Thu 21 December 2023: On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that $185 million is required by the UN organization to stop food insecurity-related deaths in Afghanistan. “WHO needs $185 million to continue providing medicines and supporting hospitals to prevent more Afghan children and women dying of malnutrition and the consequences of food insecurity,” […]
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Wed 20 December 2023: More than 2,800 Israeli soldiers are receiving rehabilitation treatment in the Israeli Defense Ministry’s rehabilitation department since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on Oct. 7, according to local media on Tuesday. Around 91% of the soldiers are defined as lightly injured, 6% as moderately and 3% severely, Haaretz newspaper said, […]
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Wed 20 December 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday classified the JN.1 COVID-19 variant as a “variant of interest,” and said available evidence showed it posed a low global public health risk. It, however, warned that JN.1 could increase the burden of respiratory infections in many countries with the onset of winter in […]
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Wed 20 December 2023: Interpol said on Friday its first operation targeting human-trafficking fueled cyber fraud showed the criminal industry was going global, spreading beyond its origins in Southeast Asia, with scam centres emerging as far away as Latin America. The global police coordination body said law enforcement from more than 20 countries in October […]
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Wed 20 December 2023: Malaysia barred Israeli-flagged cargo ships from docking at its ports on Wednesday in protest to Israel’s operations in Gaza, which it said violated “basic humanitarian principles.” Ships bound for Israel will also be prevented from loading cargo at any port in the predominantly Muslim Southeast Asian nation, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim […]
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Tue 19 December 2023: A new poll by The New York Times and Siena College shows strong American disapproval of US President Joe Biden’s handling of the Gaza conflict. Over half of the poll’s respondents (57 percent) object to Biden’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Only 38 percent say they trust Biden to do a better job […]
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Tue 19 December 2023: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor revealed on Tuesday that 71 per cent of the population of the Gaza Strip are suffering from acute levels of hunger. The organisation reported that 98 per cent of the population of the Gaza Strip suffer from insufficient food consumption, and 64 per cent eat grass, fruit and undercooked […]
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Tue 19 December 2023: Global coal use is expected to reach a record high in 2023 as demand in emerging and developing economies remains strong, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The demand for coal is seen rising 1.4 percent in 2023, surpassing 8.5 billion tonnes for the first time as usage in India […]
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Tue 19 December 2023: Under certain conditions, Pope Francis has approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, the official Vatican News agency reported on Monday. “With the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Pope Francis, it will be possible to bless same-sex couples but without any […]
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Tue 19 December 2023: At least 118 people have been killed and hundreds injured after an earthquake hit northwestern China in a remote and mountainous region while many were asleep. While the authorities quickly mobilised several emergency responses, their work was complicated as the earthquake wrecked roads and infrastructure, triggered landslides, and half buried a […]
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