GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations warned Friday that it would no longer be able to feed 600,000 refugees in Chad within weeks unless it receives urgent international funding. The UN's World Food Programme said Chad was hosting the biggest refugee population in west and central Africa, with...
The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee is set to meet again next month to discuss whether or not Covid-19 is still a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Western Pacific Region Emergency Director Dr. Babatunde Olowokure said that the emergency panel will then give...
BANGUI, Central African Republic -- Yaguina Nesly waits outside a hut whose walls of corrugated steel are daubed in green and white paint. It is one of a large number of unlicensed pharmacies in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) -- outlets for cheap medication for the city's...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's prime minister vowed Friday to tackle an insidious enemy that causes enormous economic damage and misery for the country's citizens each year: pollen. Japan's spring season might be best known for the blooming of its famed cherry blossoms and the good cheer of flower-watching...
BEIJING, China -- Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to forge closer ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing on Friday, a day after he lashed out at the power of the US dollar and the IMF. The veteran leftist, whose government recently announced a deal with...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's government said Friday it had approved a controversial plan to build the country's first legal casino in Osaka, hoping to draw tourists after years of wrangling. The local governments of Osaka and Nagasaki in western Japan have long sought approval to build "integrated...
HOUSTON, United States -- A "horrific" explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the southern US state of Texas killed about 18,000 head of cattle and injured one agricultural worker, authorities said on Thursday. "This was the deadliest barn fire for cattle in Texas history and the investigation and...
SEOUL, South Korea -- A bus carrying Israeli tourists overturned on a rural road in central South Korea, local police told AFP Friday, leaving one person dead and dozens more injured. The bus carrying 33 Israeli tourists was travelling from the popular historic city of Gyeongju in the southeast to...
SYDNEY, Australia -- A severe tropical cyclone lashed northwestern Australia Friday bringing the strongest winds the country has ever recorded, but officials said towns and cities appeared to have escaped the worst of the storm. Tropical Cyclone Ilsa made landfall in the early hours as a category...
There is a slight increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases in the Philippines but this is not a cause for concern at this time, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, April 14. Recently, the Department of Health (DOH) monitored an uptick in the number of new Covid-19...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia was preparing Thursday to host an Arab regional meeting on ending Syria's isolation at a time of dizzying diplomatic shifts following its deal to resume relations with rival Iran. Friday's nine-nation talks in Jeddah, the Red Sea gateway to Mecca, come after...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday declared "I'm home" as he was feted on a visit to his ancestral homeland Ireland, whose story he said proved the triumph of hope over despair. Gearing up for a potential election rematch against Donald Trump, the Irish-American Democrat dwelt on...
