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In an update from Ukraine, the UN’s top aid official there, Assistant Secretary-General Matthias Schmale, reports that half the population in Kherson city, about 30,000 or more residents, have been without electricity for several days. It’s not the only city without power, he told UN News on Wednesday, while on mission to southern Ukraine: “The…
That’s according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which announced on Tuesday that it is scaling up to deliver aid to more than 210,000 people displaced by the violence after a new offensive by armed group M23 reignited hostilities earlier this month. “This hunger crisis risks spiraling without urgent action,” said Cynthia Jones, WFP Country Director for the DRC. She added that even…
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain uprooted, many living in makeshift tents pitched on bare ground or squeezed into damaged buildings without reliable access to water, electricity, healthcare or sanitation. Winter rains have compounded the hardship, flooding shelters and turning camp pathways into heavy mud. Fragile hope Yet, amid the destruction, displaced families say the…
In 2021, after the Taliban takeover, Nila Ibrahimi and her family fled Afghanistan. Having been a vocal rights advocate since the age of thirteen, when she led a viral campaign that successfully overturned a government ban preventing Afghan girls over the age of 12 from singing in public, she knew that she risked being a…
Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate shocks strained health systems worldwide – disrupting essential services in many countries – governments and partners still recorded notable gains in disease control, prevention and preparedness. The UN health agency says the mixed picture of progress and pressure in 2025 underscores both what is possible through evidence-based cooperation…
The Alberta government is hoping to speed up the queue for Albertans waiting for surgery by introducing Bill 11 — legislation that would allow some doctors to work in both the public and private health-care systems simultaneously. According to the Alberta Surgical Initiative Dashboard, as of September, about 83,000 Albertans are on a surgery wait…
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of targeting civilians over the New Year, with Moscow reporting a deadly strike on a hotel in territory it occupies in southern Ukraine while Kyiv said there had been another broad attack on its power supplies. The reports coincide with intensive talks overseen by U.S. President Donald Trump and…
Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces, with at least six people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the…
Zohran Mamdani became Mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city’s striving, struggling working class. Mr. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight, placing…
👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website In a groundbreaking political shift, Zohran Mamdani, the son of renowned filmmaker Mira Nair, stepped into history as the 112th mayor of New York City, taking his oath on the Quran. At just 34, this socialist democrat, shaped by his family’s rich heritage, ran a campaign advocating for universal…
