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Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where they face staggering levels of violence that have exacerbated hunger and malnutrition in a country already mired in poverty and a resurgence of deadly cholera.
“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory.
KOHIMA, Jun 15: Nagaland Governor, La. Ganesan the Wokha district had been aptly called the “Land of Plenty.” He said the people in the district should live up to it and become the food bowl of the State.
Addressing a meeting with the Heads of Offices in the district and Civil Societies Organisation at the Deputy Commissioner’s Official residence, Wokha on 15 June 2023, he said it was his earnest wish and desire to see Wokha as a developed district one day and contribute immensely to the State as well as the Nation.… Read the rest
Gunmen stormed a village close to the capital of the remote north-eastern state on Tuesday
At least nine people have been shot dead in the remote north-eastern Indian state of Manipur in the latest incident in weeks of violence that has claimed more than 100 lives.
José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up
A veteran journalist and founder of one of Guatemala’s oldest newspapers has been sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering, in a case widely condemned as politically motivated.
Suspect charged with attempted murder after incident at military training ground
An 18-year-old military recruit has been detained after he shot and killed two fellow soldiers and wounded a third at a training range in central Japan.
“During a live-bullet exercise as part of new personnel training, one Self-Defense Force candidate fired at three personnel,” the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) said in a statement.