WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread, as Sweden records new case
The outbreak that affected the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and spread to neighbouring countries continues to grow. On Thursday afternoon, WHO member Sweden became the first country outside Africa to record a case of the mpox Clade 1…
Growing concerns for Yemenis battered by relentless rain and flooding
In a joint alert, UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, and UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, said that rising waters had shattered people’s lives in several Yemeni governorates and particularly in Hudaydah, Hajjah, Sa’ada and Taizz. The northern…
Most of Gaza’s 40,000 dead are women and children, says UN rights chief
“Most of the dead are women and children. This unimaginable situation is overwhelmingly due to recurring failures by the Israeli Defense Forces to comply with the rules of war,” the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement. “On…
UN reiterates call to release staffers detained in Yemen
Hans Grundberg, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, and Lisa Doughten from the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, made the appeal in separate briefings to ambassadors. Civic space shrinking “In four days, on the 19th of August, we will commemorate…
Russia evacuates more residents from Kursk region
Russian officials Wednesday announced evacuation of 20,000 more people as Ukrainian troops continued their push into the Kursk region. Acting Governor Alexei Smirnov said on the Telegram messaging app that police and other authorities would coordinate the evacuation of the…
Russian family who fled Ukraine’s cross-border attack recalls panic, chaos
moscow — Marina and her family were used to hearing the distant boom of explosions from their village in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border. On the night of August 6, the explosions became so…
Google says Iranian group trying to hack US presidential campaigns
NEW YORK — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard had tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since…
Intelligence, US-provided weapons seen as key to Ukraine’s Kursk offensive
Superb Ukrainian intelligence and U.S.-provided weaponry are being credited for enabling the rapid advance of Ukrainian forces into Russian territory over the past week. Some analysts believe they could move even faster if Washington allowed them to use the most…
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern at a meeting on Wednesday. The meeting came a day after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deemed the disease a public health emergency for…
Ukraine presses on in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday his country’s troops were “moving further” into Russia’s Kursk region and claimed that hundreds of Russian soldiers had been captured or surrendered. In the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since…