UN humanitarians continue bringing life-saving aid to survivors of the flooding from the Kakhovka Dam, but they’ve warned that hundreds of thousands more people in the country’s south face severe water shortages.
The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following Wednesday’s tragedy in the Mediterranean. With 78 bodies retrieved, 104 people rescued, and hundreds more missing and feared dead, the 14 June shipwreck off the coast of Greece is one of the worst and most deadly in years.
The UN is providing “multifaceted support” to Mali ahead of this weekend’s constitutional referendum, the head of its peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSMA, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Friday.
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Russia’s production of tanks and heavy flamethrower systems should be expanded, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Just before noon in Satara, a remote village in Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi region, the thermometer is already hovering near 40°C.
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Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky rejected ex-President Donald Trump’s claim that he could easily end the conflict with Russia if reelected Read Full Article at RT.com
At least 15 passengers were killed after a truck hit a bus in Canada, police said Read Full Article at RT.com
The US Air National Guardsman accused of sharing a massive trove of classified material online has been charged on six federal counts Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia will not adopt a Beijing-style ‘firewall’ to block online content, a senior legislator has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Modern US cinema is “juvenile” and all serious storytellers went to TV, said the director of Russia’s Channel One Read Full Article at RT.com