This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls. This will entail cutting just under half of all senior positions […]UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
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This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls. This will entail cutting just under half of all senior positions […]Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
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This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. António Guterres announced the move in a statement issued on Monday, in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The […]DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
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This article is published in association with United Nations. In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday. Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that […]CETA evaluation shows strong economic and social benefits
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. A study published today has found the EU and Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) boosted trade exports and diversified supply chains across all EU Member States. The study – carried out by independent experts, as part of the Commission’s commitment to evidence-based […]G7 Leaders’ statement on recent developments between Israel and Iran
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. We, the leaders of the G7, reiterate our commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East. In this context, we affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel. We also affirm the importance […]Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
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This article is published in association with United Nations. Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity. But hunger has followed them. Over 57 per cent of […]UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
June 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent […]DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing
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This article is published in association with United Nations. As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods. Since the beginning of the year, […]World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
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This article is published in association with United Nations. Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday. Between 1 January and 30 May, at least 2,680 people – including 54 children – were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped for ransom, and many more […]Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
June 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations. The humanitarian network is currently at a standstill because the internet shut down earlier this week after the last […]Egypt and EIB Global set to deploy EU grant aimed at greening Egyptian economy
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This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank’s development arm (EIB Global) and Egypt have signed an agreement for the use of a €21 million grant to help green the Egyptian economy. The grant, funded by the European Union and managed by EIB Global, is intended to accelerate efforts by the […]Commission assesses nuclear investment needs by 2050 in view of decarbonisation and competitiveness goals
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Delivering Member States’ plans regarding nuclear energy will requiresignificant investments, of around €241 billion until 2050, both for lifetime extensions of existing reactors and the construction of new large-scale reactors. Additional investments are needed for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) and […]Commission advances on the modernisation of EU-Switzerland relations
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This article is published in association with United Nations. Today, the European Commission takes a significant step to strengthen and expand the relationship between the EU and Switzerland. It is submitting proposals to the Council to authorise the signature and conclusion of a comprehensive package of agreements, marking an important milestone towards the ratification of a […]An educated medical workforce: Key to achieving health equity
June 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Gabriel Biroki, a fifth-year medical student at the, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon. He is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not […]Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes
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This article is published in association with United Nations. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging ‘maximum restraint’ from Member States. The head of the UN-backed atomic watchdog also highlighted the risk of a wider conflict. Any military escalation in the Middle East should be censured, the UN chief said […]Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
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This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday. The Council cleared its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing from […]Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday. The warning comes amidst increased violence and a worsening food security condition which has 11 out of 13 counties in […]France: EIB provides finance for Touax Rail’s investment plan
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Touax has announced a €50 million green loan – a loan that is entirely dedicated to climate action – from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the freight railcars part of its business. The EIB, which is the EU climate bank, is backing Touax’s sustained commitment to […]Finland to receive €235 million in EIB financing for hospital and school upgrades
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is signing two major financing agreements, totalling €235 million, to support critical public infrastructure in southern Finland. The funding will significantly enhance healthcare services across southern Finland and education services in Vantaa. The first agreement, worth €135 million, will support the […]World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe
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This article is published in association with United Nations. With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, the UN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once again sounded the alarm about the crisis unfolding in Sudan on Thursday. Tom Fletcher noted that over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance. Moreover, with famine […]UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. The move followed the Security Council’s failure to pass a similar resolution last week due to a lone veto by permanent […]EU addressing military mobility challenges
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To improve the movement of military troops, equipment and assets across the European Union and beyond, the European Commission and the EU’s High Representative, have started discussions with stakeholders to develop a Military Mobility Package. This package will address existing infrastructure bottlenecks, procedural obstacles, […]UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on board
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This article is published in association with United Nations. A London-bound Air India jet carrying 242 people crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, reportedly killing more than 200 on board, with dozens still unaccounted for. The plane – a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – crashed into a medical college about a mile from the city’s […]Commission proposes to postpone by one additional year the market risk prudential requirements under Basel III
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today adopted a delegated act that postpones by one additional year – until 1 January 2027 – the date of application of the one remaining part of the Basel III international standards in the EU – the Fundamental Review of […]GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. That’s a wrap That’s it for our live coverage of the General Assembly’s emergency session on protection of civilians in Gaza, although the debate is set to continue. Prior to the vote, President Philémon Yang remarked that once again the Assembly was called upon to take the […]EIB triples financing for banks to provide liquidity to SMEs in the supply chain of Europe’s defence industry, signs first deal with Deutsche Bank
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is tripling to €3 billion the intermediated financing available to Europe’s defence-industry suppliers in a fresh move to bolster security on the continent. The EIB is also triggering the new facility through an inaugural agreement with Deutsche Bank, providing long-term liquidity […]EBRD promotes competition by supporting Meros Pharm
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This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is promoting competition and transparency in Uzbekistan’s pharmaceutical sector by supporting the operations of its client Meros Pharm. The EBRD’s senior loan of up to US$ 25 million (€21.9 million) will help the country’s second largest wholesale distributor […]Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives. Europe is warming faster than any other WHO region, and the impact on people’s […]Ukraine: Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Civilian deaths and injuries in the first five months of 2025 were nearly 50 per cent higher than the same period last year, UN rights experts tasked with monitoring abuses in war-torn Ukraine said on Wednesday in their latest report. The toll includes 1,389 casualties in April (221 […]The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability. There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated […]EBRD supports Egypt with first private-to-private electricity contracts
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Energy market reform is taking a major step forward in Egypt as the government approves the first bilateral power purchase agreements between private generators and consumers. As part of a pilot of the private-to-private (P2P) rules, developed with technical support from the EBRD to the Egyptian […]‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday. […]Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians
June 12, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. This represents a 24 per cent increase from December 2024 according to the UN agency – the largest […]
