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World News in Brief: Justice for Yazidis, South Sudan abductions, food prices hold steady

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Justice for Yazidis, South Sudan abductions, food prices hold steady 02 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Manja Vidic Displaced Yazidi families on Mount Sinjar, an area of Iraq with a deeply troubling recent past. (file) Ten years after Dae'sh/ISIL attacked the Yazidi people of Sinjar, Iraq, killing, displacing and capturing men, women and children and destroying the 400,000-strong…

The orange economy: Where creativity fuels prosperity

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home The orange economy: Where creativity fuels prosperity 02 August 2024 UN News/Abdelmonem Makki Dolls dressed in traditional Moroccan clothing made by a project in Morocco. What happens when you blend creativity, cultural heritage and economic growth? Up pops the vibrant world of an orange economy,…

Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows 02 August 2024 © Unsplash/Andrew Seaman 在热浪中保持凉爽对儿童尤为重要，因为他们比成年人更难调节体温。 A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which said on Friday that…

Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares 02 August 2024 © UNICEF/Oleg Popov Members of the Roma community in Europe continue to face hardships and discrimination, with many living in poverty. In this file photo, a Roma men and children work at a junkyard in Bulgaria. Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry “wherever and whenever it appears”,…

Humanitarians call for greater support for Sudan following famine declaration

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians call for greater support for Sudan following famine declaration 02 August 2024 © UNICEF A six-month-old baby is screened for malnutrition during a visit to the hospital in Blue Nile state, Sudan. Humanitarians appealed on Friday for more resources for war-ravaged Sudan and unimpeded access to people in need, now that famine has been confirmed in parts of the country.…

Humanitarian efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarian efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war 01 August 2024 © UNRWA Families in Gaza continue to search for the safest places to shelter. Scaling up aid delivery remains a challenge in Gaza as the war reaches the 300-day mark, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday…

US-Russia prisoner swap ‘an unprecedented diplomatic act’, rights expert says

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home US-Russia prisoner swap ‘an unprecedented diplomatic act’, rights expert says 01 August 2024 UN News Mariana Katzarova began work as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on 1 May 2023, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council. A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday involving…

In call to Iranian Foreign Minister, Guterres underlines need for de-escalation in the Middle East

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home In call to Iranian Foreign Minister, Guterres underlines need for de-escalation in the Middle East 01 August 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs journalists at the launch of the Global Principles for Information Integrity. UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his appeal for de-escalation in the Middle East in a phone call with a senior official…

Famine now prevalent in parts of war-torn Sudan

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Famine now prevalent in parts of war-torn Sudan 01 August 2024 © UNICEF/Mira Nasser Three-year-old Shimba, who suffers from severe acute malnutrition, drinks therapeutic milk at the UNICEF-supported Port Sudan Pediatric Hospital. Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next two months, according to a new global food insecurity report released on…

Gaza: UNRWA programme aims to get children ‘back to learning’

9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UNRWA programme aims to get children ‘back to learning’ 01 August 2024 © UNRWA Since the war started, 625,000 children across Gaza have been denied an education as schools have been forced to remain closed. The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls in the Gaza Strip back to learning – and to just being children – amid the ongoing…