Country: Haiti Source: UN Children’s Fund The resurgence of cholera in violence-stricken Haiti after three years without a single reported case threatens the well-being and health of 1.2 million children in Port-au-Prince, UNICEF warns.

Photo: Pixabay/lpittman Corals worldwide are facing various threats, the most pressing of which is warming water temperatures, which have increased by nearly 1 degree Celsius in many tropical regions over the past century. Some corals are more resistant than others to thermal stress and so are microscopic algae that live […]

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Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the north of the country in an escalation of Pyongyang’s missile tests that prompted immediate backlash from Tokyo.

Country: Mozambique Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees The number of displaced rose to 946,508 in the first half of 2022. As of September, the $36.7 million needed for UNHCR to deliver life-saving protection and assistance was only 60% funded.

Photo: Pixabay/Didgeman Bees are very useful for us and not just by making honey. They serve an even more important function as pollinators. Yet, like a myriad of other insects, they have fallen on hard times worldwide due to a range of stressors from climate change to habitat loss to […]

Country: Ukraine Source: People in Need With the escalation in fighting, older people and persons with disabilities are at high risk of losing their lives, having difficulty accessing safe evacuation, and lacking dignified shelter.