A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins conflict, climate change and economic troubles in pushing up levels of hunger around the world, according to a new study by the United Nations World (...)
A UN report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Oct. 13, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century.
In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major (...)
Violent protests sparked by the murder of a high-profile legal scholar are threatening to push Haiti into a spiral of instability, Special Representative Helen La Lime told the Security Council on Monday, as she outlined UN efforts to help overcome (...)
Noting the multidimensional consequences of COVID‐19, as well as ongoing political and socio-economic strife in many countries, Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse told the UN General Assembly that today, more than ever, the world needs a multilateral (...)
Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization have warned.
The greatest concentration of need is in (...)
Since the start of the month, an average of 80,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported each day to the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency's chief told journalists listening in to his virtual press conference on Wednesday.
"But these are (...)
The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic will double the number of people with acute hunger.
The number of people facing acute food insecurity stands to rise to 265 million in 2020, up by 130 million (...)
A French writer reaffirmed in court Monday her accusation of sexual assault by a former minister, who is suing her for libel in a case critics see as an attempt to discourage abuse victims from speaking out.
In 2017, as the #MeToo movement was (...)
HP Inc. introduced the HP Elite Dragonfly, which is the lightest compact business convertible laptop. The laptop, which is a sub one-kilogram ultralight premium PC , is designed to push work and life boundaries for mobile business professionals. (...)
Saudi Arabia ranked third most competitive Arabic economy according to The Global Competitiveness Report 2019, published Wednesday by the World Economic Forum. Saudi Arabia's performance has improved by a total of three points over the past year, (...)
The Curacao team played a CONCACAF Nations League match against Haiti with heavy hearts on Tuesday following the sudden death of their goalkeeper, Jarzinho Pieter.
Pieter, 31, died at the Curacao team hotel in Port-au-Prince on Monday, CONCACAF (...)
Mexico moved into the Gold Cup final on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Haiti but they needed a penalty in extra time to beat the unfancied Caribbean outfit.
The 10-times champions have won the tournament more than any other nation and they controlled (...)
A second-half penalty from Darren Mattocks put Jamaica into their third consecutive Gold Cup semifinal on Sunday after a 1-0 win over Panama in Philadelphia.
Mattocks, who had come on as a substitute just two minutes earlier, struck from the spot (...)
The United States reached the Gold Cup semi-finals on Sunday after Weston McKennie's first-half goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 win over Curacao in Philadelphia.
With 25 minutes gone Christian Pulisic sent an inch-perfect cross to the back (...)
Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa saved from Costa Rica's Keysher Fuller in a sudden death shootout to put his side into the Gold Cup semifinals after a 1-1 draw in Houston on Saturday.
Mexico, roared on by the vast majority of the 71,000-strong (...)
Haiti came back from two goals down at halftime to score three times in a superb second half and knock Canada out of the Gold Cup 3-2 on Saturday.
Jonathan David and Lucas Cavallini, who between them had scored nine goals in their last three games, (...)
Haiti rallied with two second-half goals to beat Costa Rica 2-1 Monday and reach the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup as winners of Group B.
Haiti right back Djimy Bend Alexis delivered the winner in the 81st minute with a right-footed blast (...)
Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan David each scored a hat-trick as Canada romped to a record-setting 7-0 win over Cuba in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday to seal their spot in the Gold Cup quarterfinals.
It marked the first time that two players (...)
Goals from Mayron George and Elias Aguilar helped Costa Rica to a 2-1 victory over Bermuda in Texas on Thursday that also earned them a place in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup with a match to spare.
Haiti, who earlier beat Nicaragua 2-0, also (...)
British charity Oxfam failed in its response to allegations of sexual abuse by aid workers in Haiti, tolerated poor behavior and broke promises to meet safeguarding standards, a report by the UK charities' regulator said on Tuesday.
Oxfam GB said it (...)
Dr. John, the American jazz musician who delighted fans for decades with his legendary piano riffs and unmistakable hoarse voice, died on Thursday, his family said.
The New Orleans blues pianist, whose real name Malcolm John Rebennack was shortened (...)
The chances of FIFA increasing the number of teams at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 to 48 is 50/50, the president of soccer's governing body Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday.
Infantino, who is in Brazil for a meeting of the South American (...)
Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), has had talks here with the Special Envoy of the United Nations to Haiti Josette Sheeran.
During (...)
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise struck a combative note on Thursday in his first address since violent protests flared in the capital, defying calls for his ouster but urging dialogue to address soaring inflation and alleged misuse of (...)
The Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili visited the National Museum at King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh yesterday.
He toured the Museum's Hall, which displays a number of civilizations in the (...)
