Africa: Refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak
According to UNHCR, 42 suspected mpox cases have been detected in the South Kivu Province of the DRC – the war-ravaged central African country...
World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist...
Aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that casualty figures “cannot yet be independently verified” due to limited access. Schools and markets in several border districts remain...
New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
UNAIDS said that at least one status report on the impact of cuts has been received from 55 different countries up to the start...
‘Never be afraid to ask for help’: Ukrainians scarred by war find space to...
“I saw people running away, so I joined them,” recalls 88-year-old Yuri, thinking back to the day he left Ukraine. “I came to Moldova...
Afghan quake aftermath: Children facing heightened risk from disease
The severe risk of disease outbreak comes after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a remote eastern area of Afghanistan on 31 August near the Pakistan...
Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years
“Measles is back, and it’s a wake-up call,” warned Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for the European region.A total...
‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO
“Behind every data point is a person – a child who didn’t reach their fifth birthday, a mother lost in childbirth, a life cut...
Haiti: Education in jeopardy as gang violence continues
The continued surge in armed gang activity, particularly in the capital, Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, has put immense pressure on local communities and their...
Guterres demands better protection for journalists on environment beat
The UN chief said journalists and media professionals “have a key role in informing and educating” the public about the world’s current environmental and...
World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and...
The damaged facilities include nine schools and two health centres sheltering more than 11,000 people. At least five displaced people were injured and UNRWA’s...
Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’
A report published by the Office documents attacks carried out between 12 October 2023 and 30 June 2024, raises serious concerns about Israel’s compliance with international...
Universe-origin scientist shares 3 world-shaking, lifesaving truths about the separation of science and faith...
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While the arguments against or in favor of the separation of science and faith (or church and state) are well-known to...
Songs of hope rise from Gaza’s ruins
Among them is Ahmed Abu Amsha, a music teacher who has become something of a humanitarian troubadour.Fleeting moments of joyLiving in a worn tent...
UN General Assembly boosts global flight against illegal trade in cultural artifacts
Backed by more than 140 nations and adopted without a vote, the resolution recognised that addressing the unlawful trade in such items is vital...
Air pollution is on the rise – but not everywhere, says UN weather agency
“Air quality respects no boundaries,” said Lorenzo Labrador, Scientific Officer at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “The smoke and the pollution that issues from...
What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
The research, led by the UN World Health Organization’s centre for cancer research, pooled data from nearly 2.5 million people across Asia, Australia, Europe,...
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...
Science180 Launches Shocking Non-Evolution, Non-Big Bang Scientific Theory of the Origins of the Universe,...
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel presents mathematical proof challenging the multibillion-year age of the cosmos by calculating the formation of Earth,...
Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
But hunger has followed them. Over 57 per cent of the population in the world’s youngest country to the south is already facing high...
Can traditional medicine strengthen modern healthcare? An expert weighs in
Exploring evidence-based uses of traditional medicine, like ginger to treat nausea, is one of the topics at the second World Health Organization (WHO) summit dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative...
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...
Deadly impacts of childhood stunting can be prevented, WFP insists
Childhood stunting from malnutrition is a global but preventable problem if adequate investment can be found, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on...
WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year
Over 4000 people died from the disease last year, a 71 per cent increase compared to 2022. The number of reported cases also increased by...
