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Calls for more aid, support for police amid surge in violence in the Caribbean nation since the end of last year. Haiti is approaching a “point of no return” as it struggles to respond to escalating gang violence, the top United Nations official in the country has said. Maria Isabel Salvador, the UN special representative … Read more
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These are the key events on day 1,150 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Saturday, April 19: Fighting Russia launched eight missiles and 87 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Saturday, causing damage in five regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said. Air defence units shot … Read more
These are the key events on day 1,149 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Friday, 18 April: Fighting Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defence systems destroyed or intercepted 71 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, of which 49 were downed in the Kursk region. The ministry said … Read more
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says draft agreement shows multilateralism is ‘alive and well’. The members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached a landmark agreement on how to respond to future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the global health body has said. The draft agreement, drawn up after more than … Read more
These are the key events on day 1,146 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Monday, April 14 : Fighting Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russian missiles and guided bombs have once more struck the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine. Local officials said the attack struck the city’s outskirts and … Read more
Right-wing incumbent has four-year term to implement promises to clamp down on crime and improve economy. Ecuador’s right-wing President Daniel Noboa has been re-elected in a second-round election run-off. The National Electoral Council declared late on Sunday that the incumbent, who has promised to boost the flagging economy and continue a crackdown on cartel violence, … Read more
Defiance, resistance and remembrance in Gaza – why Palestinians are recording the assault they are under. The renewal of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has unleashed yet more death, destruction and displacement, but Palestinians remain determined to make the world witness their plight. Contributors:Shahd Abusalama – Palestinian scholar and artistOmer Bartov – Professor of Holocaust … Read more
Two countries hold talks in bid to avoid confrontation in Syria. Israel and Turkiye have been holding closed-door meetings in Azerbaijan to work out ways to avoid direct conflict in Syria. Both have a military presence there, and both accuse the other of threatening regional security. Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on … Read more
Bangkok, Thailand – Aung, a high school English teacher, figured it was high time to leave Myanmar the day the military generals who took over the country stepped up enforcement of a long-dormant conscription law they had dredged up. That was at the end of January, a little more than 11 months after the generals … Read more