09 October 2024
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By AFPA global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is "out of reach," said the World Bank on Tuesday, adding it could take three decades or more to do so."Global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill, with 2020–30 set to be a lost de...
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By AFPThe latest draft of a UN climate deal published Tuesday narrows the options for increasing funding to poorer countries, but leaves unresolved the thorny question of how much they should receive.Nations at the COP29 summit in November are aiming...
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By AFPMillions of people across southern Africa are going hungry because of a historic drought that risks causing a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations warned Tuesday.Five countries -- Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabw...
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By UN NewsHuman rights abuses have increased in the past year in Venezuela, a report by the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the country shows, citing arbitrary detentions, torture and violence against children.The new report expands on findings presented...
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By AFPThe New York Times has sent a cease and desist letter to Perplexity, a hot AI startup often touted as a promising competitor to Google search, over alleged copyright infringement.The move, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, follows a Ti...
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By AFPUS authorities have hit Lufthansa with a record $4 million penalty after finding the airline discriminated against over 100 Jewish travelers by blocking them from boarding a flight in 2022, officials said Tuesday.The 128 passengers were denied...
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By AFP/Marion ThibautViewed from above, Canada's newest Marine Protected Area (MPA) is deceptively simple: stretches of blue Pacific Ocean waters and a few patches of green forest.But beneath the surface of the area known as the Great Bear Sea, off V...
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By AFP/Jonathan SawayaElie Alwan sheltered a displaced Shiite family from southern Lebanon in his peaceful Christian-majority village, believing they would be safe -- instead an Israeli air strike killed them, destroyed his home and injured his mothe...
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By AFP/Nathalie AlonsoMore than half of the world's electricity will be generated by low-emission sources before 2030 but the deployment of clean energy is "far from uniform" across the globe, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.Demand for...
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By UN NewsA UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to enough women and girls, leaving them more vulnerable to poverty worldwide.As the world prepares to mark the Internationa...
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By AFPThe UK government will trial the use of weight loss jabs to help unemployed people with obesity get back into work, the health secretary said Tuesday.Wes Streeting said obesity, which affects millions of Britons, was causing people to take an e...
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By AFPDetected irregular crossings into the European Union fell 42 percent in the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period last year, EU border agency Frontex said on Tuesday.Frontex released its latest statistics shortly before a summit...
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