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3.7 million children in earthquake-affected Syria face catastrophic combination of threats, warns UNICEF Executive Director, following two-day visit
(C) UNICEF/UN0795024/DeebOn 1 March 2023 in in Aleppo, Syria, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell holds a child while visiting Ahmad Adeeb Al-Ali School (“The School Shelter”), which is currently operating as a temporary collective shelter for...2023-03-02 766 0 -
Foreign Secretary in India to forge stronger economic and tech ties in Indo-Pacific
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting India to mark a new scheme allowing young Brits and Indians to live and work in each other’s countries for up to 2 years, which was announced by the Home...2023-03-01 680 0 -
New UK partnership to tackle climate change in Latin America
The UK has joined IDB Invest, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) focused on development through the private sector, in a move designed to boost the UK’s work reducing poverty and tackling...2023-03-01 703 0 -
2.5 million children in Türkiye need urgent humanitarian assistance
(C)UNICEF/UN0793737/KaracanUNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a psychosocial session in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, with children who survived the devastating twin earthquakes UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell concluded a two-day visit to Türkiye, where she met with...2023-03-01 694 0 -
B737 MAX Flights are back to the sky in China
B737 MAX flights, which were grounded following the two fatal accidents, are now being permitted to resume in China by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Fuzhou Airlines became the third domestic Chinese airline to...2023-03-01 8383 0 -
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
(C)UNICEF/UN0541828/SatuJahan, 18, gave birth to her first baby with the support of a UNICEF primary healthcare centre in the Rohingya refugee camps. Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the...2023-02-27 1377 0 -
Bangladesh – UK Trade and Investment Dialogue 2023
The second Bangladesh – UK Trade and Investment Dialogue was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 19 February 2023. The Government of Bangladesh was represented by the Commerce Secretary, Mr Tapan Kanti Ghosh. The British High Commissioner,...2023-02-19 1009 0 -
UK development minister visits Turkey-Syria earthquake response
Minister for Development Andrew Mitchell in Türkoğlu, Turkey. • first trip by UK minister to Turkey since devastating earthquakes to witness first-hand impact of UK aid, helping those affected in Turkey and Syria • follows major new...2023-02-19 655 0 -
British soldiers lead joint desert training exercise with Oman
British troops have been honing their desert war-fighting skills on a training area six times the size of Salisbury Plain over the last two weeks (3-14 February). They were taking part in Exercise Khanjar Oman, the...2023-02-18 670 0 -
UK leading NATO’s response to Turkey earthquakes
Troops and equipment onboard a C-17 flying to Turkey from the UK earlier this week. An RAF Atlas A400M and two C130 Hercules are transporting a NATO Operational Liaison and Reconnaissance Team (OLRT) from Italy to...2023-02-17 643 0
