The number of measles infections worldwide increased by 20% between 2022 and 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US health agency CDC reported on Thursday. The estimated number of cases globally was 10.3 million in 2023. Almost 110,000 people died, most of them children under 5 years, which was about 8% less than...
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Energy cooperation with Azerbaijan deepens, gasification in focus of talks
Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources, Sanja Bozhinovska, as part of the official delegation led by President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova to the Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, attended a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. Talks focused on the potential for cooperation in the area of energy, particularly gasification. “Participants in...
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European Parliament votes for delay on anti-deforestation regulation
The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favour for a delay on the implementation of an anti-deforestation regulation by a year after months of criticism. EU legislators, the majority of them from the far-right and centre-right political groups, backed the delay with 371 votes in favour, 30 abstentions, and 240 against, according to a statement....
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Trump selects Musk to lead new Department of Government Efficiency
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that billionaire Elon Musk would lead a new Department of Government Efficiency with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform that Musk and Ramaswamy “will pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures,...
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UNESCO: One journalist killed every four days
One journalist was killed every four days over the past two years, according to a new report by UNESCO released on Saturday, coinciding with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Of the 162 killings of journalists in 2022 and 2023 verified by the Paris-based scientific and cultural organization, more than half...
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UN agencies say entire population of Gaza at risk of death
The heads of 15 United Nations aid organizations and private groups called for an immediate end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip in a joint statement on Friday, warning that the entire population of northern Gaza is at risk of death. They said the situation in the north of the coastal strip, where Israel’s...
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OSCE observers criticize Georgian election
International election observers have expressed concern about numerous irregularities following the parliamentary election in Georgia. The experts complained of instances of voter intimidation, pressure on authorities, violence against observers, vote-buying, multiple voting and ballot stuffing, the mission from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) reported on Sunday in the capital, Tbilisi. They...
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Lebanon raises death toll in Beirut strikes to 22
The death toll in Israeli strikes launched on Thursday in central Beirut rose to 22, the Lebanese Ministry of Health has said. One hundred and seventeen others were injured, the ministry added. The attack was the third to hit central Beirut since Israel started a military campaign in Lebanon last month targeting the Iranian-allied Hezbollah...
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EU countries clear the way for €35 billion loan for Ukraine
EU ambassadors in Brussels cleared the way for €35 billion ($39 billion) in loans for Ukraine secured by windfall profits from frozen Russian assets on Wednesday. The Council of the European Union – the EU body representing the 27 member states – publicized the decision. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the loan...
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Hundreds feared dead after ship sinks in Congo, rescue ongoing
At least 126 people have died after a boat sank in Lake Kivu in Congo, authorities said on Thursday. Initially, more than 450 people were believed to have been aboard the ferry en route to the eastern city of Goma, but official Venant Rugusha Descartes later spoke of 700 passengers. Forty-five people have been rescued...