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UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen

The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster

The Independent UK

No progress on biases against women during past decade, UN reports

Data tracking biases against women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining "deeply embedded" in society despite rights campaigns such as MeToo, a UN report said Monday.

France 24

How raising tobacco taxes can save lives and cut poverty across the Asia-Pacific

The human costs of tobacco and smoking worldwide are huge. 1.3 billion people use tobacco, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. More than 8 million people die prematurely because of tobacco, at an annual economic loss of at least US$1.4 trillion. And you don’t have to be a smoker to…

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WHO: We need food, not tobacco

As we mark World No Tobacco Day today, it is imperative that we reflect on this year's theme: "We need food, not tobacco." While smoking continues to pose a significant public health threat in Thailand, we must also recognise the adverse impact of tobacco cultivation on tobacco farmers, food security…

Bangkok Post

On a culinary homecoming, influencer chefs look to perpetuate Palestinian dishes

For Canadian celebrity chef Suzanne Husseini, a first culinary tour of the Palestinian territories was a chance to preserve and promote the dishes and folk-remedies of her ancestry.

Reuters

Central Pattana unveils Pride festival activities at Thai malls

Central Pattana, the real estate developer and operator of Central malls, is joining hands with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Galderma Thailand, Muse by Metinee, Bangkok Pride and Tiffany's Show Pattaya Co to promote the Thailand Pride Celebration 2023.

Bangkok Post

Factbox-Parametric insurance policies help cushion climate impacts

The damage wrought by climate change has spurred countries and communities across the developing world to look at using so-called 'parametric' insurance to help cushion the financial blow.

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'Losing our best': activists killed in war seen as blow to Ukraine's future

Investigative journalist Oleksandr Tsakhniv spent much of his professional life trying to uncover corruption in Ukraine's eastern hinterlands where he lived and worked.

Reuters

The destruction of nature threatens the world economy. It’s time to outlaw it as a serious financial crime

Last year, the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment was formally recognized by the UN–and more legislation is coming.

Fortune

Dutch salvage team set to pump oil off rusting Yemen tanker

A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen

The Independent UK

UN predicts Afghan economy would contract if aid drops 30%

Afghanistan's economy will contract, inflation will rise and liquidity will fall if there is a 30% drop in international aid as feared, according to an analysis by the United Nations' development agency released on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN Ship Due to Prevent Oil Spill from Yemen’s Safer Departs for Red Sea

A supertanker bought by the United Nations to remove oil from a ship abandoned off Yemen's coast departed China on Thursday, the UN announced, calling it a "significant" step in efforts to prevent a major spill. The UN Development Program (UNDP) had in March purchased the crude carrier Nautica to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two months after Türkiye-Syria earthquakes, volunteer rescuers are pained by those they couldn't save

Turkish volunteer rescue worker Bayram Çini still has nightmares about those he couldn't save. But nothing has touched him more deeply than the seven-hour rescue of Kerem and his cat Strawberry.

ABC News

Bobby Ghosh: At last, some good news from Yemen

It’s been so long since there was any cause for optimism in Yemen that you might want to cross your fingers before you read on: The likelihood of an environmental catastrophe in the Red Sea, one of the country’s many calamities, is abating.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan Warns of Repeated Talks about Possible Destructive Quake in Istanbul

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that repeated talks of a potential destructive earthquake in Istanbul are spreading fear among the city’s residents. Erdogan spoke during his interview with several Turkish TV channels Wednesday evening about the challenges that faced the government in convincing Istanbul residents living in houses…

Al Jazeera

Lack of cross-border flood alerts adds to disaster fears in Nepal

Amid threat of glacial lake floods, analysts rue a lack of information sharing among China, India and Nepal.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Earthquake Damage Set to Exceed $100 Bln, Says UN Agency

Damage caused by a devastating earthquake in Türkiye will exceed $100 billion, a UN Development Program official told a press briefing on Tuesday ahead of a major donor conference next week. "It's clear from the calculations being done to date that the damage figure presented by the government and supported…

Radio France Internationale

Least Developed Countries summit kicks off in Doha

The 5th Least Developed Countries summit started in Qatar's capital with a top UN official warning that "urgent" measures are needed to help 52 countries facing debt repayment problems that put some at risk of default.

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The Lake Chad Basin is a security nightmare. 5 guidelines for finding solutions

It is now 14 years since Boko Haram and other armed groups began to operate in the Lake Chad Basin. The region, which includes Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, has become unstable and the people who live there are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

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Türkiye and Syria earthquake death toll passes 50,000, as 18,000 war refugees return to Syria

Many Syrians who went to Türkiye — which is home to more than three-and-a-half million refugees — to escape the civil war, say the earthquakes were even more frightening than the conflict.

The Independent UK

Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

A top European Union official says the powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria will require a huge reconstruction operation at a scale “never seen before.”

Bangkok Post

Thwarting violence and extremism

As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of Covid-19, new and ongoing conflicts, as well as the perfect storm of climate change, biodiversity degradation and multiple forms of pollution, we are seeing a growing sense of insecurity and polarisation that increasingly translates into threats to the core fabric…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Recruits to Extremist Groups Expected to Surge in Africa

More people are joining terrorist groups in Africa, which draws questions on its reasons, said a new report by the UN's international development agency. The report underscored the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Meanwhile, experts expected recruitment to increase as the African governments and international powers fail…

France 24

Urgent need for international focus on drivers of extremist violence, UNDP says

In tonight's edition: We speak to Achim Steiner, the UNDP's administrator, about the urgent need for international focus on the drivers that lead to violent extremism. In Ghana, there are fears of a spillover in violence from Burkina Faso. Meanwhile in the Malian capital Bamako, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…

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