“Hell” in Ukraine’s Donbas as Russia piles on pressure, warns Zelenskiy
Kyiv/Slatyne, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region, the focus of recent Russian offensives, has been destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as some of the world’s richest countries pledged to bolster Kyiv with billions of dollars. Since turning away from Ukraine’s capital, Russia is using massed artillery and armour to try to capture more territory in the […]
Rich nations urged to pay $US60 billion a year to protect developing-world nature
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thomson Reuters Foundation As talks on a new global pact to protect nature ramp up this month, international green groups have called on the world’s richest nations to commit at least $US60 billion a year to protect and restore biodiversity in developing countries. Governments are working to finalise an agreement to safeguard the planet’s […]
US opposes plans to strengthen World Health Organization
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The United States, the World Health Organization’s top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration’s long-term support for the UN agency. The proposal, made by the WHO’s working group on sustainable financing, would increase each member state’s […]
Top Southern Baptist committee funds sex abuse probe
Nashville, Tennessee, USAP A top Southern Baptist Convention committee agreed Tuesday to fund a third-party investigation into its handling of sexual abuse allegations but held off on waiving its attorney-client privilege for the probe, delaying for the future a decision seen as a key demand of the thousands of Southern Baptists who set the review […]
Food aid ramps up in Yemen, but funding crisis persists
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters More food is making its way to Yemenis most in need after donors heeded United Nations warnings about impending famine, but aid groups said the world’s largest humanitarian operation still does not have enough cash to see out 2021. The World Food Programme said it would this month resume monthly distributions […]
An uphill battle: Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID vaccine challenge
EDWARD MCALLISTER, of Reuters, reports on the outlook for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa…
Starting gun fired on global hunt for hundreds of billions to fund nature protection
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Protecting the planet’s plants, animals and ecosystems, and repairing the damage done to them by humans will take about $US700 billion a year in extra funding over the next decade, requiring a huge boost in investment by governments and business, officials said on Monday. The call came as Britain and Canada […]
Essay: What Donald Trump’s funding cuts to WHO mean for the world
In an article first published on The Conversation, ADAM KAMRADT-SCOTT, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, looks at the impact of US funding cuts to the World Health Organization…
Updated: Trump says halting World Health Organization funding over its handling of virus
Last updated: 11.30amWashington DC, USReuters President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis. Trump, at a White House news conference, said the WHO had “failed in its basic duty and it […]
WHO chief says confident US funding will continue in COVID fight
Geneva/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the World Health Organization voiced confidence on Monday that the United States would continue funding his UN agency, despite President Donald Trump’s criticism of WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last week that the Trump administration was re-evaluating US funding to the body, […]