‘We face a new ordeal’: Gaza’s search for the dead goes on
The passage of time and a severe shortage of heavy equipment have made the search and recovery operations increasingly difficult and complex,…
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Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support
The warning comes in a new report, Beyond the Breaking Point, which finds that those providing essential services to women and girls…
EU Clears Hungary’s €10bn Recovery Plan
Payments remain tied to anti-corruption, transparency and judicial-independence milestones as Budapest faces an August deadline The Council of the European Union has…
Almería Fire Exposes Spain’s Heat Risk
Deadly blaze in Los Gallardos raises questions over alerts, evacuation and Europe’s readiness for extreme summer fires A fast-moving wildfire in Spain’s…
New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities
“Cholera is back and it’s affecting several states, mainly in the western part of the country, the Darfurs and the Kordofans,” said Dr…
A new type of pixel
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed pixels that can not only create images, but also analyse them. In the future, this could…
South Sudan: UN acts ahead of drought to protect thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of South Sudan on Friday activated the country’s first-ever drought anticipatory plan targeting more than 65,000 people in…
World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela
At the same time, low and middle-income countries are projected to lose 30 per cent of aid to education between 2023 and…
What AI Search Gets Wrong About People
For most of the internet’s history, looking someone up meant reading a list. You typed a name, you got ten blue links,…
Eurozone Budgets Face Energy Shock Warning
Finance ministers urge targeted support as inflation, debt and investment pressures converge Euro-area governments are being warned against another broad spending response…