Sat 01 May 2022: Russia on Saturday halted providing natural gas to neighbouring Finland, which has angered Moscow by applying for NATO membership, after the Nordic country refused to pay supplier Gazprom in rubles. Natural gas accounts for about eight percent of Finland’s energy consumption and most of it comes from Russia. Follwing Russia’s February […]
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Sat 01 May 2022: The United Nations is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of the […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: According to her office, the UN human rights chief will begin her long-awaited journey to China on Monday, including a stop in the Xinjiang province, where authorities are accused of grave human rights breaches. Michelle Bachelet will visit China’s far-western Xinjiang region next week, after years of asking “meaningful and unfettered” […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: The European Commission stated on Friday that the Rohingya community will receive an additional €22 million ($23.3 million) in humanitarian aid. The help will go to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and their host communities, as well as displaced Rohingya and other conflict-affected persons in Myanmar, according to a statement from the […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: Doha, Qatar – At a luxury hotel in Qatar’s capital, Pakistani officials are holding talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as Islamabad seeks the release of more funds from a $6bn bailout package agreed in 2019 to stabilise the country’s faltering economy. “The team will be in Doha during May 18-25 as part […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: A survey by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has revealed that at least 826 companies were affected by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal, with the cost of the damage estimated at R7 billion. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said on Thursday the top three districts that had the biggest impact […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: A new video that begins moments before Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed has emerged showing relative calm and quiet, contrary to claims by Israeli officials that fighting was taking place in the area. Abu Akleh, 51, was killed by an Israeli soldier on May 11, according to colleagues and witnesses […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: In statements to the UN Security Council on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Western sanctions on Russia are not driving food hunger around the world. “Sanctions aren’t preventing Russia from exporting food and fertilizer, sanctions imposed by the United States and many other countries deliberately include carve […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the West should not expect Russia to continue food supplies if it slaps Moscow with devastating sanctions over the war. “Our country is ready to fulfil its obligations in full. But it also expects assistance from trading partners, including on international platforms,” Medvedev, who […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: Turkey “will say no” to the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday. His speech came as senior representatives of two countries are set to visit Turkey for talks. Speaking to a group of Turkish youth, Erdoğan accused the two countries — and especially Sweden — of being “a focus of terror, home […]
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