Avellon Williams KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- On Tuesday, the United Nations and its partners launched a $4.4 billion funding appeal to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan in 2022. The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief chief Martin Griffiths told reporters in Geneva that the appeal for humanitarian assistance is the largest ever made to a single […]
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Avellon Williams ROME- Pope Francis suggested Monday that the Coronavirus vaccine was a “moral obligation ,” and he lamented how people had rejected one of the most effective ways to save lives due to “baseless information”. During his annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, in which he assesses the state of the […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- While reporting on the lack of security in the country’s capital, two journalists were shot and burned to death by a gang in Haiti. Reporter Amady John Wesley died alongside radio journalist Wilguens Louissaint after being attacked in Petion-Ville by members of the Ti Makak gang on Thursday. The two reporters had gone to the area with a third […]
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Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA- The United States Coast Guard recently reported that 119 Cuban migrants were returned to Cuba in dozens of operations conducted over three days, as an increasing number of Cuban migrants attempted to enter the U.S. through its waters. “The migrants were swept up in the south Florida straits from the Bahamas […]
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Avellon Williams VATICAN – Pope Francis has ruffled the feathers of childless pet owners by suggesting those who replace their children with pets show “a certain selfishness”. In a public address at the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Francis said that pets “sometimes take the place of children” in modern society. “Today … we see a form […]
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Avellon Williams HONG KONG — As part of the city’s effort to stem an outbreak of omicron, Hong Kong authorities banned flights from the U.S. and seven other countries for two weeks on Wednesday. The city also halted 2,500 passengers from boarding a cruise ship for coronavirus testing. From Sunday through January 21, passenger flights from Australia, Canada, France, […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD- As Delta continues to rumble across the globe, yet another mutation of the COVID-19 virus named Omicron has emerged, threatening to send the world economy into another tailspin , which has the potential to morph into another Great depression, rivaling that of the 1930s. Omicron, which so far has led to fewer hospitalisations and […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than 28,000 children have died in Afghanistan conflicts since 2005. “Afghanistan, for example, has had an unprecedented number of confirmed child casualties since 2005 – exceeding 28,500 – accounting for 27 percent of all child casualties around the world,” according to the organization. Children […]
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Avellon Williams GONAIVES, HAITI- In the northwestern city of Gonaives, Prime Minister Ariel Henry fled following a shootout between his security forces and armed men who forewarned him not to enter the city. Winter Etienne, leader of The Revolutionaries group in Raboteau, an area in Gonaïves, had warned Henry not to come to the city for Independence Day because of […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – According to figures released by Labour Party leader Sir Kier Starmer, black African and Caribbean children are twice as likely to live in poverty. The Child Poverty Action Group and the Social Metrics Commission have reported similar data in previous reports to The Guardian. Labour reiterated its commitment to introduce a Race […]
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