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Civilian toll in Ukraine conflict passes 5,000 mark, UN says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that more than 5,000 civilians had been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, adding that the real toll was likely ...
Jul 12, 2022
Iberian Peninsula swelters in heatwave, wildfire risk grows
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Soaring temperatures in Portugal have forced authorities to place more than half of the country on "red alert" on Tuesday and deploy hundreds o...
Jul 12, 2022
IMF’s Georgieva says Zambia, Ethiopia, Chad creditor committees to meet soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Creditor committees for the debt restructurings of Zambia, Ethiopia and Chad are all expected to meet within the next 10 days, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kris...
Jul 12, 2022
WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The Emergency Committee, made up of independe...
Jul 12, 2022
Gang violence in Haitian capital cuts off food aid, UN says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has been forced to move to move humanitarian aid and workers across Haiti by air and ship because gang violence has become so bad in the capital Por...
Jul 12, 2022
Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and U.N. meeting on grain set for Weds -minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that military delegations from Turkey, Russia and Ukraine will meet with a United Nations delegation to discuss the safe expor...
Jul 12, 2022
ISIS leader in Syria killed in drone strike -U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leader of Islamic State in Syria, who is one of the top five leaders of the militant group, has been killed in a U.S. air strike, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. In a stat...
Jul 12, 2022
U.N. aid to Syria from Turkey extended until January
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council voted on Tuesday to allow U.N. aid deliveries to continue until Jan. 10 to some 4 million people in northwest Syria from Turkey, reaching...
Jul 12, 2022
EU formally accepts Croatia as 20th euro zone member
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers on Tuesday formally approved Croatia becoming the 20th member of the euro common currency at the start of 2023. The European Council, the grouping...
Jul 12, 2022
God’s will or ecological disaster? Mexico takes aim at Mennonite deforestation
By Cassandra Garrison VALLE NUEVO, Mexico (Reuters) - The largest tropical forest in North America yields to perfect rows of corn and soy. Light-haired women with blue eyes in wide-brimmed hats bump d...
Jul 12, 2022
