Italy avalanches kill nearly a dozen skiers and climbers in deadly record week

Italy avalanches kill nearly a dozen skiers and climbers in deadly record week

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rescuers in Italy reported Monday that at least a dozen skiers, climbers and hikers died over the past week in a record-setting tragedy in the country’s mountainous terrain. While authorities said 11 of the 12 victims were killed in avalanches triggered by exceptionally unstable conditions on ungroomed…

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Violence surges in South Sudan leaving civilians at risk and peacekeepers stretched thin

Violence surges in South Sudan leaving civilians at risk and peacekeepers stretched thin

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council on Tuesday, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said instability had risen sharply in recent weeks, driven by political deadlock among signatories to the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement and a dangerous escalation in armed confrontations. Fighting has intensified most dramatically in Jonglei state, where clashes between Government forces and opposition…

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In Bahrain; work, dignity and the quiet rise of home-grown enterprise

In Bahrain; work, dignity and the quiet rise of home-grown enterprise

Their experiences underline a broader message: inclusive economic growth depends on opening space for those too often excluded, including people with disabilities, youth and home-based innovators. Entrepreneur by necessity For Shaymaa Saeed, a young Egyptian crochet designer and handicrafts artist with a disability, entrepreneurship was not a lifestyle choice but a necessity. Health challenges prevented…

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World News in Brief: Floods in Syria, relief operations in Cuba at risk, ending child labour

World News in Brief: Floods in Syria, relief operations in Cuba at risk, ending child labour

According to the relief coordination office, OCHA, rainfall since Saturday caused widespread flooding across parts of Idleb and northern Latakia, damaging around 1,800 tents and destroying at least 150 in camps housing displaced families. A local hospital was also forced to suspend operations, with patients having been evacuated and mobile medical teams deployed. Authorities have…

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General Assembly President urges Europeans to ‘stand up’ for the UN

General Assembly President urges Europeans to ‘stand up’ for the UN

In a key address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Annalena Baerbock repeated her call to uphold multilateralism amid “trying times” globally.  She noted that just 40 days into 2026, the world has already seen crises around Venezuela, Iran and Greenland, on top of continuing devastation in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. International order ‘under attack’  “The international order is not only under pressure, it is under attack,” she told lawmakers.   “And…

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In Sudan, sick and starving children ‘wasting away’

In Sudan, sick and starving children ‘wasting away’

As heavy fighting continues between former allies the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and their allies, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said that in parts of North Darfur more than half of all children are acutely malnourished. The warning follows the release of new data from the IPC, a UN-backed global food…

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West Bank: New Israeli measures further erode prospects for two-State solution

West Bank: New Israeli measures further erode prospects for two-State solution

The measures would make it easier for Jewish settlers to take over Palestinian land, thus expanding Israel’s power in the territory, according to media reports.  The UN chief warned that the current trajectory on the ground – including this decision – is eroding the prospect for the two-State solution, according to a statement issued by his Spokesperson.  Settlements are illegal  He reiterated that all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank,…

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Fresh report warns fish fraud extends to one fifth of global catch

Fresh report warns fish fraud extends to one fifth of global catch

While there is no official estimate of how prevalent fraud is in the $195 billion global fisheries and aquaculture sector, empirical studies suggest that 20 per cent of the trade may be subject to some type of fraud, according to FAO. Menu of misinformation Some studies suggest that up to 30 per cent of seafood…

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Ethiopia: Türk fears new crisis in Tigray amid renewed fighting

Ethiopia: Türk fears new crisis in Tigray amid renewed fighting

“The situation remains highly volatile and we fear it will further deteriorate, worsening the region’s already precarious human rights and humanitarian situation,” Mr. Türk said, following clashes in recent days between the Ethiopian army and regional forces. The development comes against a backdrop of deadly conflict in Tigray from 2020 to 2022 between Government troops and…

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Ford says LCBO won’t bring back American booze despite renewed Trump threat

Ford says LCBO won’t bring back American booze despite renewed Trump threat

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he won’t drop an LCBO ban on American alcohol after United States President Donald Trump cited it as one of his issues with Canada in a lengthy social media post. The ban was introduced last year after U.S. tariffs were first imposed on Canadian imports, leading Ford to tell the Crown…

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