Category: World

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been visiting the Pacific Ocean nations, Tonga and Samoa, where sea level rise has been one of the key issues he has been discussing with the communities he has met. On 25 September, global leaders and experts will gather at the UN to discuss how best to address the […]

The Arba’at Dam, located around 38 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of Port Sudan, collapsed on Sunday, damaging roads, electricity, and telecommunication networks, making it difficult to assess the situation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported. Authorities estimate that around 50,000 people living on the western side of the dam have […]

Pope Francis on Wednesday strongly decried the treatment of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe, saying it was a “grave sin” not to offer aid to migrant vessels. “There are those who work systematically and with every means to reject migrants,” the pontiff said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. […]

The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK have invested £15 million in the new National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC). The centre will drive research and innovation, bolstering the alternative proteins sector in the UK. It will turn ideas into reality and strengthen the UK’s position […]

The development follows “at least four” airstrikes by the Israeli Security Forces (ISF) in the Nur Shams Refugee Camp in Tulkarem on Monday night that left five dead – three Palestinian men and two boys aged 13 and 15. “Three of the fatalities, including the two boys, were killed while they were passing by the […]

According to news reports it was the latest terror attack by the Al Qaeda-linked militant group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) in the north of the West African country which has captured large areas of territory in recent years. Rampant instability JNIM is just one of the armed groups which have moved […]

Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they would put two men on trial for setting fire to the Quran in a series of incidents last year that prompted outrage in the Muslim world and raised fears of attacks by jihadists. The two men committed “offenses of agitation against an ethnic or national group” on four separate […]

Benin City, 22 August 2024 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) with support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands through its Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships to Achieve Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) programme commissioned the handover of newly renovated classrooms and a solar powered borehole to the Uhi community as part of the Community Based […]

The bright blue blood of the horseshoe crab is used around the world to detect bacterial contamination in vaccines. Synonymous with luxury, sturgeon caviar has been patented as an antidote to impotency in China. Rhino horn is used in traditional Asian medicine to treat various ailments, and is also an ingredient in 50 different recipes […]

Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment Jose W. Fernandez, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Art Brown and Ecuador’s Minister of Energy, and Mines Antonio Gonçalves, marked Ecuador’s entry into the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) Forum during the Under Secretary’s visit to Quito on August 27. Under Secretary Fernandez emphasized the important role […]