Jul 07 Inflation pushed 71 million people into poverty since war in Ukraine began By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before Jan. 6 panel In our news wrap Wednesday, former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone agreed to testify Friday before the Jan. 6 committee, report details how a Uvalde police officer missed his chance to shoot the gunman, the FDA says U.S. pharmacists… Continue watching
Jul 06 U.N. says 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021 By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press A new U.N. report says world hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat. Continue reading
Jul 02 UN chastises attack on Libya’s parliament headquarters By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the capital, Tripoli, and other Libyan cities on Friday, with many attacking and setting fire to government buildings, including the House of Representatives in the eastern city of Tobruk. Continue reading
Jun 11 UN expresses concern after militias battle overnight in Libya’s capital By Associated Press The country’s plan to transition to an elected government fell through after an interim administration based in Tripoli, headed by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, failed to hold elections last year. Continue reading
May 28 UN human rights chief calls on China ‘rethink policies’ on Uighur detention By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Bachelet, making the first visit by a U.N. high commissioner for human rights to China in 17 years, said she raised the lack of independent judicial oversight for a system of internment camps that swept up a million or more… Continue reading
May 18 U.N. envoy says U.S. sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation. Continue reading
May 06 Civilian rescue effort underway as Russian forces enter Mariupol steel plant By Elena Becatoros, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press A new international effort is racing to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large. Continue reading
May 01 Evacuations underway from Mariupol steel plant, UN says By Cara Anna, Yesica Fisch, Associated Press As many as 100,000 people are believed to still be in blockaded Mariupol, including up to 1,000 civilians who were hunkered down with an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters beneath the Soviet-era steel plant - the only part of the city… Continue reading
Apr 19 Treasury Secretary Yellen, other finance leaders urge to boost fight against global food insecurity By Fatima Hussein, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged world finance leaders to "get concrete" as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the global that Russia's war in Ukraine has made worse. Continue reading