Launching the Global Humanitarian Overview, Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, praised the heroic efforts of humanitarians but emphasized that international support is falling far short of the escalating needs. “We thank all donors for their contributions, which amount to $20 billion so far this year – but that is just a third of what was…
The powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the remote and rural districts of Rukum (West) and Jajarkot shortly before midnight on Friday (local time) as families slept in their mostly mud-brick homes, trapping many under the rubble. Several aftershocks have since been reported. The shaking was also felt in the capital, Kathmandu, about 510 kilometres (about…
Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu Dahbi, underscored that the next UN climate summit was being convened at a critical moment in the fight against the climate crisis. The summit’s main outcome is under the so-called Global Stocktake, and it needs to respond decisively to the…
Concerns also remain for those unable to leave the Karabakh Region town of Khankendi – known as Stepanakert among Armenians – which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said was close to empty. Its priority remains finding those too vulnerable to help themselves. Deserted city “The city is now completely deserted. The hospitals,…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Poland not to show any aggression towards its ally Belarus. According to international media reports, the Russian President said in the Security Council meeting that if Poland imagines any kind of aggression against Belarus, it will be considered an attack on Russia. He added that aggression against Belarus…
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report to the 76th World Health Assembly, the UN agency’s decision-making body, which is meeting this week. Threat still remains “The end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is not the end of COVID-19 as a global health threat,” Tedros told Member States. “The threat of…
Russian Embassy in Berlin The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia will respond to the mass expulsion of its diplomatic staff from Berlin. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the German authorities have once again decided to expel the employees of the Russian diplomatic mission. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that these actions of…
19 killed in US strikes on Iranian bases in Syria; Photo: File Tehran: Iran has warned that US attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria will be responded to immediately and with greater intensity. According to the international news agency, the statement issued by the spokesman of the Iranian army said that the US has the…
Depressed mothers tend to delay responding when talking to their children, which can have a negative effect on the children themselves. Photo: File Missouri, USA: Depression is a terrible condition and now it has been revealed that mothers who suffer from it can have delayed and different reactions when their children make demands. Scientists at…
Screen grab US President Joe Biden has said that China should not make any mistakes, if China threatens US sovereignty, it will give a strong response, and last week we showed it. In his address to the State of the Union, Joe Biden said that before I came to power, there was a noise that…
