“One million species teeter on the brink of extinction, due to habitat destruction, fossil fuel pollution and the worsening climate crisis. We must end this war on nature,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his message for the Day. The scores of species of fauna and flora under threat from human activities include some that…
Today in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, more than eight million people require food assistance and around 332,000 “urgently need food, otherwise their lives are at risk”, said UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado. A full eight in 10 of the displaced are women and children, the UNHCR official continued, while UN migration agency, IOM, warned that failed rains and conflict…
Sri Lanka went bankrupt in April after defaulting on previous debt, Photo: File Colombo: The World Bank gave a loan of 400 million dollars to the 3 private banks of the bankrupt country of Sri Lanka. According to the World News Agency, the World Bank has given a loan of 400 million dollars as a…
The Saudi Crown Prince promised Marley aid in a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian President last year; Photo: Reuters Cafe: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived on a visit to Ukraine, where he conveyed the message of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and discussed bilateral relations,…
Officials of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine are signing the agreement. Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement and memorandum of understanding to provide $400 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine. This was announced by Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry on Sunday, following a high-level delegation’s visit to Kiev. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan led the…
“Since the start of the full-scale war we, along with our humanitarian partners in Ukraine, have made every effort to ramp up operations to provide life-saving support to those who need it most,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. Last year, thousands of convoys delivered vital supplies to people in all regions…
“This makes this clearly the largest earthquake disaster in Türkiye’s history and perhaps the largest natural disaster the country has ever faced,” said Louisa Vinton, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Türkiye Resident Representative. Two further earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 on the Richter Scale killed six more on the Türkiye-Syria border on Monday, with “another 294…
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir – file photo Saudi Arabia has announced projects worth 183 million riyals for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir announced this while addressing the International Humanitarian Forum. He said that 300 houses will be built for the…
A photo of the accused, Denali Brehmer, in the courtroom, with police officers present. A girl in Alaska has confessed to making a video of her friend’s murder for $9 million. According to American media reports, 22-year-old Denali Brehmer killed 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman in 2019. The accused has confessed to the crime, the case was…
Lending his support to a call for more funding for education in emergencies spearheaded by the UN global fund Education Cannot Wait (ECW) the UN chief insisted in a video message that no-one should be denied their chance to learn. A full 222 million children today experience blighted education today, Mr. Guterres noted. To help them, 18…
