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Joe Biden becomes 46th U.S. President

Joe Biden’s Inauguration as U.S. President has taken place after weeks of tensions following declaration of results by the Electoral college. The 46th American president – Biden’ took oath office Wednesday at the capitol building, same venue where Pro Trump…

UN releases new framework on diet

Public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes and hospitals and all other canteens of public institutions, can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food. That’s according to a new action framework which says…

FAO: Food prices hit 3-year high in 2020

A UN food agency said Thursday that global food prices hit a three-year high in 2020. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said the food price index rose 3.1% year-on-year in 2020, averaging 97.9 – 2.9 points higher than 2019.…

World Bank predicts economic growth for 2021

The World Bank Group on Tuesday issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year, saying that a four per cent overall expansion was likely, although the recovery will likely be a “subdued” one. Policy makers must move decisively,…

UNICEF calls for support for 10M at risk children

The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF has expressed deep concern for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel,…

United Kingdom formally leaves European Union

The United Kingdom has left the European Union’s economic and political orbit in an historic departure that has split Britons politically and marked the country’s greatest shift on the global stage in modern times. As the clock struck 11pm in…

UN boss issues message of hope, healing for new year

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on world leaders to do more to stop conflicts and tackle climate change as well as the coronavirus pandemic. The UN chief made the plea in his New Year’s message. He said the past…

WHO urges more investment in public health

The head of the World Health Organization has called for more investment in public and universal health as countries around the globe strive to tackle the spread of the corona virus. The call was contained in Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…