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WHO appeals for $1.5b to deliver healthcare in Africa, Palestinian territory, Ukraine, others
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care to more than 87 million...
Read moreDetailsOver 50% of chief economists expect weaker global economy in 2024 -WEF
Global economic prospects remain subdued and fraught with uncertainty, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook released today, as the...
Read moreDetailsMoscow calls U.S. plan to confiscate Russian assets ’21st century piracy’
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday called a U.S. plan to confiscate up to $300 billion in frozen Russian assets...
Read moreDetailsUN warns civilians face famine and disease in ‘uninhabitable’ Gaza
After three months of relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the UN says the situation for civilians in the...
Read moreDetailsUN forecasts global growth slowdown to 2.4 % in 2024
The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report for 2024 projects slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7...
Read moreDetailsUN rights chief, Security Council condemn Iran bombings
The UN’s top human rights official Volker Türk has expressed shock over deadly bombings in Iran. The deadly terror attack,...
Read moreDetailsEgypt hopes to become BRICS’s ‘window’ into Middle East, North Africa
Egyptian Minister of Industry and Trade Ahmed Samir Saleh said Egypt will open a trade “window into the Middle East...
Read moreDetailsJapan continues search for earthquake survivors, more than 50 missing
Search and rescue teams in Japan are continuing to look for survivors of Monday’s severe earthquake, with more than 50...
Read moreDetailsUNSC welcomes Sierra Leone,Algeria, Guyana, Korea, Slovenia non-permanent members
Sierra Leone, Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea and Slovenia on Tuesday officially began two-year terms on the UN Security...
Read moreDetailsUN chief calls for global unity, sustainable development in 2024
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for global unity to make 2024 a year for “building trust and hope”...
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