Global economic growth is projected to slow down from an estimated 2.7 percent in 2023 to 2.4 percent in 2024, according to the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024 report, launched on Thursday. Weakening global trade, high borrowing costs, elevated public debt, persistently low investmen»»»

Conflicts, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic made more than a quarter-billion people suffer acute food insecurity last year in 58 countries. That's roughly three percent of the global population which now stands at eight billion. Acute food insecurity is when a person’s inability to consume »»»

Over 250 million people across 58 nations experienced acute food insecurity last year due to various factors spearheaded by conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a U.N. report published Wednesday. "More than a quarter of a billion peopl»»»

ROME: More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year due to conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The Global Report on food Crises, an alliance of humanitarian orga»»»

More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year due to conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The Global Report on Food Crises, an alliance of humanitarian organizati»»»

Tokyo [Japan], August 6 (ANI): On the 77th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing by the United States, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will become the first UN chief to attend the annual ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park on Saturday after his predecessor Ban Ki Moon's visit in 2010.Th»»»

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Hiroshima marked the 76th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States on Friday, with its mayor urging world leaders to shift away from nuclear deterrence to trust-building dialogue. In the annual ceremony, which was scaled down once again this year amid surging coro»»»

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation has urged the globe to vaccinate all health workers in the next 100 days in the battle against coronavirus. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered a recorded video address to the event on Tuesday where he further outlined plans for rich countri»»»