The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, new data showed Friday, with cases largely driven by the super infectious omicron variants.Data released by Britain’s Office for National Statistics showed…
Delegates attending an urgent debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan are urging the international community to exert maximum pressure on the Taliban.In opening Friday’s debate, U.N. human rights chief Mi…
Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes likely to emerge in late 2022 due to low household purchasing powerKEY MESSAGESDespite expected below-average production for the current harvest that began in May, rural households are expected to continue consuming own pr…
For Breshna Salaam, the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan last year meant a return to the same extreme poverty she and her mother had experienced under the Taliban’s first time in control of the country.In 1996, the Taliban fired Salaam’s mother…
In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the co…
Maseru – Critical care patients in Lesotho will soon be spared a trip to South Africa to receive treatment. The country is on the verge of opening its first intensive care units in public hospitals.At Mafeteng Hospital in southwestern Lesotho, an eight…
Future waves of COVID-19 might be predicted using internet search data, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.In the study, researchers watched the number of COVID-related Google searches made across the country and used that…
Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech said on Wednesday they signed a $3.2 billion deal with the U.S. government for 105 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, which could be delivered as soon as later this summer.The deal includes supplies of a retooled …
Record-breaking drought in Ethiopia has caused child malnutrition rates to soar in the northern Afar region, where the only referral hospital says babies are dying within hours of arrival. Ethiopia’s war with Tigrayan forces has left less than 10 perce…