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WHO warns COVID infections rising fast, under-reported
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 6th Jan. World health agency on Friday confirmed that corona virus numbers are rising globally and that we “should expect more cases” in the coming winter months in the northern hemisphere.
WHO…
OCHA head warns Gaza relief ‘impossible mission’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 6th Jan. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Friday warned that “Gaza has simply become uninhabitable” and demanded Israeli forces and Palestinian militants Hamas to meet their…
WHO says hospitals, healthcare facilities attacked 600 times in Gaza so far
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 6th Jan. UN health agency said on Friday that hospitals in Gaza and other vital medical infrastructure have been attacked 600 times since war erupted in response to the Hamas-led terror attack in…
OHCHR chief voices concern over bombings in Iran
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday has expressed shock at a deadly terror attack claimed by ISIL that killed scores of people taking part in a public commemoration event in…
Guterres hails major Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN Secretary General on Thursday welcomed the biggest prisoner of war exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia about two years ago.
Mr. Guterres in a…
OCHA head calls to end ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday that the international community must take “decisive and immediate action” to bring nearly nine months of brutal civil war in Sudan to…
Afghanistan hits by 4.3 magnitude of earthquake
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. According to the National Centre for Seismology on Thursday reported that an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan.
The quake occurred at 01:12:11 IST.…
UN World Economic report calls for global cooperation ‘key’ projects slowdown
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 launched on Thursday projected a slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024, in a…
OCHA says aid convoys face delays, obstacles as Gaza crisis deepens
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th Jan. UN aid coordination office OCHA and teams on Thursday said that they have been unable to deliver urgently needed aid to civilians beyond central areas and north for the past three days.…
WFP boost ‘Super Cereal’ for mothers in Timor-Leste
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 4th Jan. World Food Programme and the Timor-Leste health ministry on Wednesday signed a new agreement to purchase stocks of so-called Super Cereal, a specialized nutritious food which can help…