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Greece builds diplomatic front against Turkey’s oil prospecting - Vatican News
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Christianity

Greece builds diplomatic front against Turkey’s oil prospecting – Vatican News

Greece is continuing to build up a wide-ranging diplomatic front against Turkey, which it accuses of illegal oil-prospecting in Greek-controlled waters.

14 August 2020 · 2 min read

Millions ‘on the edge’ in DR Congo, now in even greater danger of tipping over: WFP
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Health

Millions ‘on the edge’ in DR Congo, now in even greater danger of tipping over: WFP

Millions of lives could be lost to hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid escalating conflict and worsening COVID-19 transmission, the UN emergency food relief agency has…

14 August 2020 · 3 min read

Interception, no solution to address migrants crossing English Channel
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Europe

Interception, no solution to address migrants crossing English Channel

Intercepting boats full of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel, is not the solution to deter them from attempting to reach the United Kingdom, UN agencies have stressed, warning…

14 August 2020 · 2 min read

EIOPA publishes bi-weekly information for Relevant Risk Free Interest Rate Term Structures and Symmetric Adjustment to Equity
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Europe

EIOPA publishes bi-weekly information for Relevant Risk Free Interest Rate Term Structures and Symmetric Adjustment to Equity

EIOPA publishes bi-weekly information for Relevant Risk Free Interest Rate Term Structures and Symmetric Adjustment to Equity

14 August 2020 · 1 min read

German church leads crowd funding to buy vessel to aid stranded Mediterranean migrants
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Christianity

German church leads crowd funding to buy vessel to aid stranded Mediterranean migrants

Germany's main Protestant church led a crowdfunding effort that purchased the rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 that is ready for work in the Mediterranean Sea to help migrants trying to reach…

13 August 2020 · 3 min read

Real Life Heroes: on a journey towards quality healthcare
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Health

Real Life Heroes: on a journey towards quality healthcare

In the remote Lamu region, on the northeast coast of Kenya, quality healthcare is hard to come by. Every month, medical staff from Safari Doctors, an NGO founded by Umra…

13 August 2020 · 4 min read

Belarus: UN rights chief condemns violence against protesters, calls for grievances to be heard
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Europe

Belarus: UN rights chief condemns violence against protesters, calls for grievances to be heard

The flow of free information is “crucial” in a democratic society, the UN human rights chief said on Wednesday, spotlighting the landlocked eastern European nation of Belarus, “especially in a…

12 August 2020 · 3 min read

Amid COVID-19, UN commitment to peace ‘more urgent than ever’
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Health

Amid COVID-19, UN commitment to peace ‘more urgent than ever’

COVID-19 threatens not only hard-won development and peacebuilding gains, but also “risks exacerbating conflicts or fomenting new ones”, the UN chief reminded the Security Council on Wednesday, during a briefing…

12 August 2020 · 5 min read

WHO chief points to ‘green shoots of hope’ in COVID-19 pandemic
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Health

WHO chief points to ‘green shoots of hope’ in COVID-19 pandemic

Although COVID-19 cases are on track to hit 20 million worldwide this week, and 750,000 deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has pointed to “green shoots of…

10 August 2020 · 3 min read

New humanitarian air service boosts COVID-19 response in the Pacific
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Health

New humanitarian air service boosts COVID-19 response in the Pacific

A flight carrying protective masks, ventilators and other essential medical supplies for COVID-19 response, landed in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, marking the start of a humanitarian air service for…

6 August 2020 · 4 min read