More Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza are further threatening the health of people in the embattled enclave, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said during a media briefing in Geneva on Thursday.
The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday reiterated its deep concern over the crisis in Myanmar, amid reports of widespread abuses by the military and opposition armed groups, including forced conscription of Rohingya community members and their use as human shields.
The UN and its partners are offering support to Ukrainian authorities as they address the impact of the deadly Russian airstrikes in Kyiv and other cities earlier this week, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reported on Wednesday.
Israel’s order for people to leave Gaza City on Wednesday “will only fuel mass suffering for Palestinian families”, many of whom have been displaced multiple times, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, has warned.
Reuters published an exclusive interview with Turkish Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan – his first with the media since becoming chief in February – on the heels of data showing a long-awaited turnaround in the country’s soaring inflation rate. Karahan’s comments that the central bank was “extremely determined” to combat soaring prices and would patiently maintain its tight policy tempered growing expectations of a rate cut within the next few months. The post Turkish central bank chief ‘extremely determined’ to curb inflation appeared first on Reuters News Agency. Source: Reuters News Agency
Reuters exclusively reported that Indian labour officials visited a Foxconn factory in the country’s south this week and questioned executives about the company’s hiring practices after Reuters reported that the major Apple supplier has been rejecting married women from iPhone assembly jobs. The post Indian officials visit Foxconn iPhone plant, question executives about hiring appeared first on Reuters News Agency. Source: Reuters News Agency
The United Nations has announced a regional response plan to support communities in the islands worst affected by Hurricane Beryl, which swept through the Caribbean last week, leaving a trail of devastation.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it has prequalified the first self-test for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), thus accelerating efforts towards elimination of the viral infection.
Did you know that producing a computer weighing two kilogrammes (kg) requires a staggering 800kg of raw materials? Or that the energy required for data mining for bitcoins reached 121 terawatts last year – more than the amount consumed by most small countries?
Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Wednesday that schools-turned-shelters have been “bombed-out” as a result of the latest escalation.
Transnational crime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people, either forcing them to commit crimes or for sexual exploitation in so-called “scam farms” that have spread across the region, according to the United Nations.
Eight athletes and one guide runner are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team, the International Paralympic Committee announced on Tuesday.