Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza

The situation is unfolding as “lives are hanging by a thread”, including those of babies in incubators at hospitals that depend on fuel for electricity, Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists in New York on Monday. “Humanitarian ceasefire, fuel supplies – all of these should be happening now. We are running out…

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Fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’, new UNEP report warns

Fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’, new UNEP report warns

“The 2023 Production Gap report is a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message accompanying the landmark report. This hike in fuel extraction comes despite 151 national governments having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions. The latest forecasts suggest that global coal, oil, and gas demand will peak this decade, even without…

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Israel-Palestine: Gaza buckles under fuel shortage, healthcare in crisis

Israel-Palestine: Gaza buckles under fuel shortage, healthcare in crisis

Doctors have been performing surgeries without anaesthesia or other basic surgical supplies, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update, noting that fuel has become the “most vital commodity” in Gaza. Without it, “trucks can’t move and generators can’t produce electricity for hospitals, bakeries and water desalination plants,” said Tamara Alrifai, spokesperson for…

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Iran seizes a ship carrying smuggled fuel in the Gulf

Iran seizes a ship carrying smuggled fuel in the Gulf

Iran seized a foreign ship carrying smuggled fuel in the Gulf. According to the Iranian news agency from Tehran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has detained the ship and its crew. The Iranian news agency further says that 1 million 45 thousand liters of fuel was being smuggled through the ship. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;…

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School meals fuel young minds, but most vulnerable still missing out: WFP

School meals fuel young minds, but most vulnerable still missing out: WFP

Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to put food on the table, governments are increasingly seeing the value of these initiatives, according to the State of School-Feeding Worldwide report. Critical safety net School meals are a critical safety net for vulnerable children and households at a time when some 345 million…

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