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UN slams world's 'apathy' in launching aid appeal for 2026
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The United Nations on Monday hit out at global "apathy" over widespread suffering as it launched its 2026 appeal for humanitarian assistance, which is limited in scope as aid operations confront major funding cuts.
Gates: Aid cuts causing ‘tragic’ rise in child deaths
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» PARIS - Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is “tragic” that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries have slashed international aid.
No deal yet on EU climate targets as COP30 looms
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» BRUSSELS — The European Union's (EU) member states have not yet reached an agreement on key emissions targets before the United Nations' (UN) COP30 summit in Brazil, and ministers will meet again on Wednesday to thrash out a deal, according to Brussels officials.
Israel expected to open key aid crossing into Gaza
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel was expected to allow Gaza’s sole border crossing to the outside world to reopen on Wednesday to allow humanitarian aid into the devastated territory as part of a US-backed ceasefire deal.
Search for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills 800
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) - Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people.
Unnamed skeletons? US museum at centre of ethical debate
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» PHILADELPHIA — For years, a man's giant intestine was anonymously on display at a US medical museum in Philadelphia, identified only by his initials JW.
US Congress approves $9bn in Trump cuts to foreign aid, public media
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget.
World-first IVF trial reduces risk of babies inheriting diseases
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» PARIS - Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday.
US senator warns of fossil fuel coup, economic reckoning
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - One of the US Senate's leading climate advocates says President Donald Trump's administration no longer governs -- it "occupies" the nation on behalf of Big Oil.
Trump slams former ally Musk's political party as 'ridiculous'
AFP, Published on 07/07/2025
» MORRISTOWN, United States - President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk's launching of a new political party as "ridiculous," after the tech billionaire who once backed the Republican said he wanted to challenge the United States' "one-party system."