[ad_1] An airport security officer is trekking parts of the Great Wall of China to help him recover after a failed mission in South America. East Midlands Airport’s Michael McCorkindale is embarking on the challenge after a mission to the summit of Aconcagua was abandoned in March. He is walking along five different sections of […]

[ad_1] “Any ground operation would mean more suffering and death” for the 1.2 million displaced Palestinians sheltering in and around the Strip’s southernmost city, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists in Geneva. Echoing those concerns, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said that “Band-Aid” contingency plans have been made in case a full-scale military incursion […]

[ad_1] Lingneifel Vaiphei collapsed to the ground in agony after she saw the lifeless body of her infant child laid out on a cold steel stretcher in a mortuary in Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state. Steven’s body was tightly wrapped in a striped woollen shawl, traditionally worn by the Kuki-Zo tribe […]

[ad_1] In flip-flops and shorts, one of the finest soldiers in a resistance force battling the military junta in Myanmar showed off his weaponry. It was, he apologized, mostly in pieces. The rebel, Ko Shan Gyi, glued panels of plastic shaped by a 3D printer. Nearby, electrical innards foraged from Chinese-made drones used for agricultural […]

[ad_1] Footage shows a man narrowly avoiding falling into a river in southern Brazil as a motorway bridge gave way on Tuesday. Heavy rains – triggering huge floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul – have killed 39 people, with 68 still missing, local officials say. Tens of thousands have fled their homes […]

[ad_1] A fresh order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will, in the next 30 days, create the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited (NISO), leading to a split of the Transmission Commission of Nigeria (TCN). The order, marked NERC/2024/45, dated 30 April and signed by the Chairman/CEO, NERC, Sanusi Garba and Vice […]

[ad_1] The Court of Appeal, Abuja has stayed the execution of judgment of the Kogi State High Court against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and its chairman, Ola Olukoyede. The appellate court stayed the contempt proceeding commenced by the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, against the Chairman of the Commission, Ola […]

[ad_1] Toronto — The Mastercard Foundation today introduced the Mastercard Foundation Asset Management (MFAM) Corporation, a new, separate asset management company with a mandate to build and manage a diversified portfolio to support the mission of the Mastercard Foundation and the work of its partners over the long term. The Mastercard Foundation is a registered […]

[ad_1] Shells hit a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today, prompting aid workers to temporarily evacuate and resulting in up to 40 reported deaths and many others injured, with children among the casualties, Save the Children said.   Save the Children, along with a local NGO partner, was present at the Lushagala […]

[ad_1] The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come. As the rain kept beating down, rescuers in boats and planes searched for dozens of people reported missing among the ruins of collapsed homes, bridges and roads. […]