WHO reports sharp rise in newborn deaths in Gaza
GENEVA, Switzerland — Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being born underweight, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, citing medics on the ground.
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Zubiri to IPU fellows: Be agents of peace
SENATE President Juan Miguel «Migz» Zubiri has called on fellow members of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) to serve as ambassadors of peace in the face of wars and conflicts across various regions worldwide, including the South China Sea.
Press Release - SP Zubiri to World Parliamentarians: Let's help silence guns, facilitate peace even in the WPS
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has appealed to fellow members of the International Parliamentarian Union (IPU) to be "facilitators of peace" amidst all wars and conflict now happening in different parts of the world, even in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
UN expert accuses Israel of several acts of 'genocide' in Gaza
GENEVA, Switzerland — A UN rights expert on Monday said there were "reasonable grounds" to determine that Israel has committed several acts of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, also warning of "ethnic cleansing".
Zubiri to lead Senate delegation in Geneva IPU assembly
MANILA, Philippines — Five senators will go to the 148th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly next week in Geneva, Switzerland.
Planet 'on the brink', with new heat records likely in 2024 — UN
GENEVA, Switzerland — Global temperatures "smashed" heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said Tuesday— warning 2024 was likely to be even hotter.
Gaza war kills more children than in four years of worldwide conflict — UNRWA
GENEVA, Switzerland — More children have been reported killed in the war raging in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday.
Above-normal temperatures for March-May due to El Niño — UN
GENEVA, Switzerland — The warming El Niño weather phenomenon that peaked in December was one of the five strongest ever recorded, the United Nations said Tuesday, predicting that it would produce above-normal temperatures from now to May.