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Investigators probe cause of Lebanon blast
By Nathan Morley On Sunday, a French forensic police unit arrived in the Lebanese capital to begin work on an investigation into the explosion. At the same time, a US…
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Health
Virtual Concert unites Pacific with the world in battling COVID-19
The first-of-its-kind televised and digitally streamed Pacific Unite: Saving Lives Together concert called on regional leaders and citizens to unite in the global fight against COVID-19, the United Nations said…
News
Pope Francis appeals for dialogue in negotiations regarding the Nile
By Vatican News Pope Francis said after the recitation of the Angelus on Saturday that he is "following with particular attention the situation of the difficult negotiations regarding the Nile…
Christianity
German church leads crowdfunding to buy vessel to aid stranded Mediterranean migrants
German church leads crowdfunding to buy vessel to aid stranded Mediterranean migrants
Health
Uganda looks online for answers to COVID economic crisis
From banking, to food delivery, and taxi bookings, Uganda is rapidly becoming accustomed to many of the online tools that are commonplace in developed economies, and which don’t rely on…
Europe
UN chief: Belarusians must be able to exercise their ‘civil and political rights’
Closely following the developments in Belarus, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement on Friday underlining the importance of enabling all Belarusians to “exercise their civil and political rights”.
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…
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…
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
Europe
Indonesia: Statement by the Spokesperson on the 15th anniversary of the signature of the Helsinki Peace Agreement for Aceh
15 August 2020 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement. The peace agreement brought an…