The seafarers are working on some 2,000 ships including oil and gas tankers, bulk carriers, cargo ships as well as six tourist cruise liners. The […]
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UN General Assembly adopts landmark resolution to strengthen the work of the UN system
The move marks a major milestone under the UN80 Initiative, a system-wide reform effort to make the UN more effective, coherent and better equipped to […]
Sendoff for Artemis II Crew
From left to right, NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronauts Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, and […]
World News in Brief: Ukraine drone attacks, Afghan rights, Zero-Waste Day
In a night of further terror for civilians, on 28 March, a drone strike hit the Odesa Maternity Hospital No.5 with dozens of pregnant women […]
The image from Gaza that still haunts me: Palestine relief agency chief
“No doubt that I have mixed feelings today,” he says. “Bitterness, because I have been at the forefront over the last two years of extraordinary […]
Sea mines clearance: A new dimension of difficulty
It is still not clear whether mines, which can sink vessels of all types if activated, have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, as […]
Developing countries are being priced out, in struggle for affordable finance
A credit rating is an assessment of how likely a borrower, such as a government, is to repay its debt on time and in full. […]
Airstrike on funeral underscores rising civilian toll in Sudan
Seven people were killed and dozens injured when an airstrike hit a funeral gathering in the Nuba Mountains in West Kordofan last Friday, according to […]
Kidnapped and tortured on an infamous migration route to Saudi Arabia
When Jamal, an Ethiopian man in his early thirties, set out along what has become known as the eastern route, he was not chasing work, […]
Middle East war: UN initiatives support mediation efforts, ‘lifesaving’ fertiliser shipments
The humanitarian fallout continues to deepen and is exacerbated by the number of deaths, injuries and damage to civilian infrastructure, and the severe impacts on […]
