Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Country: Mozambique Some 300,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and rebuilding challenges include finding finance, training masons and agreeing construction standards to avoid repeating past mistakes. By Denis McClean BEIRA, 10 October 2019 – Reconstruction of housing has yet to get underway in […]

The NBA has abruptly called off a hotly anticipated press event for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers in Shanghai, the latest attempt to contain what is fast becoming a political crisis after a team official tweeted support of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

Source: The Global Fund Country: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, World Largest amount ever raised for a multilateral health organization, the funds will help save 16 million lives and end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030. […]

Civilians at risk as violence escalates and humanitarian work is suspended. By PRESS RELEASEOct 10 2019 (IPS-Partners) Civilians in north-east Syria are at risk and humanitarian aid could be cut off following the launch of a new military operation in the area, leading aid agencies are warning. Reports from humanitarian […]