Abu Dhabi, Emirates Steel recorded a nearly 50% increase over the past two years in the number of its export markets in Europe, America, Asia, and the Middle East and […]
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Marking Delivery of Half a Billion U.S.-Donated COVID-19 Vaccines
Statement by Administrator Samantha Power For Immediate Release Thursday, March 17, 2022 Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov Today, the United States has delivered half a billion COVID-19 vaccines, all donated […]
Read moreWar in Ukraine leads Audi to scrap 2022 forecast
Published by DPA Uncertainty generated by the war in Ukraine led upmarket German carmaker Audi to say on Thursday it would not be issuing a forecast for 2022 as a […]
Read moreUkraine: Armed conflict and displacement heightens risks of all forms of sexual violence including trafficking in persons, say UN experts
GENEVA/NEW YORK The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, and the UN Under-Secretary-General and…
Read moreIOM Assists More than 500 Nigerians Stranded in Libya Safely Return Home
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) yesterday assisted the safe return home of 162 Nigerian migrants from Libya, the fourth such charter flight for this year. So far 19,452 Nigerians have been assisted to voluntarily return home between …
Read moreUN: Dueling Governments in Libya Could Lead to More Instability
NEW YORK — A senior U.N. official warned Wednesday that the current political standoff in Libya could lead to instability and two parallel governments in the country.”As long as the standoff over executive legitimacy continues, Libya could again see tw…
Read moreUN Extends South Sudan Peacekeeping Mission for One Year
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to prolong its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for one more year, after Russia and China chose to abstain.The Council’s 13 other members all voted in favor of the resolution, which extends th…
Read moreBiden Administration Considers Expediting Resettlement of Ukrainian Refugees with US Connections
Marta Havryliuk and her 13-year-old son, Ostap, were living in Busk, Lvivska oblast, when Russia invaded Ukraine.”At first, there were doubts whether to go or not,” Havryliuk told VOA via Skype from Warsaw. “But later, when (the bombings) were getting …
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