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Three wives of his political allies have been nominated to key diplomatic roles A fourth influential woman - Caroline Kennedy - could be given a plum job Caroline Kennedy was previously Barack Obamas ambassador to Japan Another Kennedy, Victoria - wife of the late Ted Kennedy - has been nominated She is being asked to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Austria Jamie Harpootlian, wife of a South Carolina senator, is being offered Slovenia  The coveted jobs in Paris and London are also likely to go...

Jeong-Ho Lee, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- North Korea is facing its worse food shortages in more than a decade, it said in a report to the United Nations, giving the world notice Pyongyang is bracing for one of its biggest domestic challenges since Kim Jong Un took power. Food production dropped to its lowest level in 2018 due to “natural disasters and weak resilience, insufficient farming materials and low level of mechanization,” North Korea said in a Voluntary National Review for...

Cubas leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel, blames U.S. sanctions for discontent. Canada expresses concern The United States stands with the people of Cuba in their call for freedom and relief from the coronavirus pandemic and decades of repression, President Joe Biden said on Monday as the streets of Havana appeared quiet a day after rare public protests. Global Affairs Canada, meanwhile, said it is closely monitoring the situation in Cuba and  concerned by recent events. Canada supports the right to...

Bloomberg HT BM: Dünyada açlık 15 yılın zirvesinde Birleşmiş Milletlerin yayınladığı yeni rapora göre, dünyada açlık geçen yıl ani bir artış göstererek nüfus artışını geride bıraktı. Birleşmiş Milletlere (BM) göre, dünyada açlık geçen yıl ani bir artış göstererek nüfus artışını geride bıraktı ve Kovid-19 pandemisi gelirleri düşürdüğü ve gıdaya erişimi engellediği için 2005ten bu yana en yüksek seviyeye ulaştı. BM, yayınladığı s...

International News Violence erupts over jailing of South Africa’s ex-president MOOI RIVER, South Africa (AP) — Supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are protesting his imprisonment, burning trucks, commercial property, and blocking major roads in KwaZulu-Natal province. Jul. 10 2021 @ 11:15pm A section of a main freeway, at the Mooi River Plaza in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, is blocked off, Saturday, July 10, 2021 after trucks were set alight in overnight pro...

10 Jul 2021 - 11:12 KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States has provided 1,484,900 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines to Afghanistan through the international platform COVAX. On June 3, the Biden-Harris administration announced its framework for delivering at least 80 million doses worldwide and set out its plan to allocate the first 25 million doses, the US embassy in Kabul said. The vaccines are the first of over 3.3 million doses pledged to Afghanistan by ...

‘Korea’s support assured for Sri Lanka’s path to prosperity’ Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The bilateral ties between Sri Lanka and South Korea have reached unprecedented heights covering many areas such as trade, investment, labour cooperation, culture and Official Development Assistance (ODA). The country which is exploring more investment opportunities in Sri Lanka in fields such as agriculture, renewable energy, liquefied natural gas (LNG), infrastructure and digita...

UN: Over 400,000 people in Ethiopias Tigray face famine now EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press July 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail In this Saturday, May 8, 2021, photo, an Ethiopian woman scoops up grains of wheat after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. As the United States warns that up to 900,000 people in Tigray face famine conditions in the world’s worst hunger crisis in a decade, little is known about vast a...

UN warns 400,000 affected by famine in Tigray, 1.8 million on brink 2 minutes read United Nations, Jul 2 (EFE).- More than 400,000 people in the Ethiopian region of Tigray are experiencing famine, with another 1.8 million on the brink, the United Nations warned Friday. Ramesh Rajasingham, acting humanitarian aid chief of the UN, warned the Security Council that the situation in the region has “worsened dramatically” in the last two weeks and the lives of many will depend on whether or not...

Kuraklık o ülkede 400 bin kişiyi açlıktan ölüme sürüklüyor Birleşmiş Milletler, Afrikanın güneydoğusundaki ada ülkesi Madagaskarda kuralık krizinin şiddetlendiğine dikkat çekti. 2021-06-27 03:32:00 - Birleşmiş Milletler (BM), Afrikanın güneydoğusundaki ada ülkesi Madagaskarda kuralık krizinin şiddetlendiğine dikkat çekti. BM Dünya Gıda Programı (WFP) tarafından yapılan açıklamaya göre, ülkenin güneyinde şiddetlenen kuraklık yaklaşık 400 bin kişi...