Health
Heavy rains in Brazil’s northeast kill at least 35
At least 35 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday, as downpours lashed two major ...Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say
A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals ...U.N. cutting refugee rations in Africa’s Sahel amid ‘alarming’ food insecurity
Food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by up to half in parts of the Sahel due ...Money for Ukraine tops G7 agenda; inflation, food a concern
Group of Seven financial leaders are likely to agree on Thursday and Friday to help Ukraine pay its bills in ...Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa
Zimbabwean security guard Edwin Dapi was already struggling to provide for his wife and four children before a conflict 11,000 ...In Supreme Court shadow, Biden urges voters to protect abortion rights
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday appealed to voters to protect abortion rights by backing candidates who support them in ...U.N. chief calls for debt relief, post-COVID investment on West Africa trip
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more investment to help their economies recover ...Congo starts Ebola vaccinations to stem outbreak in northwest
The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka, ...New Ebola case confirmed in northwestern Congo
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting health authorities to enforce urgent ...Main hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray’s region runs out of food
The main hospital in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last ...