More than 68,000 people have fled their homes since Iraqi forces launched a huge operation against the Takfiri ISIL group in and around Mosul last month, the UN said Tuesday. “68,550 people are currently displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance,” the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday for the “elimination of fossil fuel subsidies” to accelerate the transition to clean energy for the sake of our planet. Countries and businesses should do more to curtail global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions, he said, adding: “We have no right to gamble ...