UN and partners assist scores affected by crises in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza
Humanitarians continue to provide support to people caught up in conflicts in the Middle East region, the UN reported on Thursday.
‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief
The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global drug policy, stating that the decades-long “War on Drugs” approach has “destroyed countless lives and damaged entire communities”.
$1.4 billion needed for sexual and reproductive health services in crisis-hit countries
The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, appealed on Thursday for $1.4 billion to safeguard the rights and well-being of women, girls and youth in 57 crisis-affected countries in the coming year.
How the Messy Process of Milking Cows Can Spread Bird Flu
On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say.
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Football 301 Playbook: What makes the NFC West so hard to predict?
Between the Seahawks’ rapidly improving defense, the Cardinals’ efficient offense and the Rams’ relentless pass rush, this is the NFL’s most fascinated division.
UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin believed to have left a message at the scene on bullet casings: report
New evidence suggests that the suspect who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday may have left a message behind on the bullet casings at the scene. Police sources told the New York Post that the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” were written on the live rounds and casings left behind by the assassin after…
Security ramped up for annual Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare CEO
Security was ramped up for the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center’s iconic Christmas tree Wednesday evening, hours after a masked gunman shot and killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel just a few blocks away. Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey said there would be a “massive presence” of police, including additional officers…
LAX shuttle bus passenger blames racist tirade aimed at wedding photographer on brain injury: ‘Agitated very easily’
Taufiq told The Post he did tell her to “shut the f—k up and never speak to son again,” and have a face-to-face with her husband, but only after she told the child to shut up.