With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the number of Ukrainian citizens seeking adoption for children has significantly increased.
Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh, addresses the general debate of the Unitef Nations General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session.
As one government official cites new statistics indicating more tourists are visiting Victoria Falls, known as one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Zimbabwean authorities are hoping tourism can help revive the country’s ailing economy. Critics say that the site’s potential isn’t being realized because of the country’s poor infrastructure.
Gabriella Balasa, AMR Survivor, addresses the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “This disease [cystic fibrosis] makes me highly susceptible to infections, and I’m running out of antibiotics to treat it
The nonprofit organization Oxfam says that the super-rich who control the global economy, known as a “global oligarchy,” are undermining world leaders as they convene in New York this week for the annual UN General Assembly. They are accused by the organization of making issues like excessive inequality and climate change worse.
The once-thriving market in Omdurman, the second-most populous city in Sudan, has been almost destroyed by the nearly 18 months of fighting. As fighting raged in the capital, Khartoum, on the other side of the Nile,VOA gained rare access to the city and met residents.Henry Wilkins reports.
In Ukraine’s Donetsk region,a volunteer group is searching for the bodies of those killed during the war with Russia. About 2,000 bodies have been recovered since 2014, according to the group Platsdarm.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Security Council meeting on the theme “Leadership for peace: United in respect of the UN Charter, in search of a secure future” under maintenance of international peace and security on September.
A Tibetan monk has been sentenced to over 18 months in prison on charges of sharing a speech by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on social media, Tibetans living in exile told Radio Free Asia.
One woman in Iraqi Kurdistan is trying to bring life back to her village, which was abandoned 38 years ago.