Category: Reports
Over 500,000 people, including more than 140,000 children, were homeless in the United States in 2015 due to few affordable housing and a sluggish economic recovery across much of the country, according to a new ...
The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has launched a 2.5 million euro appeal to help children affected by Typhoon Koppu in the Philippines. The charity said children face risks from contaminated water sources, lack of ...
A white police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, was justified in fatally shooting a 12-year-old African American boy holding an air gun moments after pulling up beside him, according to two outside reviews. The Cuyahoga County ...
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) achieved significant progress over the past 15 years, but persistent gaps in official development assistance and insufficient access to markets, affordable medicines and new technologies have highlighted the need for ...
« Unfortunately, we have now reached a milestone whereby over 2,000 migrants and refugees have died as of this past weekend, » Itayi Virri, a spokesman for the IOM, said on Tuesday. Also in a statement, the ...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that the more than 70,000 Liberian children whose births were not recorded during the Ebola outbreak may be unable to access basic health and social services, obtain ...
ISIL Takfiris have reportedly killed at least 120 civilians since re-entering the Syrian border town of Kobani on Thursday. « According to medical sources and Kobani residents, 120 civilians were executed by IS (ISIL) in their ...
UN report claiming « substantial information » that both Israel and Palestinians committed war crimes during Gaza conflict rejected by both sides . Both Israel and Palestinian militants committed grave violations during last year’s Gaza conflict that ...
WHO today issued its first-ever guidance for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, a viral infection which is spread through blood and body fluids, attacking the liver and resulting in an estimated 650 000 deaths ...
Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer may be a patriarchal society that puts young ...
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