Rebuilding Gaza’s shattered homes will take at least until 2040 but could drag on for many decades, according to a UN report released on Thursday. Nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment …
Southeast Asia was coping with a weeks-long heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region. Millions of …
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the …
President Bola Tinubu says bilateral partnerships must be mutually beneficial and transformative and translate into real gains for ordinary citizens. Speaking at the Nigeria-Netherlands Business and Investment Forum in The …
Inuit leaders are concerned with the federal Liberal budget’s lack of new cash specifically earmarked for eliminating tuberculosis in Inuit regions by 2030. Advocates say the spending plan was a …
A review of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has found that it has “robust” frameworks to ensure compliance with humanitarian neutrality principles, though issues persist, in a report which …
A key week of negotiations kicks off Tuesday, as representatives from 176 countries descend on Ottawa to tackle global challenges posed by plastics. The fourth and penultimate instalment of talks …
The Trudeau government is promising $9 billion in new cash for Indigenous communities over the next five years, a smaller spend than some past budgets but one the government says builds …
In the dozen years she’s worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she’s seen succumb to toxic, illicit …
A subcurrent of worry pulsed through a summit this week in Washington between the leaders of the U.S., Japan and the Philippines. The concern in question holds global dimensions. It involved …