6+ hour, 2+ min ago  (569+ words) Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes " or cannot safely return to them " after the…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (468+ words) In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days since the double-earthquake disaster. The miraculous story of the three-year-old's rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (522+ words) The United Nations has overhauled a decades-old "Kafkaesque financial rule" that requires it to return unspent funds to Member States - even when those funds had never been deposited in the first place. The decision taken by the General Assembly on…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (693+ words) The UN agency serving 5. 9 million Palestine refugees, UNRWA, continues to strive to deliver on its mandate while facing an unprecedented $100 million budget shortfall, a gap it hopes to narrow during Tuesday's pledging conference at UN Headquarters. Operating primarily on voluntary…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (455+ words) Re-opening the Strait of Hormuz would bring vital relief for many economies, but developing countries will continue to grapple with increased food and fuel costs, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday. Following the shaky ceasefire in the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (816+ words) Five humanitarian workers have been killed after a clearly marked aid convoy was ambushed in Jonglei State, South Sudan. The convoy, operated by the John Dau Foundation, was transporting humanitarian staff returning from an Action Against Hunger training exercise when…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (565+ words) The deadly Venezuela quakes have deepened hardship for families who already needed support and left others without homes, income or regular access to food. Before the disaster, the World Food Programme (WFP) was already assisting around 500, 000 people through school meals…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (380+ words) Millions of children across the globe are already using artificial intelligence to learn, solve problems and even seek advice about personal worries, while safeguards are failing to keep pace with the technology's rapid adoption. Based on new data from 10 countries,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (295+ words) Three agricultural revolutions got us here. The first gave humanity settled agriculture. The second transformed land use and productivity through new methods and early machinery. The third " the Green Revolution " combined improved seeds, fertilizers, and modern practice to feed a…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (179+ words) Global Issues. org Security Council LIVE: Spotlight on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory Israeli settlement activities in occupied Palestinian territory, declared illegal under a decade-old resolution, are under the spotlight at the Security Council's open meeting at 10am local time…...