Section: US & Canada
UN seeks record $3.1B to help 62 million children at risk
The United Nations is appealing for $3.1 billion to reach 62 million children at risk in humanitarian crises worldwide, including those living in Ukraine, Syria and other conflict zones and in areas affected by the Ebola epidemic. …read more Source: CTV...
Why UNICEF Needs $3 Billion
Humanitarian crises stemming from violent conflict, climate change and health epidemics will affect 62 million children this year according to UNICEF, which launched its largest appeal for funds ever on Thursday. The agency is seeking $3.1 billion in funding for its Humanitarian Action for Children 2015 appeal, $1 billion more than last year, to...
Mikhail Gorbachev warns Russia, West tensions headed to ‘hot war’
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says tensions between Russia and the West have hit such high levels that outright war is right around the corner. He was speaking in context of the 5,100-plus people who have been killed in conflicts in Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. Ukraine says … …read more Source: The Washington...
Violence spirals in east Ukraine
There’s been a new round of fighting in Eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian rebels face off with Ukrainian soldiers. As Elizabeth Palmer reports, the war of words is back on as well. …read more Source:...
German jobless rate drops to lowest since fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin (AFP) – German unemployment fell in January to the lowest level since the country was reunited in 1990, official data showed Thursday.The number of people registered as unemployed in Germany fell by a seasonally-adjusted 9,000 to 2.8 million in January, the Federal Labour Office said, the fewest since the fall of the Berlin Wall....
Disappearance Of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Declared An ‘Accident’
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Malaysia has declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an “accident,” its Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said on Thursday. The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared on March 8 last year, carrying 239 passengers and crew shortly after taking off from the Malaysian capital of Kuala...
UN wants $3.1 billion to help 62 million at risk children
The United Nations is appealing for $3.1 billion to reach 62 million children at risk in humanitarian crises worldwide, including those living in Ukraine, Syria and other conflict zones and in areas affected by the Ebola epidemic. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia suspends role in Europe’s human rights watchdog after being stripped of vote
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday voted to renew sanctions against Russia, which includes stripping its voting rights, over the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
Gorbachev warns of military conflict between Russia, West
MOSCOW (AP) — Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the confrontation between Russia and the West could spill into all-out war. More than 5,100 people have been killed in a bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine between government troops and pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine accuses Russia of aiding the separatists while Russia says the West is...
UN seeking $3.1 billion to help children at risk
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations is appealing for $3.1 billion to reach 62 million children at risk in humanitarian crises worldwide, including those living in Ukraine, Syria and other conflict zones and in areas affected by the Ebola epidemic. The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said Thursday the largest portion, $903 million, would be...
