Christopher Harper

Syria’s needs are at their highest ever, says top rights probe |

Christopher Harper29 June 2022

According to the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, 14.6 million Syrians depend on humanitarian assistance, 12 million face acute food insecurity, and nine in 10 now live below the poverty...

Economy

Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead |

Christopher Harper28 June 2022

“The conflict-related casualty figures in this report are not simply a set of abstract numbers, but represent individual human beings,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, in...

Money

Middle East: Mounting violence leaving ‘scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties’ |

Christopher Harper27 June 2022

Speaking via video conference from Jerusalem, Tor Wennesland, expressed alarm over continued demonstrations and clashes; settler-related violence; and the firing of a rocket from Gaza into Israel, the first in months,...

Economy

Abu Akleh shooting: fatal shot came from Israeli forces, says OHCHR |

Christopher Harper24 June 2022

Ms. Akleh – an experienced television journalist familiar with reporting in the Occupied Palestinian Territories - was killed on 11 May, as she attempted to report on an arrest operation...

Money

Supporting UN’s Palestine refugee agency, means ‘investing in stability for the region’ |

Christopher Harper23 June 2022

“It means investing in the economic and social wellbeing of Palestine refugees and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly ad hoc committee...

Economy

Syria: Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye |

Christopher Harper20 June 2022

Overall, more than 14 million people in Syria require assistance amid a dire situation in which infrastructure has crumbled and economic activity halved due to conflict, regional financial crises, sanctions,...

Health

Lebanon: $3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees |

Christopher Harper20 June 2022

The 2022 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) aims to deliver critical assistance to more than three million people as vulnerabilities rise, and to support public infrastructure, services, and the local...

Health

Socio-economic meltdown leaves Lebanese ‘hanging on by a thread’ |

Christopher Harper16 June 2022

“I have listened to stories of shock and of loss. Young people whose dream is simply to go to school are now chasing informal jobs to provide for their families,”...

Health

Yemen truce holding, but full measures still not in place |

Christopher Harper14 June 2022

Ambassadors were briefed by two top UN officials who provided an update on the impact of the agreement between the Government and Houthi rebels, which was recently renewed for an...

Money

Yemen: UN launches crowdfunding campaign to head off decaying oil tanker threat |

Christopher Harper13 June 2022

The goal is to raise funds to start the $80 million emergency operation to transfer oil from the FSO Safer to a temporary vessel. The FSO Safer is moored off...

Syria’s needs are at their highest ever, says top rights probe |

Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead |

Middle East: Mounting violence leaving ‘scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties’ |

Abu Akleh shooting: fatal shot came from Israeli forces, says OHCHR |

Supporting UN’s Palestine refugee agency, means ‘investing in stability for the region’ |

Syria: Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye |

Lebanon: $3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees |

Socio-economic meltdown leaves Lebanese ‘hanging on by a thread’ |

Yemen truce holding, but full measures still not in place |

Yemen: UN launches crowdfunding campaign to head off decaying oil tanker threat |

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Genetic data is worth more than warm spit

Trump needs concessions from Putin — they may be forthcoming

Contentious New Zealand bill leads to Maori protests, including in Parliament

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Cesarewitch appeal: Alphonse Le Grande reinstated as winner after panel rules on whip count | Racing News

Rise of the Golden Idol review – a gruesome, bizarre and brilliant 1970s detective game | Games

Genetic data is worth more than warm spit

Trump needs concessions from Putin — they may be forthcoming

Contentious New Zealand bill leads to Maori protests, including in Parliament

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Amazon launches fixed pricing to treat hair loss, erectile dysfunction

Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder believes he will be handed lengthy ban for Heung-Min Son racial slur | Football News

The Onion to acquire InfoWars from bankruptcy

Disney-Reliance Indian media giant says TV ‘is not dead’ following $8.5bn merger

UN climate talks haven’t improved Earth’s climate prognosis in 3 years