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Climate Change Drives Record-Breaking Droughts, Says UN-Backed Report
Driven by climate change and mounting pressure on land and water resources, some of the most extensive and destructive droughts in recorded history have occurred since 2023, according to a new UN-supported report released today. Produced by the...

Shocking truth behind migrants who washed up dead with hands and ankles tied is revealed as details of hellish final moments emerge
By RITA SOBOT Published: 09:27 EDT, 4 July 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 4 July 2025 Five men found in the sea off Mallorca with their hands and feet bound up with rags died after starving, drinking their own urine and sea water, distraught relatives...

Delinquency, Inc.: How crime is infiltrating the global economy
The tentacles of organized crime reach across the globe, strengthened by growing armed conflicts, various crises and a worldwide panorama that has put democracies under pressure. No country is immune; in fact, according to the Global Initiative...

New taxes on premium flyers and private jets: Greenpeace comment
Sevilla, Spain – Barbados, France, Kenya, Spain, Benin, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Antigua & Barbuda supported by the European Commission, have announced they will form a ‘solidarity coalition on premium flyers’ to raise funds for climate action and...

Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases
LONDON (AP) — Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other diseases that can be easily prevented. Protection from measles in particular dropped in 100...
Ghana Ranked 12th Most Expensive Country to Live in Africa
Ghana has been ranked the 12th most expensive country to live in Africa, according to new cost-of-living data released by Numbeo, a global database tracking prices and consumer costs worldwide. The index, which assessed 23 African countries,...

How fruit waste could power the future
Imagine turning fruit waste into technology that stores electricity. This would reduce food waste and promote clean energy storage. Postdoctoral researcher Vianney Ngoyi Kitenge transformed mangosteen peels into specialised carbon materials to...

Eight Countries Contain Most Zero-Dose Children
(Vax-Before-Travel News)Overall, global coverage for vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, polio, and tuberculosis nearly doubled from 1980 to 2023. However, this long-term trend masks recent challenges. To achieve 90% global...

Bob Geldof on Live Aid at 40: ‘White saviour? That’s nonsense’
At 73, Bob Geldof still looks very much the rock star in his leather jacket, shades and unruly mop of hair, now entirely grey. This coming Halloween, his band the Boomtown Rats, formed in his native Dun Laoghaire, south of Dublin, will celebrate...

India among 8 nations with half of world's unvaccinated children: Study
New Delhi, June 25 (PTI): India was among the eight countries where more than half the unvaccinated children from around the world lived as of 2023, an analysis published in The Lancet journal showed, "emphasising persistent inequities." Providing...

Turkiye, Syria Restore Direct Transport Links At Global Forum
Istanbul: The Global Transport Connectivity Forum concluded on Sunday in Istanbul with the signing of 12 cooperation agreements aimed at enhancing cross-border logistics and regional integration. Among them was a landmark agreement between Turkish...

India among eight countries with half of world's unvaccinated children as of 2023: Study
New Delhi: India was among the eight countries where more than half the unvaccinated children from around the world lived as of 2023, an analysis published in The Lancet journal showed, "emphasising persistent inequities." Providing global...
2025 Ranger Hall of Fame inductees honored at Fort Benning
Fifteen Army veterans will be inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame during a ceremony this week at Fort Benning, Georgia. The induction is being held Wednesday during the Annual Ranger Muster, which is a major gathering for the Ranger community....
Head of refugee center in Bowling Green worried about how cuts in federal spending bill will impact new arrivals
Political uncertainty has the leader of the Bowling Green-based International Center of Kentucky concerned about how it would impact refugees' access to healthcare and funding for the organization's future budget. Albert Mbanfu has served as the...
Türkiye, Syria restore direct transport links at global forum
ISTANBUL, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The Global Transport Connectivity Forum concluded on Sunday in Istanbul with the signing of 12 cooperation agreements aimed at enhancing cross-border logistics and regional integration. Among them was a landmark...

Pakistan, Afghanistan no longer part of World Bank’s South Asia region
The people cited above said Pakistan and Afghanistan will now be grouped under the bank’s Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which would leave the South Asia group with six countries—India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri...

Russia Hires Thousands From China, India, Turkey Amid War-Fueled Labor Shortage
In 2024, Russian industrial enterprises hired 47,000 foreign workers from countries with which it maintains visa requirements, including China, India, Turkey, Serbia, and others. According to The Moscow Times, Russia’s Ministry of Labor explained...

Migrant bodies with hands and feet tied found in sea after 'death ritual'
Five men found in the sea off Majorca with their hands and feet bound up with rags died after starving, drinking their own urine and sea water, distraught relatives have revealed. As suspected, the bodies were those of African migrants who had...

Migrants found off Majorca coast with hands tied behind backs were in 'death ritual'
Five men found in the sea off Majorca with their hands and feet bound up with rags died after starving, drinking their own urine and seawater, distraught relatives have revealed. The bodies were those of African migrants who had tried to get to...

Nigeria’s multilateral economic human capital: What next?
At the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) of May 5-8, 2025, in Texas, USA, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), confirmed that the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), led...