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UN urges 'massive investments' for Pakistan flood recovery
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» GENEVA: The UN chief called Monday for "massive investments" to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods, saying it was "doubly victimised" by climate change and a "morally bankrupt global financial system".
S.Africa parliament fire suspect charged with terrorism
AFP, Published on 11/01/2022
» CAPE TOWN - A man suspected of starting a fire that gutted South Africa's parliament made a second court appearance on Tuesday to face a new charge of terrorism, in addition to robbery and arson accusations.
Hundreds try to cross Belarus border despite easing of crisis
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» SOKOLKA (POLAND) - Hundreds of migrants have again tried to cross the border from Belarus, Polish officials said Friday, despite signs of an easing of the crisis after migrants left a makeshift encampment.
UN chief concerned nuclear 'coffin' leaking in Pacific
AFP, Published on 16/05/2019
» SUVA (FIJI) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres raised concerns Thursday that a concrete dome built last century to contain waste from atomic bomb tests is leaking radioactive material into the Pacific.
Holocaust survivor pities anti-Semites who 'waste life' hating
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» LAUSANNE - Facing a world where anti-Semitism is resurgent again, Holocaust survivor Edith Eger, who watched her mother marched to the gas chamber, said she pities those who "waste" their life hating.
Palestinian anger as US ends funding for UN agency
AFP, Published on 01/09/2018
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Palestinians reacted angrily Saturday to a US decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists three million needy refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause.
Malian jihadist handed over to ICC on war crimes charges
AFP, Published on 01/04/2018
» THE HAGUE - A Malian jihadist was arrested Saturday and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face war crimes charges for the destruction of Timbuktu and sex slavery, the tribunal said.