. The effect was examined….
London: Experts have said that eating a handful of nuts daily reduces the risk of depression by 17%. Research from the UK Biobank, an online database of medical lifestyle records from around 500,000 Britons, suggests that middle-aged and older adults who eat 30g of nuts a day have a lower mental Risk of stress is…
