According to reports, one boat carrying 267 people from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Rakhine State in Myanmar, sank on 9 May, with only 66 […]
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Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition
A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first place at the 2025 NASA […]
Another Milestone for X-59 – NASA
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high […]
Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk
Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, gang violence has permeated the capital Port-au-Prince and expanded into other regions, displacing over one million […]
Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
The effects of the devastating coronavirus“>COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt. Around seven million people died, health systems were overwhelmed, and the global economy was […]
World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, urged Member States to remain focused on shared goals even amid global instability. “We are here […]
In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack
António Guterres was speaking during a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial in Baghdad to honour the victims of the 19 August 2003 Canal Hotel bombing […]
Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord
The stakes are high for this year’s World Health Assembly, the UN’s premier health forum, where officials will tackle a sweeping agenda – from pandemic readiness […]
Pandemic accord can be a ‘gamechanger’ for marginalised communities, says youth advocate
Mr. Hassan and his fellow Youth Councillors advise and actively engage with the WHO Director-General and the agency’s senior leadership, designing and expanding the agency’s programmes […]
Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same
A defining moment for global health is about to unfold in Geneva. The United Nations is playing a central role in efforts to prevent future […]
